1999 Carrier IP Telephony Comprehensive Report

Format: Softcover, 311 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-60-9
Price: $396

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: Market Drivers, Business Issues, and Deployment Factors

• Using ROI Models to Predict Costs of Installing IP Telephony
• Going beyond the Hype: Business and Deployment Issues
• Creating a Business Plan for VoIP
• The Economic Opportunities of IP Telephony Convergence
• Creating Carrier-Grade Internet Telephony
• Revenue Potential of Dial-Up Modem Speed Guarantees
• IP Telephony Economics and Carrier Network Evolution
• Elements of Success in Internet Telephony
• Beyond Dial-Tone: Opportunities for Value in IP Telephony
• IP Telephony Made Easy: Finding the Products You Need
• Internetworking
• The Myths and Facts about Voice over IP
• The Telecom Revolution
• IP Telephony—Today, Tomorrow, Ever?
• The Future of the Internet

Part II: Network Architectures, Technologies, and Solutions

• The Role of the Intelligent Network in Hybrid Networks
• Embedded Architecture and the Future of IP Technology
• Fundamentals of IP Telephony
• IP Telephony—From End User to Gateway
• Issues Involved in the Transition to IP Network Technology
• Ensuring Internet Access and Network Performance
• Scaling the Internet Infrastructure for Content Delivery
• Internet Telephony Solutions
• IP Telephony and the Next-Generation Network
• IP Telephony Architectures
• The Architectural Impact of IP Telephony on Packet Network Infrastructures
• Making OSSs Happen
• OSS for Real-Time Networked Services
• Designing Global VoIP and FoIP Solutions Networks

Part III: IP–Based Services and Applications

• Offering Internet Services Is Critical to Your Future
• Achieving Success as a Carrier-Class Provider of Real-Time IP Services
• Video, Fax, and Hybrid Services over IP Networks
• Creating New IP Services with an IP Operating System
• Fax over IP
• Voice on the Internet: A Reality
• Voice over Packet
• IP Telephony: Paving the Way for Enhanced Services
• The First On-Line Interactive Television Network
• Extranets: The Emergence of Enterprise IP Networks

Part IV: Standards, Regulations, and Quality-of-Service Issues

• Carrier-Class IP Telephony
• The Regulatory Future of Internet Telephony
• IP–Telephony Standards
• Achieving Quality of Service for IP Telephony
• Real-Time Fax Protocol Versus H.323 and T.38
• The Challenges of Managing IP–Telephony Services
• Internet Consumer Customer Care System Solutions
• Customer Demand and Technical Savvy