Summary
Bypassing the old circuit-switched hardware, softswitches streamline message traffic and provide a much more efficient service development environment. Along with SIP, this technology leverages Internet technologies to replace plain-old-telephone service. Developers who are freed up by softswitch technology to build cost-effective 3G serives will learn how it works and what applications it can support. Network managers making hard decisions about whether to deploy VoIP will learn pros and cons, costs and benefits, and most importantly how to separate myth from reality.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
Chapter 3: Softswitch Architecture or "It's the Architecture, Stupid!"
Chapter 4: Voice over Internet Protocol
Chapter 5: SIP: Alternative Softswitch Architecture?
Chapter 6: Softswitch: More Scalable Than CLASS 4 or 5
Chapter 7: Softswitch Is Just as Reliable as Class 4/5 Switches
Chapter 8: Quality of Service (QoS)
Chapter 9: SS7 and Softswitch
Chapter 10: Features and Applications: "It's the Infrastructure, Stupid!"
Chapter 11: Softswitch Economics
Chapter 12: Is Softswitch Deconstructive, Disruptive, or Both?
Chapter 13: Softswitch and Broadband
Chapter 14: Past, Present, and Future of Softswitch
Chapter 15: Conclusion and Prognostications
Acronyms List
Index
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