Course Content

From POTS to VoIP

• Telephony today
• Moving from circuits to packets
• Voice VS Data
• From analogue to digital
• Transport - RTP

VoIP basic architecture

• Endpoints (analogue phone, VoIP phone, softphone, PoE, fax (T38))
• Gateway
• Softswitch

VoIP signaling protocols

• H323
• SIP

Deployment of an VoIP network

• Residential
  • Voice over xDSL
  • Voice over cable
• SME & Enterprise
  • Centrex
  • IP Telephony
  • Backup (cf. SRST)
  • Dialplan
• Carrier
• Trunking solutions
  • SIP trunking
  • Voice trunking

Advanced Building Blocks (Additional features)

• SBC
• Media Gateway
• QoS
• ENUM

Unified Communications

• Introduction to UC
  • Instant messaging
  • Voice mail
  • Presence
• SIP and UC
• Presence Protocol
  • SIMPLE
  • XMPP
  • SIP vs XMPP
• UC Applications & network connections
  • Voice (WIFI, …)
  • Video
  • Messaging
  • SMS
  • Calendar collaboration

Demos

• SIP signaling

LABs

• Setting up a VoIP network with Softswitch & VoIP phones

Target Group

For those who wish to obtain an overview of the principles of VoIP & UC, architectures, SIP signaling and the possibilities of Unified Communications.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge is required for this course.