Monday, August 20, 2007

VoIP - Initial Gearup - Basics

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VoIP - Voice Over IP is industry buzz word. This whole tutorial gives you heads-up on the VoIP and technology go inside this.In lay man terms VoIP is nothing but making voice over internet, so when i say internet it all data world, so sending the voice over data networks. Typical examples of VoIP applications are Skye, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger .. many more. So if you are using any of them probably you are already up on using VoIP :) (Cool haaaa).ok ok .. Am i too fast ? I don’t think so :). Let me take a VoIP ride to you. This while tutorial is targeted at VoIP and surrounding topics like SIP, IMS .. etc, be ready to experience roller coaster effect of VoIP :).Topics which i am going to covers here 1. VoIP (Voice Over IP) - Basics, Technology and Applications2. SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) - Basics, Technology and Applications 3. IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) - Basic, Architecture, Convergence and Applications.4. Softphones -

SIP based softphones available today Sample diagram on How VoIP Works




Fig 1: Sample VoIP Diagram

to be continued ...