 - VoIP
Voice over IP Project
Overview
The Voice over IP (Wireless) project is an ambitious attempt to integrate two current emerging technologies, WiFi Wireless LANs and Voice over IP, to deliver a working telephone service to mobile users. WiFi technology, and other wireless data networks, enables consumers to maintain access to network services while they are mobile, free to roam around the home or office. Voice over IP allows consumers to make calls over their existing Internet connections, effectively bypassing traditional network tolls, enabling cheaper local, long-distance and international calling. When combined, the two emerging technologies satisfy the consumer’s desire for mobility, connectivity, communications and collaboration.
Scope
The specific scenario selected for implementation was a multi-site small business environment, using spare bandwidth on a WAN network between the sites to implement Voice over IP and reduce calling costs associated with traditional telephony services. The solution also attempts to deliver additional services targeted at the business user, including voicemail with remote web-based retrieval and detailed call monitoring and reporting.
Project implementation involves the design and construction of the underlying WAN, LAN and wireless networks, as well as the installation and configuration of Voice of IP PBX system software to support the SIP soft-phone applications used by end-users on wireless laptop computers at each site. The project effectively involved the integration of networking and telephony components from multiple sources, including commercial vendors and free open-source projects. The project aims to test the suitability of the currently available components for delivering a telephony service, and evaluate the need for complex network engineering and Quality of Service implementations to achieve call quality targets.
Client
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Duration
Two semesters
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