IP Convergence

Featuring references to important IP Convergence-related websites throughout,
this fast-paced, easy-to-read book provides you with comprehensive
information on the technologies that will make convergence possible, and it
examines the benefits, applications, vendor approaches, migration strategies,
and regulatory issues that will affect this new technology. Plus, this books offers
complete coverage of how IP Convergence will affect LAN and WAN
networks, and how you communicate at home and in the office.

With this book you learn why implementation of full convergence can happen
only when a host of major issues are addressed, including how to place Internet
calls to conventional telephones in existing networks and infrastructure
improvement for Local Loop Enhancement and management of Internet Call
Centers.

An indispensable resource for LAN and WAN designers and managers seeking
to build, upgrade, or expand corporate networks, IP Convergence: The Next
Revolution in Telecommunications is also a valuable tool for network
engineers and vendors of interconnectivity devices.

Table of contents

Preface
IP: The Once and Future Protocol
The Concept and
Ramifications of IP Telephony
Value-Added Application: The Internet Call
Center
Infrastructure for Voice-Data Convergence
Voice-Data Convergence
in the Home and on the Road
Next Generation Networks
Third Generation
Wireless Networks
Convergence vie Multiservice Internetworking
Current
Regulatory Environment
Appendices
Acronyms
Index