Introduction & Strategy Module Introduction & Administrative
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Introduction
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Instructor Ming-Feng Chang, [email protected] EC 425, 5731812
Textbook “Carrier Grade Voice over IP.” D. Collins, 2nd ed.,
McGraw-Hill, 2003. Additional technique reports and papers
Requirements Homework and machine problems 25% One mid-term exam 45% One term project 30%
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Telephone
1876 Alexander Graham Bell transfered voice over wire for the first time.
Direct connection; telephones are sold in pair
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Switches
As the number of users increases, switching centers are more economical
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Digital Switches
Took more than 100 years from analog to digital voice transmission
Better quality for long distance calls
Demands to telephone network become constantly higher
World-wide communication network
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Mobile Communications
Bell Laboratories introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947
Motorola and Bell Labs in the 60s and early 70s were in a race to design portable devices
Dr. Cooper, 2-pound Motorola handset (1973)
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The Internet
Data Networks since 1960’s ARPA*-Net 1969 Internet since early 1990’s
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What is VoIP?
Use a LAN and/or WAN to carry voice in the same way as the telephone system.
Why? Save costs Improve facilities.
IP WAN/INTERNET
VoIP
VoIP
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VoIP Gateway
The interface between VoIP and PSTN
•An essential feature for VoIP
Internet
PSTN to IPGateway
POTSVoIP
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Cheap phone-cards/voice carriers
IP Network(with QoS for voice)
PSTN to IPGateway
POTS
PSTN to IPGateway
POTS
e.g.Australia
e.g. UK
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Carrier Grade VoIP
Carrier grade and VoIP mutually exclusive A serious alternative with enhanced features
Carrier grade The last time when it fails 99.999%, five-nines reliability Verizon network supports 70M voice access
lines AT&T serves 300M voice calls a day Short call setup time, high speech quality no perceptible echos, noticeable delay or
annoying noises Self-healing, highly scalable and manageable
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VoIP
Transport voice traffic using IP Voice over the Internet?
Interconnected networks Applications: e-mail, file transfer, e-com
The greatest challenges Voice quality and bandwidth Control and prioritize the access
Internet: best-effort transfer The next generation VoIP != Internet telephony
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IP
A packet-based protocol Routing on a packet-by-packet base
Packet transfer with no guarantees May not receive in order May be lost ore severely delayed
TCP/IP Retransmission Assemble the packets in order Congestion control Useful for file-transfers and e-mail
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Data and Voice
Data traffic Asynchronous – can be delayed Extremely error sensitive
Voice traffic Synchronous – the stringent delay
requirements More tolerant of errors
IP is not for voice VoIP must
Match the PSTN Offer new and attractive capabilities at a
lower cost
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Why VoIP?
Why carry voice? Internet support instant access to anything
Everything can be done on the net? “Dot-com guy” Many new services and applications
However, voice services provide more revenues
Why use IP for voice? Why try to fix something that is not broken? Circuit-switching is not for datacom IP
Equipment cost, integrated access, less bandwidth, and widespread availability
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Lower Equipment Cost
PSTN switch Proprietary – hardware, OS, applications High operation and management cost Training, support and feature development cost
Mainframe computer The IP world
Standard hardware and mass-produced Application software is quite separate A horizontal business model
IN does not match the openness and flexibility of IP A few highly successful services
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Moore’s Law Processing power doubles every 18 months Frame 10 Router 20 ATM 40 Circuit 80
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Voice/Data Integration
Click to talk application Personal communication E-commerce CTI – Computer Telephony Integration
Web collaboration Shop on-line with a fried at another location
Video conferencing IP-based PBX IP-based call centers
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Lower Bandwidth Requirements
PSTN G.711 - 64 kbps Human speech bandwidth < 4K Hz The Nyquist Theorem: sample rate twice the bandwidth 8K * 8 bits
Sophisticated coders 32kbps, 16kbps, 8kbps, 6.3kbps, 5.3kbps GSM – 13kbps Save more by silence-detection
Traditional telephony networks can use coders too
But it is difficult So many switches
VoIP – two ends of the call negotiate the codec
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The Widespread Availability of IP
IP LANs and WANs The ubiquitous presence
VoFR or VoATM Only for the backbone of the carriers
Voice over WLAN Voice over WiFi for now Voice over WiMax could be a real threat for PLMN
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The VoIP Market
The revenue projection Value-added service
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Revenue breakdown VoIP Fax over IP
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VoIP Challenges
Speech quality Must be as good as PSTN Delay
The round-trip delay International calls through satellite – 500-600 ms G.114 – < 300 ms
Jitter Delay variation Different routes or queuing times Adjusting to the jitter is difficult Jitter buffers add delay
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Packet loss Traditional retransmission cannot meet the real-time
requirements Packets must be played in order
Speech-coding techniques MOS, Mean Opinion Score >= 4 P.800, but subjective in nature G.711 64kbps 4.3 G.726 32kbps 4.0 G.723 (celp) 6.3kbps 3.8 G.728 16kbps 3.9 G.729 8kbps 4.0 GSM 13kbps 3.7 iLBC 13.33/15.2kbps high robustness
to packet loss iSAC 10-32kbps wideband codec
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Network Reliability and Scalability
PSTN system fails Five-nines reliability
The office computer network fails Today’s VoIP solutions
Redundancy and load sharing Scalable too – easy to start small and expand Fiber-optic transport, gigabit router, high-speed
ATM base
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Managing Access and Prioritizing Traffic
A single network for a wide range of applications
Call admitted if sufficient resources available
Different types of traffic are handled in different ways
QoS has required huge efforts
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VoIP Implementations
IP-based PBX solutions A single network Enhanced services
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IP voice mail One of the easiest applications
Hosted PBX solutions For SOHO Internet and telephony access
IP call centers Use the caller ID Automatic call distribution Load the customer’s information on the
agent’s desktop Click to talk
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IP user devices VoIP protocols, SIP Integrated functions
Telephony, WWW, e-mail, voice mail, address-book
WiFi phone
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Skype A peer-to-peer VoIP client developed
by KaZaa in 2003 Skype can
work almost seamlessly across NATs and firewalls has better voice quality than the MSN and Yahoo IM
applications encrypts calls end-to-end, and stores user information
in a decentralized fashion SkypeOut, SkypeIn
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New applications
The networks are converging Possible applications
Video Phones Conferencing Collaboration Tools Distance Learning / Training Tele-medicine, tele-repair, tele-… On-line gaming Dating Applications
Skype is rolling out developer kits and programs to encourage innovation, similar to the wireless industry promoting application development on their platforms
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Why Internet Telephony?
The business case Integration of voice and data Bandwidth consolidation Tariff arbitrage
Universal presence of IP Maturation of technologies The shift to data networks
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VoIP Spectrum
Traditional Telecomm Segments in transition to VoIP International Low cost calling Internal networks of large carriers Numerous equipment makers, software providers Residential VoIP phone service
This area is exploding: Vonage, Packet8, Broadvoice … Office PBX systems
Using VoIP inside a company location, and between corporate branches
Call Center Instant Messaging
Not only the traditional big 3, but newcomers like Skype … Consumer and Business Application Areas
Voice applications Wireless Internet applications
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Course Overview
VoIP and RTP Voice codecs H.323 SIP – simple and flexible MGC and softswitch SS7, UMTS QOS Voice over WLAN P2P IP communications Charging and payments