Voice Over Internet Protocol: Presentation By:-Amrinder Singh
Voice Over Internet Protocol: Presentation By:-Amrinder Singh
Presentation By:-
Amrinder Singh
Contents
Introduction
History
Importance
Working
Advantages
Disadvantages
Conclusion
Introduction to VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a general term for
a family of transmission technologies for delivery of voice
communications over the Internet.
Synonymous with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet
telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband
telephony, and broadband phone.
The basic steps involved in originating an Internet
telephone call are conversion of the analog voice signal to
digital format and compression/translation of the signal
into Internet protocol (IP) packets for transmission over
the Internet; the process is reversed at the receiving end.
History
Since the telephone was invented in the late 1800s,
telephone communication has not changed substantially.
Of course, new technologies like digital circuits, touch
tone and caller ID have improved on this invention, but
the basic functionality is still the same.
In the 1990s, a number of individuals in research
environments, both in educational and corporate
institutions, took a serious interest in carrying voice and
video over IP networks, especially corporate intranets and
the Internet.
This technology is commonly referred to today as VoIP.
VoIP took center stage with the Internet concept that was
popularized by former Vice President Al Gore in the
1990s, as the Internet would make it possible to
interconnect every home and every business with a
packet-switched data network.
Why is VoIP Important?
One of the most important things to point out is that
VoIP is not limited to voice communication.
VoIP is important because, for the first time in more than
100 years, there is an opportunity to bring about
significant change in the way that people communicate.
One of the more interesting aspects of VoIP is that we
also have the ability to integrate a stand-alone telephone
or videophone with the personal computer
VoIP allows something else: the ability to use a single
high-speed Internet connection for all voice, video, and
data communications.
In short, VoIP enables people to communicate in more
ways and with more choices
Working
The most common way VoIP works is that the end user
establishes a hi speed broadband connection, a router and
a VoIP gateway.
The VoIP gateway, placed somewhere in direct
proximity of the connected Internet converts the analog
signals into digital format, which are further broken down
into smaller chunks called 'packets', before sending it over
the Internet, much like the way data is transmitted to and
from the computer.
These packets are sent to their final destination and
instructions for bringing back into an understandable
form are embedded in them. It then goes through a VoIP
gateway where the packets are reconverted into the
original analog format utilizing a PSTN (Public Switched
Telephone Network)
VOIP Providers
247 Customer Care
Ascent Telecom
BicneT Info services
Cyberspace Networking Systems (P) Ltd
Gate Call
IBN Hosting
Indi VoIP - VoIP Phone Carrier
IpNetfusion India
Kirti Telnet Pvt. Ltd.
Net 4 India Limited - Phonewala
Advantages
Cost Efficiency
Flexibility
Improved Productivity
Simple and Scalable Infrastructure
Disadvantages
Viruses
Competition
Dependent on power
Lack of emergency reliability and clarity
Conclusion
VoIP is still in its infancy. While it holds great promise, it
has some major technical hurdles to jump, such as
emergency calling, and the need for an uninterruptible
power source (i.e. PC battery backup).
However, as VoIP is set to become more widely
available, let's hope there will be reliable solutions in place
for the existing problems in the coming years. Who
knows? In another five years, we may have VoIP system
sans a router and the VoIP service being more common
than conventional phone networks we rely on so heavily
today