Converged Multimedia Networks
Bates, Juliet (Alcatel, London, UK) / Gallon, Chris (Fujitsu Telecommunications, Birmingham, UK) / Bocci, Matthew (Alcatel, London, UK) / Walker, Stuart (Leapstone Systems Inc) / Taylor, Tom (Nortel, Canada)
This book focuses largely on enabling technologies for network convergence. A principal aim is to show where parallel functions exist in fixed and mobile voice network architectures and to explain how these functions will be combined. The authors describe the components of a future converged architecture and consider the following key aspects: QoS Requirements, Proposed Solution Architectures, Protocol and Interface options, Underlying Network...