IP Telephony (including SIP, H.323 and H.248/Megaco), Voice over IP (VoIP)

(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
 

See also section on "Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) Wireless, Including the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)".

RFCs

  1. RFC 3550
    RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
    (also defines RTCP).
     
  2. RFC 3261
    SIP: Session Initiation Protocol.
     
  3. RFC 4566
    SDP: Session Description Protocol.
     
  4. RFC 2805
    Media Gateway Control Protocol Architecture and Requirements.
     
  5. RFC 3435
    Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP).
     
  6. RFC 3525
    Gateway Control Protocol (ITU-T H.248.1).

ITU-T Recommendations

  1. Recommendation H.323
    Packet-Based Multimedia Communications Systems.
     
  2. Recommendation H.248.1
    Gateway Control Protocol: Version 3.

Telcordia Technologies/Bellcore Documents

  1. See section on "Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) Documents" for Bellcore documents on Voice over Packet, including: 
             GR-3051-CORE: NGN Call Connection Agent
         GR-3053-CORE: NGN Signalling Gateway
         GR-3054-CORE: NGN Trunk Gateway
         GR-3055-CORE: NGN Access Gateway
         GR-3058-CORE: NGN Accounting Management
         GR-3059-CORE: Voice Over Packet End-to-End Performance
         GR-3060-CORE: Voice Over Packet Network Services
         GR-3100-CORE: Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) Over ATM/IP

Books

  1. Advanced Internet Technologies; Uyless Black; Prentice Hall, 1998.
     
  2. Carrier Grade Voice Over IP; Daniel Collins; McGraw-Hill, 2001.
     
  3. Delivering Voice Over IP Networks; Daniel Minoli and Emma Minoli; John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
     
  4. H.323 Videoconferencing Standard; Christine Perey; Chapman & Hall, 1998.
     
  5. Internet Telephony: Call Processing Protocols; Uyless Black; Prentice Hall, 2000.
     
  6. Internet Telephony for Dummies; Daniel D. Briere, Rebecca Wetzel, Danny Briere, and Patrick Hurley; IDG Books, 1997.
     
  7. Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume I: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture; Fourth Edition; Douglas E. Comer; Prentice Hall, 2000 (Chapter 29: Applications: Voice and Video Over IP (RTP)).
     
  8. IP Convergence: The Next Revolution in Telecommunications; Nathan J. Muller; Artech House, 2000.
     
  9. IP Telephony; Walter J. Goralski and Matthew C. Kolon; McGraw-Hill, 1999.
     
  10. IP Telephony: The Integration of Robust VoIP Services; Bill Douskalis; Prentice Hall, 2000.
     
  11. IP Telephony: Packet-Based Multimedia Communications Systems; Olivier Hersent, David Gurle, and Jean-Pierre Petit; Addison-Wesley, 2000; ISBN 0-201-61910-5.
     
  12. IP Telephony with H.323: Architectures for Unified Networks and Integrated Services; Vineet Kumar, Markku Korpi, and Senthil Sengodan; John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
     
  13. Voice Over Data Networks; Gilbert Held; McGraw-Hill, 1998.
     
  14. Voice Over IP; Uyless Black; Prentice Hall, 1999; ISBN 0-13-022463-4.
     
  15. Voice over IP: Strategies for the Converged Network; Mark E. Miller; M&T Books, 2000.
     
  16. Voice Over IP Fundamentals; Jonathan Davidson and Jim Peters; Macmillan, 1999.
     
  17. Voice over IP Fundamentals; Jonathan Davidson and James Peters; Cisco Press, 2000.
     
  18. Voice Over IP Networks; Marcus Goncalves; McGraw-Hill, 1999.
     
  19. Voice over Packet Networks; David J. Wright; John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

Periodical Articles

  1. "Internet Voice is Hot, But Don't Throw Away Your Phone", AN 99:16 Aug 15 1995 pgs 18-20.
     
  2. "H.323: The Multimedia Communications Standard for Local Area Networks", ICM 34:12 Dec 1996 pgs 52-56.
     
  3. "Internet Telephone Standards", PCM 16:4 Feb 18 1997 pgs 185-187.
     
  4. "Packet Telephony", BLTJ 2:2 Spring 1997 pgs 5-14.
     
  5. "Standardization and Characterization of G.729", ICM 35:9 Sep 1997 pg 38.
     
  6. "Three New Speech Coders from the ITU Cover a Range of Applications", ICM 35:9 Sep 1997 pgs 40-47.
     
  7. "The Road to G.729: ITU 8-kb/s Speech Coding Algorithm with Wireline Quality", ICM 35:9 Sep 1997 pgs 48-54.
     
  8. "ITU-T G.729 Annex A: Reduced Complexity 8 kb/s CS-ACELP Codec for Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data", ICM 35:9 Sep 1997 pgs 56-63.
     
  9. "ITU-T Recommendation G.729 Annex B: A Silence Compression Scheme for Use with G.729 Optimized for V.70 Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data Applications", ICM 35:9 Sep 1997 pgs 64-73.
     
  10. "Characterizing the Subjective Performance of the ITU-T 8 kb/s Speech Coding Algorithm -- ITU-T G.729", ICM 35:9 Sep 1997 pgs 74-81.
     
  11. "Performance of ITU-T G.729 8 kb/s CS-ACELP Speech Codec with Nonvoice Narrowband Signals", ICM 35:9 Sep 1997 pgs 82-91.
     
  12. "Data Networks Speak Up", BYTE 22:10 Oct 1997 pgs 107-112.
     
  13. "Phone Doubler -- A Step Towards Integrated Internet and Telephone Communications", ER 1997 No. 4 pgs 142-151.
     
  14. "Cisco Routers Get Voice over IP", Telephony 233:17 Oct 27 1997 pg 18.
     
  15. "Convergence Between Public Switching and the Internet", ICM 36:1 Jan 1998 pgs 50-65.
     
  16. "The Promise of Webtone", TNE 1998 ONE pgs 3-7.
     
  17. "Voice-over-IP Gateways: Sounding Good", BCR 28:2 Feb 1998 pgs 23-29.
     
  18. "Successful Multiparty Audio Communication Over the Internet", CACM 41:5 May 1998 pgs 74-80.
     
  19. "Goodbye, Phone Bill?", PCM 17:17 Oct 6 1998 pgs 243-255.
     
  20. "A New Kind of Telco", PCM 17:19 Nov 3 1998 pg 28.
     
  21. "The PathStar Access Server: Facilitating Carrier-Scale Packet Telephony", BLTJ 3:4 Oct-Dec 1998 pgs 86-102.
     
  22. "Voice over PacketStar Gateway Solution for Service Provider Networks", BLTJ 3:4 Oct-Dec 1998 pgs 103-123.
     
  23. "Voice Services in Next-Generation Networks: The Evolution of the Intelligent Network and Its Role in Generating New Revenue Opportunities", BLTJ 3:4 Oct-Dec 1998 pgs 124-143.
     
  24. "The Session Initiation Protocol: Providing Advanced Telephony Services Across the Internet", BLTJ 3:4 Oct-Dec 1998 pgs 144-160.
     
  25. "Bridging the Gap to IP Telephony", BLTJ 3:4 Oct-Dec 1998 pgs 192-207.
     
  26. "Voice over IP: Better and Better", BCR 29:1 Jan 1999 pgs 28-34.
     
  27. "Pumping up IP Telephony", CED Magazine Jan 1999 pgs 38-48.
     
  28. "Talk Gets Cheaper" (Multi-Tech Systems MultiVOIP Voice over IP Gateway), PCM 18:3 Feb 9 1999 pg 77.
     
  29. "Internet Telephony: Architecture and Protocols - An IETF Perspective", Computer Networks 31:3 Feb 11 1999.
     
  30. "Real-Time IP Facsimile: Protocol and Gateway Requirements", BLTJ 4:2 Apr-Jun 1999 pgs 128-145.
     
  31. "Voice Service Interworking for PSTN and IP Networks", ICM 37:5 May 1999 pgs 104-111.
     
  32. "Converging on Internet Telephony: Service for Telecom Version 2", IIC 3:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 40-43.
     
  33. "Integration of Call Signaling and Resource Management for IP Telephony", IIC 3:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 44-52.
     
  34. "A Voice Over IP Service Architecture for Integrated Communications", IIC 3:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 53-62.
     
  35. "Programming Internet Telephony Services", IIC 3:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 63-72.
     
  36. "An Architecture for Residential Internet Telephony Service", IIC 3:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 73-82.
     
  37. "From POTS To PANS: A Commentary on the Evolution to Internet Telephony", IIC 3:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 83-91.
     
  38. "Internet Telephony", IN 13:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 6-7.
     
  39. "Internet Telephony and Modem Delay", IN 13:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 8-16.
     
  40. "The IETF Internet Telephony Architecture and Protocols", IN 13:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 18-23.
     
  41. "Integration of Call Signaling and Resource Management for IP Telephony", IN 13:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 24-32.
     
  42. "A Voice over IP Service Architecture for Integrated Communications", IN 13:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 34-40.
     
  43. "Programming Internet Telephony Services", IN 13:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 42-49.
     
  44. "An Architecture for Residential Internet Telephony Service", IN 13:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 50-56.
     
  45. "From POTS To PANS: A Commentary on the Evolution to Internet Telephony", IN 13:3 May/Jun 1999 pgs 58-64.
     
  46. "Introducing the Voice Service Point", BCR 29:6 Jun 1999 pgs 12-14.
     
  47. "VOIP Gateways Make The (Carrier) Grade", BCR 29:6 Jun 1999 pgs 24-34.
     
  48. "True Number Portability and Advanced Call Screening in a SIP-Based Telephony System", ICM 37:7 Jul 1999 pgs 96-101.
     
  49. "Enabling Hybrid Services in Emerging Data Networks", ICM 37:7 Jul 1999 pgs 102-109.
     
  50. "A Programmable Architecture for the Provision of Hybrid Services", ICM 37:7 Jul 1999 pgs 110-116.
     
  51. "Supplementary Services in the H.323 IP Telephony Network", ICM 37:7 Jul 1999 pgs 118-125.
     
  52. "Speech Transmission Performance Planning in Hybrid IP/SCN Networks", ICM 37:7 Jul 1999 pgs 126-131.
     
  53. "On Applying Formal Techniques to the Development of Hybrid Services: Challenges and Directions", ICM 37:7 Jul 1999 pgs 132-138.
     
  54. "IP and Telecommunication Integration: De Jure and De Facto Standards Have Entered a New Era", ICM 37:7 Jul 1999 pgs 140-147.
     
  55. "Network Element Management Architecture for the 7 R/E Trunk Access Gateway", BLTJ 4:4 Oct-Dec 1999 pgs 204-224.
     
  56. "Talking IP", PCM 18:18 Oct 19 1999 pg 28.
     
  57. "The OpenPhone Project -- Internet Telephony for Everyone!", LJ No. 69 Jan 2000.
     
  58. "Capacity Management and Routing Policies for Voice over IP Traffic", IN 14:2 Mar/Apr 2000 pgs 20-27.
     
  59. "Internet Telephony", ICM 38:4 Apr 2000 pgs 44-46.
     
  60. "Qos-Enabled Voice Support in the Next-Generation Internet: Issues, Existing Approaches, and Challenges", ICM 38:4 Apr 2000 pgs 54-61.
     
  61. "Building Blocks for IP Telephony", ICM 38:4 Apr 2000 pgs 88-94.
     
  62. "Internet Telephony: Services, Technical Challenges, and Products", ICM 38:4 Apr 2000 pgs 96-103.
     
  63. "IN Services for Converged (Internet) Telephony", ICM 38:6 Jun 2000 pgs 108-115.
     
  64. "Advanced Signalling and Control in Next-Generation Networks", ICM 38:10 Oct 2000 pgs 92-93.
     
  65. "Control and Management in Next-Generation Networks: Challenges and Opportunities", ICM 38:10 Oct 2000 pgs 94-102.
     
  66. "Megaco/H.248: A New Standard for Media Gateway Control", ICM 38:10 Oct 2000 pgs 124-132.
     
  67. "The Session Initiation Protocol: Internet-Centric Signaling", ICM 38:10 Oct 2000 pgs 134-141.
     
  68. "Voice over IP Signaling: H.323 and Beyond", ICM 38:10 Oct 2000 pgs 142-148.

Web Pages and Websites

  1. Wikipedia article "Voice over IP".
     
  2. Wikipedia article "Session Initiation Protocol".
     
  3. Wikipedia article "List of SIP software".
     
  4. Wikipedia article "Session Description Protocol".
     
  5. Wikipedia article "H.323".
     
  6. Wikipedia article "H.248".
     
  7. Wikipedia article "Media Gateway Control Protocol".
     
  8. Wikipedia article "Real-time Transport Protocol".
     
  9. Wikipedia article "RTP Control Protocol".
     
  10. Wikipedia article "Secure Real-time Transport Protocol".
     
  11. Wikipedia article "E.164".
     
  12. Wikipedia article "Skype".
     
  13. Wikipedia article "Asterisk (PBX)".
     
  14. "The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", Henning Schulzrinne, May-2001, available at:
    www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/teaching/ais/slides/2003/sip_long.pdf
     
  15. "Advanced SIP Series: Extending SIP", Gary Cote, Award Solutions, Inc., available at:
    www.awardsolutions.com/downloads/Award_extending_SIP.pdf
     
  16. "Advanced SIP Series: SIP and 3GPP Operations", Narayan Parameshwar, Lachu Aravamudhan and Chris Reece, Award Solutions, Inc., available at:
    www.awardsolutions.com/downloads/Award_Advanced_SIP_oper.pdf