Course Name: VoIP Fundamentals

 

Course Length: 2 days

 

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and its use in telecommunication networks.  VoIP Fundamentals will give you the knowledge necessary understand evolving telecommunications network.  The course covers an overview of basic terms and concepts of both the circuit-switched and packet-based networks.  It explains IP (Internet Protocol) architectures and protocols that are being used to implement VoIP. 

 

Course Outline:

 

·         Overview and Architecture

ü  What is Voice over IP?

ü  VoIP topologies

ü  The PSTN circuit-switched network

ü  Signaling networks and databases

ü  Telephone numbers and IP addresses

ü  IP Multi-media Subsystem (IMS)

·         How Voice is Transported over IP

ü  IP basics

ü  Standards

ü  Internet Protocol (IP)

ü  Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

ü  User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

ü  Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)

ü  RTP Control Protocol (RTCP)

 

·         H.323

ü  H.323 Network elements

§  Terminals, Gatekeepers, Gateways, MCUs

ü  H.323 protocol suite

ü  Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)

ü  MEGACO Protocol

ü  Sample call scenarios

 

·         Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

ü  SIP network elements

ü  SIP message structure

ü  SIP messaging

ü  SIP Servers

§  Proxies

§  Redirect

§  Registrars

ü  Session Description Protocol (SDP)

ü  SDP format

ü  SIP and SDP

 

·         PSTN Interworking

ü  CCS Architecture

ü  SS7 Protocol

ü  SIP and SS7

 

Exercises are provided throughout the course, re-enforcing a practical understanding of the material. 

 

What You Will Learn: You will learn the concepts of how voice, along with data and video can be transported using a common protocol – Internet Protocol (IP).  Emphasis is placed on architectures and protocols needed in a VoIP network.  We will also see how interconnection between the PSTN signaling protocols and the protocols used in VoIP is accomplished.

 

Who Will Benefit From This Course: As networks migrate toward VoIP, this course will be valuable for those individuals responsible for planning, designing, marketing, managing or supporting almost any area of telecommunications.

 

Course Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of telephony, IP and signaling would be helpful, but not essential.

Instructors: All of our instructors have years of experience developing and teaching technical courses at Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) Learning Services in Lisle, IL.  They are all CompTIA CTT+ Certified Professionals and SS7 certified.