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VoIP allows phone calls to be made over an IP network like the internet rather than traditional phone lines. It offers benefits like lower costs and more flexibility but also has some disadvantages. Key points are that VoIP uses internet technology to transmit voice calls, has been adopted widely by both home and business users, and while more flexible it also faces vulnerabilities to power outages and security issues that need mitigation.

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Voip

VoIP allows phone calls to be made over an IP network like the internet rather than traditional phone lines. It offers benefits like lower costs and more flexibility but also has some disadvantages. Key points are that VoIP uses internet technology to transmit voice calls, has been adopted widely by both home and business users, and while more flexible it also faces vulnerabilities to power outages and security issues that need mitigation.

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(VoIP)

Index
 Introduction
 Voip Technology & Implementation
 Adoption
 Corporate use
 Benefits
 Flexibility
 Susceptibility to power failure
 Security
Introduction
• Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is a
general term for a family of transmission
technologies for delivery of
voice communications over IP networks such
as the Internet or other packet-switched
networks
• VOIP is also known as IP telephony, Internet
telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB),
broadband telephony, and broadband phone.
• It refers to — voice, facsimile, and/or voice-
messaging applications — that are transported
via the Internet, rather than the
public switched telephone network (PSTN)
Introduction
• VOIP systems employ session control
protocols to control the set-up and tear-
down of calls as well as audio codecs
which encode speech allowing
transmission over an IP network as
digital audio via an audio stream
(Codec : is varied between different implementations of VOIP )

Cisco voip phone


VoIP Technology & Implementation
• Voice-over-IP has been implemented in various ways using both
privately and open protocols and standards.
• Examples:
 H.323
• H.323 deployments are increasingly limited to carrying existing
long-haul network traffic.
 IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• An architectural framework for delivering IP multimedia services
designed by the wireless 3G technology.
 Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
• Originally evolved from MEdia GAteway COntroller ( MEGACO)
designed for implementation in IP phones that are lower cost
than H.323.
 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• The Session Initiation Protocol has gained widespread VOIP
market penetration
Adoption
• There are three common methods of connecting to VOIP service providers:
• A typical analog telephone adapter (ATA) for connecting an analog phone to a
VOIP provider
• 1) An Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) may be connected between an IP
network and an existing telephone jack in order to provide service nearly
indistinguishable from PSTN providers on all the other telephone jacks in the
residence.
• 2) Dedicated VOIP phones are phones that allow VOIP calls without the use of
a computer. Instead they connect directly to the IP network (using technologies
such as Wi-Fi )
• 3) A softphone also known as an Internet phone or Digital phone is a piece of
software that can be installed on a computer that allows VOIP calling without
dedicated hardware.
Adoption
 Example of VOIP adapter setup in residential
network
Corporate use
• Because of the bandwidth efficiency and low costs that VOIP
technology can provide, businesses are gradually beginning to
migrate from traditional copper-wire telephone systems to VOIP
systems to reduce their monthly phone costs
• VOIP solutions aimed at businesses have evolved into
"unified communications" services that treat all communications
—
phone calls, faxes, voice mail, e-mail, Web conferences and more
• VOIP runs both voice and data communications over a single
network, which can significantly reduce infrastructure costs
• The prices of extensions on VOIP are lower than for PBXs and
key systems.
• VOIP devices have simple, intuitive user interfaces, so users can
often make simple system configuration changes.
Benefits
• VOIP can be a benefit for reducing
communication and infrastructure costs.
• Conference calling, IVR, call forwarding,
automatic redial, and caller ID features
• Routing phone calls over existing data
networks to avoid the need for separate
voice and data networks
• Costs are lower, mainly because of the
way Internet access is billed compared
to regular telephone calls
Flexibility
• VOIP can facilitate tasks and provide services that
may be more difficult to implement using the PSTN.
• The ability to transmit more than one telephone call
over a single broadband connection without the
need to add extra lines.
• Secure calls using standardized protocols
• Location independence. Only a sufficiently fast and
stable Internet connection is needed to get a
connection from anywhere to a VOIP provider
• Integration with other services available over the
Internet
Susceptibility to power failure

• VOIP telephone adapters connect to


routers or cable modems which typically
depend on the availability of
mains electricity or locally generated power
• The susceptibility of phone service to
power failures is a common problem even
with traditional analog service in areas
where many customers purchase modern
handset units that operate wirelessly to a
base station, or that have other modern
phone features, such as built-in voicemail
or phone book features.
Security
• Voice over Internet Protocol telephone systems
(VOIP) are susceptible to attacks as are any
internet-connected devices
• hackers who know about these vulnerabilities can
institute denial-of-service attacks, harvest customer
data, record conversations and break into voice
mailboxes
• routing VOIP traffic through firewalls and network
address translators. Private Session Border
Controllers are used along with firewalls to enable
VOIP calls to and from protected networks
• Many consumer VOIP solutions do not support
encryption, although having a secure phone is much
easier to implement with VOIP than traditional phone
lines
Securing VOIP
 To prevent the above security concerns
the government and military
organizations are using; Voice over
Secure IP (VoSIP), Secure Voice over
IP (SVOIP), and Secure Voice over
Secure IP (SVoSIP) to protect
confidential, and/or classified VOIP
communications

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