By
Larry Chaffin, CEO/Chairman of Pluto Networks; Vice President of Advanced Network Technologies, Plannet Group, USA
Description
The first book published on deploying Voice Over IP (VoIP) products from Nortel Networks, the largest supplier of voice products in the
world.
This book begins with a discussion of the current protocols used for transmitting converged data over IP as well as an overview
of Nortel’s hardware and software solutions for converged networks. In this section, readers will learn how H.323 allows dissimilar communication
devices to communicate with each other, and how SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is used to establish, modify, and terminate multimedia
sessions including VOIP telephone calls. This section next introduces the reader to the Multimedia Concentration Server 5100, and Nortel’
s entire suite of Multimedia Communications Portfolio (MCP) products. The remaining chapters of the book teach the reader how to design,
install, configure, and troubleshoot the entire Nortel product line.
Audience:
This book is written for system administrators and security professionals managing Nortel VoIP networks from SOHO environments to the
largest, enterprise networks. These IT professionals job descriptions have expanded now to include VoIP phone lines and handsets in new,
converged networks carrying both data AND voice.
