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Wi-Fi Telephony

Challenges and Solutions for Voice over WLANs

  • 1st Edition - October 25, 2006
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Praphul Chandra, David Lide
  • Language: English

Wi-Fi telephony is the latest, most cost effective, and clearest way of carrying voice data wirelessly. The great news is that it can be integrated seamlessly into the same… Read more

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Description

Wi-Fi telephony is the latest, most cost effective, and clearest way of carrying voice data wirelessly. The great news is that it can be integrated seamlessly into the same infrastructures as currently used for computer and telephone data.The digital quality is far above current cellular technologies.This book will be among the first to discuss Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Quality of Service (QoS), and interoperability in connection with Wi-Fi telephony. Security challenges are also presented and solved along these malleable wireless boundaries. In short, this book provides all the information necessary for effective, reliable, crystal clear Wi-Fi telephony service and implementation.

Key features

*Using current telephone and computer infrastructure this technology can be implemented at low cost*The importance of Quality of Service (QoS) and security of Wi-Fi telephony is considered*Enhances the clarity of a call beyond a basic cellular phone using digital data transfer

Readership

RF/wireless engineers and designers, computer/data network engineers; engineering managers, graduate students

Table of contents

Chapter 1: The BasicsChapter 2: The Data WorldChapter 3: Voice over IPChapter 4: Wireless Local Area NetworksChapter 5: VoWLAN ChallengesChapter 6: QoS & System CapacityChapter 7: SecurityChapter 8: RoamingChapter 9: Power ManagementChapter 10: Voice over WiFi and other Wireless Technologies

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 1, 2011
  • Language: English

About the authors

PC

Praphul Chandra

Affiliations and expertise
Texas Instruments, Germantown, MD, USA

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David Lide

David A. Lide currently is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Texas Instruments and has worked on various aspects of Voice over IP for the past nine years. Prior to that, he has worked on Cable Modem design and on weather satellite ground systems. He lives with his family in Rockville, Maryland.
Affiliations and expertise
Texas Instruments, Germantown, MD, USA

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