Softswitch is the generic name for a new approach to telephony switching that has the potential to address all the shortcomings of traditional local-exchange switches. The softswitch is where all the service intelligence resides for the delivery of local telephone services. Softswitch technology solutions can lower the cost of local-exchange switching, present the means to create differentiated local telephony services, and ease the migration of networks to support packet voice end-to-end. Packetized voice involves the digitizing, compressing, and dividing of voice into packets. These packets can then be sent from the sender, via various routes, to the receiver, whereupon they are reassembled.
This tutorial is intended to help network planners and technologists who are responsible for the planning and design of local broadband and voice access networks. The focus is on softswitch technology and packet voice and the roles they play in the migration toward fully converged local networking. Broader questions of network evolution are covered as well.
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