Cisco Voice Over IP: Cvoice, Authorized Self-study Guide

by KevinWallace (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.25

  A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 1587055546 ISBN-13: 9781587055546

  Foundation learning for CCVP voice over IP

  Kevin Wallace, CCIE (R) No. 7945

  Cisco Voice over IP, Second Edition, is a Cisco (R)-authorized, self-paced learning tool for Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP) voice over IP (VoIP) foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge you need to implement and support data and voice integration solutions at the network-access level. By reading this book, you will gain a thorough understanding of basic IP telephony operation and router configuration, support, troubleshooting, and integration with an existing public switched telephone network (PSTN).

  Cisco Voice over IP lays the foundation for gaining hands-on skills and a significant understanding of packet telephony. Coverage includes analog and digital voice connections, voice interface configuration, voice dial peer configuration, VoIP fundamentals, VoIP signaling and call control protocols, and voice quality improvement and maintenance. Chapter review questions, practice items, real-world examples, and hands-on lab exercises all help reinforce learning. Whether you are preparing for CCVP certification or simply want to gain a better understanding of VoIP, you will benefit from the foundation information presented in this book.

  Cisco Voice over IP is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems (R) that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press (R). To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit: www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

  Kevin Wallace, CCIE (R) No. 7945, CCVP, CCNP (R), CCDP (R), is a full-time instructor for Thomson NETg. With 17 years of Cisco internetworking experience, Kevin has been a network design specialist for The Walt Disney World Resort and a network manager for Eastern Kentucky University.

  • Understand traditional telephony network concepts and operation as well as the building blocks of packet telephony networks
  • Examine the interactions of telephony operations at an electrical level
  • Evaluate strategies for overcoming specific challenges in a VoIP network, such as the transmission of fax and modem tones
  • Attach a Cisco voice-enabled router to existing telephony devices, such as a PBX or an analog phone
  • Add call-routing intelligence to a Cisco voice-enabled router through the use of dial peers
  • Address potential challenges and design considerations associated with sending voice across an IP-based network
  • Understand the theory and configuration of the call control protocols including H.323, SIP, and MGCP
  • Mitigate voice quality issues with various Cisco quality of service (QoS) mechanisms

  This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press (R). Books in this series provide officially developed self-study solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.

  Category: IP Communications

  Covers: VoIP

• Used

  Hardcover
  2008

  $4.20

  Authorized Self-Study Guide

  Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE)

  Third Edition

  Foundation learning for CVOICE exam 642-436

  Kevin Wallace, CCIE No. 7945

  Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE), Third Edition, is a Cisco-authorized, self-paced learning tool for CCVP foundation learning. This book provides you with the knowledge and skills required to plan, design, and deploy a Cisco voice-over-IP (VoIP) network and to integrate gateways and gatekeepers into an enterprise VoIP network. By reading this book, you will gain a thorough understanding of converged voice and data networks and also the challenges you will face implementing various network technologies.

  Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE) presents you with information on the foundational elements of VoIP calls, the description of dial plans, and the implementation of gateways, gatekeepers, and Cisco Unified Border Elements (Cisco UBEs). The book gives you the information needed to implement and support data and voice integration solutions at the network-access level.

  Whether you are preparing for CCVP certification or simply want to gain a better understanding of VoIP fundamentals, you will benefit from the foundation information presented in this book.

  Cisco Voice over IP (CVOICE), Third Edition, is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from

  Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led training, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.

  Kevin Wallace, CCIE No. 7945, is a certified Cisco instructor, and he teaches courses in the Cisco CCSP, CCVP, and CCNP (R) tracks. With 19 years of Cisco networking experience, Kevin has been a network design specialist for the Walt Disney World Resort and a network manager for Eastern Kentucky University.

  • Integrate VoIP into an existing data network
  • Design a VoIP network for optimal voice quality
  • Examine the various call types in a VoIP network
  • Configure analog voice interfaces and dial peers
  • Perform call signaling over digital voice ports
  • Implement H.323, MGCP, and SIP protocols on Cisco IOS (R) gateways
  • Identify dial plan characteristics
  • Configure advanced dial plans
  • Deploy H.323 gatekeepers
  • Implement a Cisco UBE router to provide protocol interworking

  Companion CD-ROM

  The CD-ROM contains a bonus 90 minutes of video demonstrations. Watch the author perform fundamental CVoice configuration tasks in a series of six video-on-demand labs.

  This volume is in the Certification Self-Study Series offered by Cisco Press. Books in this series provide officially developed self-study solutions to help networking professionals understand technology implementations and prepare for the Cisco Career Certifications examinations.

  Category: Voice over IP

  Covers: CVoice exam 642-436