Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Workshop
Instructor: Dr. Mequanint Moges, Ph.D
Lab Assistant: Sergio Chacon, M.T.
Where: UH AT&T Lab
Room 110-H
Technology Annex
College of Technology
University of Houston
When: Wednesday November 18, 2009
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: $400/person
Pre-requisites: Basic knowledge of computers and Internet
Refreshments and lunch provided.
Course Description:
This workshop is presented by the University of Houston College of Technology Engineering Technology Department in collaboration with Texas A&M Advanced Telecommunications Laboratory and sponsored by the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA). This EDA-sponsored course is a one-day HANDS-ON workshop that introduces students to how Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) works. This workshop is the same given to senior-level students in the Computer Engineering Technology program in the University of Houston. The VoIP workshop covers VoIP in detail including voice signal processing and digitalization, encoding schemes, IP packetization, PPP and Ethernet framing, issues of delivering voice over the IP network, delay and jitter, security issues related to VoIP. Students will also learn about the protocols used in VoIP including H.323, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), and Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), to install a SIP server using open-source Asterisk and Cisco Call Manager, to configure hard and soft IP phones, to configure gateways and IPBX to connect to the Public Switched Internet Network (PSTN). In addition, students will be introduced to concepts of Unified Communication Services, review VoIP products in the market today and study some return-on-investment (ROI) strategies. After this workshop, students will be able to install a VoIP system for a small- or medium-size company with several locations.
You will learn:
- How analog voice signals are sampled, compressed and encoded
- How voice information is encapsulated and transmitted over the IP network
- Which protocols are used for the transmission of voice information over the Internet and how they work
- How voice is processed by routing and switching devices in the network and the issues related to the devlivery of voice
- How to install and operate a SIP server to handle registration and call management
- To configure hard IP phones and software-based IP phones
- About gateways and IPBX equipment to connect to the PSTN and how they are configured
- About Unified Communication and how they work
- The basics of ROI analysis for VoIP
- To design a VoIP solution for a medium-size company with several locations
For more information:
Contact Person: Sergio Chacon
Phone: (281) 650-2328
Email: schacon@uh.edu
To Register:
Please go to the University of Houston Continuing Education website.