V. Kumar, IP Telephony with H.323: Architectures for Unified Networks and Integrated Services, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001, ISBN: 0471393436

D. Lowell, CISCO IP Telephony, Cisco Press, 2002, ISBN: 1587050501

A written examination, length 2 hours weighted at 50% which will assess Learning outcomes 2, 3 and 5
A practical examination not in examination conditions, length 1 hour weighted at 50% which will assess learning outcomes 1 and 4

The module aims to give an understanding of the underlying principles of voice over IP technology and IP telephony, and their relation to hardware components. It also aims to show how the nature of the underlying network can affect the design and implementation of layered converged voice/data architectures.
Given the components of an IP telephony solution, identify and describe the necessary architecture, hardware, and software
Introduction to Call Manager software and access to the online administration guide to configure IPT components

12 hours lectures / 24 hours labs/tutorial (1:n)1 (1:20)2

Weekly one hour lecture to supplement on-line material
Lab sessions every week to gain practical IP telephony experience and re-enforce theory
Team assignment work as part lab work and skills test
Investigation using Web

Internet
Library
Windows workstations
Networking equipment in K104

CE00881-2 LAN Switching and WAN Networks or equivalent