Module Indicative Content
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.
Module Resources
Internet
Library
Windows workstations
Networking equipment in University labs
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Prior study of modules incorporating CCNA1-4 content or equivalent or have passed the CCNA qualification.
Module Texts
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
Module Learning Strategies
12 hours lectures / 24 hours labs / tutorial
(1:n)1 (1:20)2
Module Additional Assessment Details
A written examination, length 2 hours weighted at 50% (Learning outcomes 2 and 3)
Coursework weighted at 50% (Learning outcomes 1, 3 and 4)