Softswitch technology

Author: Franklin D. Ohrtman
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: Softswitch must provide performance metrics that meet or exceed traditional time-division multiplexing to become a viable platform in the telecommunications industry. This ensures that existing and new market service providers will adopt softswitch technology in their networks. These performance metrics include scalability, reliability, quality of service (QoS), feature functions, and signaling functions. This book reveals how softswitch technology will impact existing service providers and their suppliers, which also helps clarify successful cases and technical challenges based on softswitch solutions. It is suitable for professionals working on softswitch technology and can serve as a reference for related personnel. Softswitch technology is a platform capable of providing next-generation packet communication, including voice, broadband, and wireless networks. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to softswitch technology from concepts and principles to standard protocols, with a detailed comparison of existing softswitch solutions and traditional classes 4 and 5 switches. The book primarily covers topics such as the architecture of softswitch, public switched telephone network (PSTN), VoIP, SIP, the scalability of softswitch, a comparative analysis of softswitch and traditional classes 4 and 5 switches, QoS, Signaling System No. 7 (SS7), the economic benefits brought by softswitch, and the industrial transformation caused by softswitch.