Softswitch Network. Technology and Application Practice

Author: Tang Xiongyan
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This book is a specialized work that introduces softswitch and NGN from the perspective of actual network deployment and business operations; it covers the latest technological advancements and standardization status of softswitch and NGN; elaborates on key issues and solutions in the deployment and operation of softswitch networks; analyzes the business applications, market operations, and evolution strategies of softswitch networks; and incorporates the author's practical insights gained from working in telecommunications operation enterprises. This book is a comprehensive and systematic specialized work that introduces softswitch and NGN technologies from the perspective of actual network deployment and business operations. The content covers the following aspects: an overview of next-generation networks, the architecture of softswitch networks, softswitch network protocols, interworking between softswitch networks and other networks, the business of softswitch networks, access technologies and user solutions for softswitch networks, application servers and service interface technologies in softswitch networks, user numbering technologies in softswitch networks, networking routing technologies in softswitch networks, QoS/security and NAT traversal issues and solutions in softswitch networks, PSTN optimization and transformation, and how to evolve toward softswitch networks. Additionally, it covers the market and operations of softswitch network business, as well as the convergence of fixed and mobile networks under the IMS-based NGN architecture. This book is suitable for telecommunications operators, equipment manufacturers, and research and design institutions for softswitch and NGN research, planning, construction, maintenance, and business development. It can also serve as a training textbook for softswitch and NGN, as well as a reference for faculty and students in communication engineering at universities.