| This course covers key technical aspects of Internet packet telephony
including architectural models, compression algorithms, transport
protocols, quality of service issues, Internet multicast, middleware
services, packet telephony standards, and Internet telephony products
and services. Emerging issues such as mobile and wireless Internet
telephony, and video packet telephony are also presented. The
comprehensive treatment of this multidisciplinary topic is coupled
with background material covering the necessary fundamentals of
networking, multimedia, and digital signal processing. The course
includes a hands-on demonstration of Internet telephony in a
laboratory to illustrate the user experience with packet telephony
over the Internet. |
| Do you have Internet Telephony Questions? Internet Telephony Problems
got you down? In a quandary over which telephony product you should
choose? We have a web site just for you! |
| The course is intended for practicing engineers who are interested in
the fundamentals as well as managers interested in recent developments
in Internet telephony. System architects and developers, computing and |
| 9:15am - Overview of the ITI consortium and its Role in the Internet
Telephony Industry
Lee McKnight, MIT Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development
John Wroclawski, MIT Laboratory of Computer Science |
| Lee W. McKnight is Associate Professor of International Communication and
Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center at the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, Tufts University, and Founder of the MIT Internet and Telecoms
Convergence Consortium. William Lehr is an Associate Research Scholar at
the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and Associate Director
of the MIT Internet and Telecoms Convergence Consortium. David D. Clark is
Senior Research Scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and
Principal Investigator of the MIT Internet and Telecoms Convergence
Consortium. |
