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Performance Evaluation of Wireless IP Telephony (W-IPT) over Wi-Fi Networks

Authors:
Maan Kousa

Keywords: IP telephony; VoIP; Wi-Fi

Abstract:
As one of the fastest growing voice service technologies, IP Telephony is currently the greatest benefactor of IP Convergence. Apart from the cost and management benefits of a converged network, the exciting array of productivity enabling applications such as unified messaging, collaboration, and presence services within an IP Telephony infrastructure are driving this rapid growth. Wi-Fi, on the other hand, is the widest deployed technology for indoor Internet access. It is therefore the default candidate for enabling wireless IP Telephony (W-IPT). The study aims at assessing the performance of W-IPT over Wi-Fi networks. In particular, the paper describes an experiment that was carried out on a running network at a university campus. The results shed some light on the readiness of Wi-Fi networks to embrace this fast emerging technology.

Pages: 187 to 192

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: November 20, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-171-7

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 20, 2011 to November 25, 2011