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- IP Network
- A network that uses the IP protocol, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. IP has become the global standard for networking, which includes the entire Internet, private...
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- ISDN Q-Interface Signaling Protocol Q.931 Tunneling Over the IP Network: Reduce the Cost of Private Telephony Networks
- Private Branch eXchanges PBXs are crucial communication components in any organization. As an organization grows and expands to multiple locations, it needs to establish multiple PBXs to keep the locations connected. The primary challenge in operating these multiple PBXs is to get them to work as a single entity so...
- Tags: Network, IP, PBX, ISDN, IP Network, Telephony, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2008-04-01
- University Uses Robust IP Network to Deliver Advanced Teaching and Learning Tools
- To sustain the quality of its education, Ajman University of Science & Technology in the UAE believes in continual evolution of its teaching and learning practices. Ajman University of Science & Technology wanted to implement advanced teaching and learning tools. A highly resilient Gigabit Ethernet IP network, based on the...
- Tags: Network, Nortel Networks Corp., IP, IP Network, Tool, Nortel VPN Router 2700, Nortel Application Switch 3408, Networking, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2008-01-15
- Quality of Service Routing in IP Networks
- Multimedia applications such as video-conferencing, telemedicine, HDTV etc. have very stringent Quality of Service QoS demands and require a connection oriented service. For these applications, a path satisfying their requirements in terms of bandwidth, delay, buffer etc. needs to be found. As conventional IP routing is based only on hop...
- Tags: QoS, Network, IP, IP Network
- White papers 2008-01-01
- How Cisco IT Deploys Closed-Circuit TV Cameras Over the Secure IP Network
- Cisco uses video surveillance to help keep its work environment secure. Two years ago, Cisco used a combination of cameras and Video Cassette Recorders VCRs to monitor building entrances and other high-security locations on its campuses. Managing the VCRs, coaxial cabling, and tapes was labor intensive and prone to human...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, IP, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-12-21
- Cisco Systems IP Network-Centric Video Surveillance
- Video surveillance has been a key component of many organization's safety and security group for decades. As an application, video surveillance has demonstrated its value and benefits countless times by providing real-time monitoring of a facility's environment, people, and assets and recording events for subsequent investigation, proof of compliance /...
- Tags: Video Surveillance, Network, Monitoring, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Corporate Communications, Marketing
- White papers 2007-12-01
- How Cisco IT Migrated High-Volume Linksys Contact Center to IP Network
- When Cisco Systems acquired Irvine, California-based Linksys Group, Inc. in mid-2003, Cisco IT acquired an unprecedented challenge: integrating a contact center whose volume surpassed that of the other 60 Cisco contact centers combined. Linksys needed a scalable call center solution that also would drive operational efficiencies over the long term....
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Contact Center, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Linksys Inc., Call Centers, It Operations
- Case studies 2007-11-19
- Master the fundamentals of audio and video conferencing over IP networks
- As voice over IP VoIP technology becomes mainstream, the conferencing and collaboration markets are following its lead. Enterprise networks are deploying new conferencing technology using IP networks, and Internet service providers ISP are hosting new services.Receive an overview of the various types of voice and video conferences along with the...
- Tags: Audio, Network, Video Conferencing, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Chapter Coverage, Telecommunications, Networking
- Book chapters 2007-10-24
- Specifying Cables and Connectors for Industrial Ethernet/IP Networks
- This white paper is arranged to help the user select cabling based on the, application, the environmental conditions and mechanical requirements. It is true that any Category 5 or higher cable will support 10/100BaseT traffic. It is not true that a Category 5 cabling will provide the level of performance...
- Tags: Ethernet, Network, Rockwell Automation Inc., IP, IP Network, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-09-10
- Experimental Analysis of the Impact of Peer-to-Peer Applications on Traffic in Commercial IP Networks
- To evaluate the impact of peer-to-peer applications on traffic in wide area networks, the paper analyzes measurements from a high speed IP backbone link carrying TCP traffic towards several ADSL areas. The first observations are that the prevalent part of traffic is due to peer-to-peer applications (almost 80% of total...
- Tags: Network, P2P, Traffic, IP, IP Network, Analysis, Peer-to-peer Application, Peer To Peer (P2P), Tcp/Ip, Networking, Internet
- White papers 2007-01-01
- TFMC: A TCP-Friendly Multiplexing Control Scheme for VoIP Flow Transmission
- This paper investigates the performance limitations in the case of a large number of long distance voice over IP calls originating from different sources and transported through a best-effort IP network. The paper focuses on the potentially negative effects of protocol header overhead, which is twice the voice payload generated...
- Tags: VoIP, Performance, Network, Computer Science, IP, TCP, IP Network, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Performance Management, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Scalable Session Border Control Capabilities for Service Provider Networks
- Voice over IP VoIP, video streaming, instant messaging, multimedia conferencing, and interactive gaming are just some of the real-time, IP-based applications enjoying rapid growth in today's competitive communications market. Service providers are now finding it efficient and economical to directly interconnect their IP networks to both customer and other service...
- Tags: Multimedia, Network, Session Border Controller, IP, Service Provider, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Business Services, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Bluetooth PAN and External IP Networks
- This paper discusses how ad-hoc Personal Area Network PAN based on Bluetooth technology may connect to external networks. The paper assumes that the Bluetooth network piconet is formed by the automatic SAPIFO procedure, that one or more piconet devices have access to external networks, and that IPv4 is used for...
- Tags: Network, IP, IP Network, Bluetooth, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless
- White papers 2006-11-29
- Cisco Field: Stadium of the Future: Cisco's IP Network Enables New Sports Services
- Cisco and Athletics announce Cisco Field to serve as the new home of the A's. The presenter of this webcast demonstrates the "stadium of the future" concept at the recent Oracle OpenWorld 2006 conference.
- Tags: Network, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network
- Webcasts 2006-11-14
- Survivable IP Network Design With OSPF Routing
- Internet protocol IP traffic follows rules established by routing protocols. Shortest path-based protocols, such as Open Shortest Path First OSPF, direct traffic based on arc weights assigned by the network operator. Each router computes shortest paths and creates destination tables used for routing flow on the shortest paths. If a...
- Tags: Router, Network, Open Shortest Path First, IP, IP Network, Path, Internet Protocol Traffic, Networking, Routers & Switches, Network Technology
- White papers 2006-10-02
- Enhanced IP Resiliency Using Cisco Stateful NAT
- Stateful Network Address Translation is a Cisco IOS Software feature allowing two or more network address translators to function as a translation group. A backup NAT provides translation services in the event of failure to the active translator. The result is a more resilient IP network. The goal is to...
- Tags: Network, IP, Network Address Translation, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Stateful Network Address Translation, Networking, VOIP, Network Technology, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Predictive Monitoring and Alerting in Heterogeneous IP Networks
- AdRem NetCrunch goes a long way to redefine the common perception of core or standard network management functionality based on agentless monitoring, to include features such as physical and logical topology mapping, fault and performance management, and capacity planning, to name a few. With reasonable purchase costs, quick deployment and...
- Tags: Network, Cost Control, Monitoring, IP, IP Network, Network Management, AdRem NetCrunch, Networking, Financial Services, Network Administration
- White papers 2006-07-04
- Why It Pays to Buy IP Transit Instead of Building Your Own International IP Network
- An Internet Service Provider ISP wishing to provide international Internet connectivity to end-users is faced with a difficult decision: Should I build my own IP network and peer with other ISPs, or buy the global IP Transit service. IP Transit is a way of outsourcing the production and operation of...
- Tags: Network, Internet Service Provider, IP, Service Provider, IP Network, Internet Service, IP Transit, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2006-06-30
- Connecting the Navajo Nation: Cisco IP Network Links Remote Navajo Communities
- Remote Navajo communities in three states can access multiple services through an IP network from Cisco.
- Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., IP Network, Networking
- Webcasts 2006-04-18
- A Framework for Managing Emergent Transmissions in IP Networks
- Theories and experiments have shown that average end-to-end delay of flows increases and TCP becomes inefficient and instable during network congestion period, regardless of which queue management and packet scheduling mechanism are being applied. Despite the concerns of network congestion problem have raised by the implementations of various per-flow based...
- Tags: Network, IP, IP Network, Networking
- White papers 2006-04-17
- Exploiting IP Networks to Create Sticky Services: Driving Revenue and Loyalty With Greater Simplicity, Richness and Personalization
- In pursuit of new revenues and competitive advantage, all service providers are looking for new services to offer fixed and mobile customers. At the same time, pressure to simplify networks and lower costs is leading service providers to deploy smarter, all-IP networks. These, in turn, offer new application and service...
- Tags: Revenue, Network, IP, Service Provider, Personalization, Alcatel, IP Network, Business Services, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2006-03-01
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