An Analytical Simulator for Deploying IP Telephony

(2007) An Analytical Simulator for Deploying IP Telephony. International Journal of Network Management. (In Press)

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Abstract

Deploying IP telephony or voice over IP (VoIP) is a major and challenging task. This paper describes an analytical design and planning simulator to assess the readiness of existing IP networks for the deployment of VoIP. The analytical simulator utilizes techniques used for network flows and queueing network analysis to compute two key performance bounds for VoIP: delay and bandwidth. The simulator is GUI-based and has an interface with drag-and-drop features to easily construct any generic network topology. The simulator has an engine that automates and implements the analytical techniques. The engine determines the number of VoIP calls that can be sustained by the constructed network while satisfying VoIP QoS requirements and leaving adequate capacity for future growth. As a case study, the paper illustrates how the simulator can be utilized to assess the readiness to deploy VoIP for a typical network of a small enterprise. We have made the analytical simulator publicly available in order to improve and ease the process of VoIP deployment.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Network Design, Network Management, VoIP, Analysis, Simulation, Performance Evaluation
Subjects: Computer
Department: College of Computing and Mathematics > Information and Computer Science
Depositing User: KHALED HAMED SALAH
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2008 08:15
Last Modified: 01 Nov 2019 13:25
URI: http://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/id/eprint/712