As the telecom infrastructure evolves from circuit-switched to packet-switched architectures, the Class 5 switch, narrowband digital-loop carrier, and xDSL remote terminal will give way to the ...

Packet switching is a network transmission method that sees data sent in small blocks called packets rather than as a continuous stream. Sending data in this way helps to improve the robustness and ...

Today, the FCC convenes the first meeting of its “Technology Transitions Policy Task Force,” a new intra-agency group announced in December by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. The bland name belies a ...

Packet-switching networks -- networks which break data up into chunks called packets before transport -- help make your business communications stable and efficient. Once used only for data ...

In recent years data has surpassed circuit-switched voice and TDM leased lines as the predominant traffic on telecommunications networks. As result, carriers have increasingly deployed IP routers and ...

Internet2, a nonprofit advanced networking consortium in the United States, is designing a new network intended to open up large amounts of dedicated bandwidth as needed. For example, a researcher ...

Describe the various call types in a VoIP network. Configure analog voice interfaces as new devices are introduced into the voice path. Configure dial peers so you can add call routing intelligence to ...

If you thought that the digital TV transition, with its billion-dollar coupon program for converter boxes, was a migration nightmare, wait until it's time for the phone system to dump its legacy ...