IP Telephony Interconnection Reference: Challenges, Models, and Engineering

Written to address the growth of IP telephony service offerings within the corporate and residential realm, this book discusses technical and regulatory issues related to IP Telephony Interconnection. It describes business and interconnection models and solutions, and provides an overview of emerging architectures such as IMS and TISPAN. The authors offer a detailed overview of the SPPEERMINT activity and proposed architecture, the current work undertaken in DRINKS, the use of ENUM for interconnection, and ENUM implementation status, among others. This text is a first of its kind to offer information on inter-provider communications and interconnect IP telephony clouds.