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Core Network

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H.323 Multimedia Conferencing Standard

ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers)

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Softswitch

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Telecommunications and Telephone Systems

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Traffic Management, Shaping, and Engineering

Voice over IP (VoIP)

Voice/Data Networks

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X.25

Web Links
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ITC (Internet & Telecoms Convergence Consortium)

http://itel.mit.edu/

The Softswitch Consortium

http://www.softswitch.org

Intelligent Network Forum

http://www.inf.org/

"Netheads versus Bellheads" by T. M. Denton Consultants (With François Ménard and David Isenberg)

http://www.tmdenton.com/netheads.htm

David Isenberg's Web site

http://www.isen.com

Converge Network Digest (a resource for what's new in network convergence).

http://www.convergedigest.com/

Hambrecht & Quist Connected article: "When Worlds Collide" (discusses next-generation networks)

http://connected.hamquist.com/worldsCollide.html

Web ProForum (see numerous papers on convergence, multiservice networks, and next-generation networks)

http://www.iec.org/tutorials/

Jeff Pulver's Pulver.com Web site (IP telephony, instant messaging, presence information, etc.)

http://www.pulver.com/

Jeff Pulver's Gateways (an online guide to PSTN/IP gateway resources and next-generation telcos)

http://www.pulver.com/gateway/

Lucent's Resource Library (many Telecom- and NPN-related papers).

http://www.lucent.com/ins/library/whitepap.html

IP Telephony Resources Page

http://www.computer.org/internet/telephony/index.htm

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