Drawing on extensive research and practical experience in the deployment of VoIP, the authors provide essential advice for those looking to design and implement a VoIP network of post-bubble. Beyond VoIP Protocols: Understanding Voice Technology and Networking Techniques for IP Telephony Introduces the basics of speech coding and voice quality Demonstrate how service quality can be built into the network and associated with the dimension aspect, such as Exploring the potential of multicast to change an IP backbone to the optimized broadcast medium Includes simply illustrated, practical advice state-of-the-art to formulate a complete deployment strategy A companion volume to "IP Telephony: Deploying VoIP Protocols", this book takes the reader a stage deeper into how to prepare the network and utilize VoIP technology to its full potential.