Signaling And Switching For Packet Telephony (Artech House Telecommunications Library)

By Matthew Stafford

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580537367
• ISBN13: 9781580537360
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Artech House
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for anyone interested in packet telephony

This book is very expensive, but worth it. It very clearly explains the important aspects of the protocols and standards that define packet telephony today: SS7, IP, SIP, H.323 and a bunch of others. But it also explains how they all fit together, and why they exist in the first place. There are a lot of technical books like this that walk you through the details of the protocols, but aren't written all that well. I think that this book is beautifully written. Stafford has a real ability to write clearly yet expressively. This is a very technical book - I'm not saying that it is flowery or affected in any way. Its just that it is very clear and a pleasure to read. One nit: Stafford went a little overboard with scare quotes, a pet peeve of mine. Not enough to put a dent in his five stars though.