Practical Voip Using Vocal: Mgcp, H.323, Sip, Rtp, Cops, Radius, and More... (Paperback)

1. VOCAL: Say, What?
What's This All About?
System Architecture
Where's This Going?
What's in This for You?

2. Setting Up a Phone System at Home
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Acquiring VOCAL Software
Installing and Deploying VOCAL
Testing Your Installation
Accessing Provisioning
Installing and Running a UA from Separate Hosts
Configuring Software UAs
Starting, Restarting, and Stopping VOCAL

3. Setting Up an Internal Trial System
Interfacing with the PSTN
Setting Up a Redundant System
Configuring a PSTN Gateway
Installing VOCAL onto a Multihost System
Working with VOCAL

4. Provisioning Users
Quick Step for Provisioning Users
Logging into the Provisioning System
User Configuration Screen
Adding, Viewing, Editing, and Deleting Users

5. Configuring System Parameters and Dial Plans
Login Procedure
Configuring Servers
The System Folder

6. Provisioning Servers
The Servers Folder
Call Detail Record Servers
Redirect Server
User Agent Marshal Server
Gateway Marshal Servers
Conference Bridge Marshal Server
Internetwork Marshal Server
Feature Servers
Voice Mail Feature Servers
JTAPI Servers
Heartbeat Server
Policy Servers

7. Session Initiation Protocol and Related Protocols
What Is SIP?
Sample Message Flows
Message Headers
SDP Messages
Sample SIP Call Message Flow
Forking
Weird Situations

8. Vovida SIP Stack
Architecture
Constructing and Deconstructing Messages
Parsing
Transporting
Compiling and Running the Stack
Bugs/Limitations

9. Base Code
State Machine
Class Structure
High-Level Flow
Key Data Structures
Dependencies

10. VOCAL User Agent
Call Processing
Multicall Processing
Looking Through the Code
Other UA Processes
B2BUA

11. SIP Proxy: Marshal Server
High-Level Design
Functionality
Security
Authentication

12. Redirect Server
High-Level Design
Routing
Ongoing Development

13. CPL Feature Server
What Are Features?
Core Features
Set Features
New Features
SIP Messages and Feature Servers
Scriptable Feature Development
How CPL Script Converts to a C++ State Machine
Feature Activation
How to Develop a Feature
Feature Server Files
Writing Your Next Killer Feature

14. Unified Voice Mail Server
High-Level Design
Voice Mail Feature Server
Voice Mail User Agent
Voice Mail Server
Setting Up a Voice Mail System

15. MGCP Translator
Media Gateway Control Protocol
MGCP Translator
Test Tools
Future Development
Detailed Message Flows
State Diagram

16. H.323 Translator
H.323 Background
Registration and Admission
Source Code
Getting Started

17. System Monitoring
SNMP Support
MIBs
SNMP Daemon
Network Manager
Agent API
SNMP GUI
Adding MIBs
Creating New Agent Code
Heartbeat Server

18. Quality of Service and Billing
Quality of Service
Billing
OSP
Billing and Toll Fraud

19. Provisioning
Old Provisioning System
Mascarpone Provisioning System
Provisioning Server
Provisioning Interface Libraries
Java User Interface
GUI Screens
DTD for Data Definition
Examples of Protocol Transmissions/Replies

A. VOCAL SIP UA Configuration File

B. Testing Tools