Voice Over IPv6

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the future of Internet telephony. And this book is your guide to that future.

IPv6 is the replacement for the currently used IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4). IPv6 will offer increased IP addresses (full 128-bit addresses, compared to 32-bit addresses of IPv4), enhanced security, and greater robustness. It will also be fully "backwards compatible" with existing IPv4 systems. These capabilities will finally make Internet telephony a viable competitor to be switched switched telephone networks. In this book, Dan Minoli clearly explains IPv6 and how telephones can be built on its foundations.

This is not just another IPv6 book; instead, it focuses on the IPv6 relevant to Internet telephony systems and voice networks. Minoli uses a compare / contrast approach, exploring where IPv6 is IPv4 and IPv6-based systems.

If you will be designing, implementing, or maintaining the next generation of Internet telephony systems, then you need the information in this book!

* Explains the essential concepts of IPv6 and how they relate to Internet telephony
* Describes how Internet telephony systems using IPv6 are different from, and better than, Internet telephony systems based on the older IPv4 standard
* Discusses how to transition is existing IPv4 Internet telephony systems and conventional switched systems are IPv6-based systems
* Extensive treatment of security issues, including IP layer encryption and authentication methods
* Explains connection techniques, including "plug and play" approaches, for equipment used in IPv6 systems

* The first title describing how the next generation Internet protocol-IPv6-can be used for Internet telephony
* Explains IPv6 as it applies to Internet telephony (VoIP)
* Shows how IPv6 gives better security, QoS, and signal integrity in Internet telephony

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Basic VoP / VoIP Concepts
Chapter 3: Basic VoIP Signaling and SIP Concepts
Chapter 4: Basic "Presence" Concepts
Chapter 5: Issues with Current VoIP Technologies
Chapter 6: Basic IPv6 Concepts
Chapter 7: Using IPv6 to Support 3G VoIP
Chapter 8: Issues Related to Transitioning to IPv6