Softswitch and Packet Voice Tutorial Related Virtual Exhibits CopperCom Voice Services over Broadband Definition Softswitch is the generic name for a new approach to telephony switching that has the potential to address all the shortcomings of traditional local-exchange switches. The softswitch is where all the service intelligence resides for the delivery of local telephone services.
Packetized voice involves the digitizing, compressing, and dividing of voice into packets.
These packets can then be sent from the sender, via various routes, to the receiver, whereupon they are reassembled. Overview This tutorial is intended to help network planners and technologists who are responsible for the planning and design of local broadband and voice access networks. The focus is on softswitch technology and packet voice and the roles they play in the migration toward fully converged local networking. Broader questions of network evolution are covered as well. The unbundling of network elements, a key aspect of the deregulation of telecom networks that is now taking place all around the world, has finally opened up the local telephone services market to competition.