Simulation Platform for the Planning and Design of Networks Carrying Voip Traffic
Simulation Platform for the Planning and Design of Networks Carrying VoIP Traffic by Abdel Hernandez Rabassa B.Eng. (2000) A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Systems and Computer Engineering Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S 5B6 May, 2010 The undersigned recommend to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and ii Research acceptance of the thesis Simulation Platform for the Planning and Design of Networks Carrying VoIP Traffic Submitted by Abdel Hernandez Rabassa B.Eng. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Applied Science --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chair, Dr. H.M. Schwartz, Department of Systems and Computer Engineering --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thesis Co-supervisor, Dr. Marc St-Hilaire --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thesis Co-supervisor, Dr. Chung-Horng Lung Carleton University May 2010 iii Abstract In order to overcome the known challenges (i.e., latency, jitter, packet loss, and etc.) of transmitting multimedia traffic over a packet switched network, careful network planning needs to take pace. Existing simulation platforms, particularly for Voice over IP (VoIP) simulations, have available a limited selections of speech encoding algorithms. The primary objective of this thesis is the creation of a tool aimed at supporting the planning and design phases of packet switched networks carrying voice traffic while considering realistic and current network conditions and simulation features. More specifically, this thesis focuses on the creation of a speech background traffic generation models with the purpose of generating traffic that follows the behaviour of a number of speech encoding algorithms.
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