Assessment and Improvement of the Quality of Voice-Over-IP Communications
Assessment and Improvement of the Quality of Voice-over-IP Communications Mohamed Adel Mahmoud Mohamed, BSc Department of Computing, Mathematics and Physics Waterford Institute of Technology Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Masters by Research Supervisor: Dr. Brendan Jennings August 2013 Declaration I hereby certify that this material, which I now submit for assessment on the programme of study leading to the award of Masters by Research is entirely my own work and has not been taken from the work of others save to the extent that such work has been cited and acknowledged within the text of my work. Signed::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Student ID: 20055419 Date: August 2013 i To my parents and my sister for their love, support, and belief in me. ii Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Brendan Jennings, for his dedication, support, and attention to detail. I would like to especially acknowledge his unique method of identifying most challenging and important problems and offering guidance to address these problems efficiently. Also, Dr. David Malone from NUI Maynooth for his precious advice and cooperation. I would like to thank my supervisor in IBM, Jonathan Dunne, for his valuable suggestions and support. I would like to thank my team in IBM, Haytham Assem, Himanshu Dadheech, and Yi Han for their dedication to team values and for their continuous effort towards the best for the whole team. I would like to thank my parents, and my sister, who provided me with continuous support throughout my studies. Also, all my friends in Egypt, especially Ahmed Moe- ness, Mahmoud Ashraf, Kareem Nagy, Mohamed Tawakol, Ahmed Omar, Mohamed Adel Nour, and Ayman Ahmed.
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