General Session

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General Session

• SIP and the Future of VON Protocols
• A Nethead Perspective

Henry Sinnreich, MCI WorldCom
The views expressed in this presentation are my
own and may or may not represent the views of my
company
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VON Camps
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Comparison of VON Protocols
Internet-oriented comparison made by a nethead
Protocol Criteria H.323 SIP MEGACO H.248 BICC
from new services No Yes No No
Performance Sluggish OK OK Sluggish?
Scalability No Yes No No
Internet and WWW Fit No Yes No No
All new apps from IM, voice chat, unified
messaging, to mobility, portability, etc.
Violates Internet transparency (societal and
business goal) and end-to-end control