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xivPREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION(Chapter 20) has expanded tremendously over the last 30 years, reflecting the enormousincrease in the availability of computers and in the number of applications thatrequire distributed data processing. A data message consists of a sequence of‘packets’, short data bursts that have two parts: the ‘header’, which contains signalinginformation used by intermediate nodes to route the packet to its destination, anda second part that carries user information. Among the most important innovationsin communications is the convergence of voice and data in packet networks, popularlyknown as Voice over IP (VoIP). The door to convergence was opened in the1960s with the introduction of digital voice transmission. Digitally coded speechcan be transported in a data network as a sequence of packets, each one carryinga number of speech samples. This technology is revolutionizing telecommunicationsand the driving factors for that are discussed in Chapter 20.The most popular and widely deployed signaling protocols for VoIP, such asH.323, SIP, H.248, and BICC are discussed in Chapter 21.ATM, or asynchronous transfer mode (Chapter 22), closes the book with a discussionof a packet technology that supports broadband multimedia communication,and facilitates the interworking of packet-switched and circuit- switched networks.Although widely deployed in carrier backbone networks and in ADSL access networks,ATM appears to have lost momentum to packet technology based onTCP/IP protocols.Chapters 11 (ISUP), 14 (Introduction to Transactions), and 16 (TCAP) have beenrewritten to cover the newest developments in ITU-T standards. Chapters 1 through7 have also been updated to reflect current standards.We would like to extend our grateful thanks to former colleagues from LucentTechnologies who were invaluable in providing advice and information, as wellas in reviewing parts of the manuscript: Donald W Brown, James R Davis,Thomas S Hornbach, Konstantin Livanos, Alan J. Mindlin, Leon J Peeters, andMakoto Yoshida.We cannot close this preface without also thanking our wives, Maria and Elizabeth,without whose patience, understanding, and loving support this second editioncould not have been written.

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