Softswitch are software products that can replace highly expensive hardware in VoIP systems. After completed this course the participants will be able to understand carrier-grade softswitch concepts and how softswitch is implemented, deployed and managed in today's networks. This course which explores softswitch applications, protocols and platforms, gives the attendees an inside look at the software.
Aimed at strategic network planners and system integrators at carriers and service providers, softswitch vendors, and at developers of high-value services, this course aims to help attendees understand how softswitch will affect their systems, services and vendors, and it explores how to get hardware-style quality, salability and signaling from a softswitch.
The course does an outstanding job of showing how softswitch technology and applications enable global service providers and carriers to optimize their networks and generate more revenue streams with new services and applications. 

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Ø Understand the basics of VoIP

Ø Understand the engineering tools and procedures required for a voice network

Ø Understand existing and emerging standards for VoIP

Ø Explain the concepts of carrier-grade VoIP

Ø Explore Softswitch Technologies

Ø Understand Regulatory Compliance

Ø Explain Softswitch Network Features

Ø Review Subscriber Features Supported by Softswitch

Ø Discuss Softswitch Interworking

Ø Review Softswitch Operations, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting (OAM&P)

Ø Explain performance and voice quality considerations

Ø Explore project planning process of Softswitch

Ø Review successful VoIP deployments for wireline, wireless, and cable operators

Ø Discuss successful and unsuccessful Softswitch deployments (VoIP, ATM and PSTN)

Ø Step through a practical process for managing a Softswitch deployment project

Ø Explore the current and future market trends

Basic understanding of the PSTN and SS7  

Anyone needing in-depth knowledge of the softswitch in the current wireline, cable and wireless networks. Three versions of the course are offered for different audiences:

Ø Operating company personnel

Ø Switch and Digital Loop Carrier vendors

Ø Softswitch design houses