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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Overview
1. Internet-Centric Telephony
2. Internet FAX
3. VoIP Beyond the Internet
4. Key Benefits of IP telephony:
5. Hot IP Telephony Markets
B. IP Telephony Products
1. Media Gateways
2. Remote Access Concentrators/Servers
3. IP PBX (VoIP over LAN)
4. VoIP over Cable
5. Voice over DSL (VoDSL)
6. VoIP over Wireless
7. IP Telephony Access Appliances
C. Study Objectives and Scope
II. TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
A. Internet Telephony and Packet Voice Overview
1. Packet-Switched Networks
B. Basic IP Telephony Operation
1. PC-to-PC Connection
2. PC-to-Phone Connection
3. Phone-to-Phone Connection
4. Media Gateways
C. Performance Limitations
1. Touch-Tone Problems
2. Lack of Standards; Lack of Interoperability
D. Primary IP Telephony Protocols
1. H.323
2. H.323 Architectural Overview
3. H.323 Primary Benefits
4. Network Considerations
5. TCP/IP Protocol Stack
E. Alternatives to H.323
1. MGCP and Megaco/H.24
2. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
F. Rendezvous Protocol (RVP)
G. IP Fax Service
1. Store-and-forward Faxing
2. Real-Time Faxing
H. Call Centers
I. Related Concepts
1. Voice over Frame Relay (VoFR)
2. VoATM
III. EMERGING PACKET VOICE APPLICATIONS
A. Beyond the Gateway
1. Call Centers
B. IP PBX (VoIP over LAN)
1. Hosted IP PBX Services
2. VoIP over Wireless LANs
C. VoIP over Cable
D. Voice over DSL (VoDSL)
E. VoIP over Wireless
1. VoIP over Cellular (2.5G & 3G)
2. VoIP over Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
F. IP Telephony Access Appliances
1. The Aplio/Phone
G. PC Augmentation Hardware (Net Jacks)
IV. MARKET DYNAMICS/DRIVING FORCES
A. Unified Message Environment
B. Cost Advantage
C. Telecommunications Industry Impact
1. Traditional Long Distance Carriers= Internet Telephony role
2. New Billing Models
3. Quality of Service (QoS) Concerns
D. Telephony Economics
E. Other Economic Considerations
1. Internet Economics
2. Competition
3. Economic Advantage for the Long Distance Reseller Market
F. Regulatory Barriers
1. The United States
2. Europe
3. Rest of the World
E. Enterprise Deployment
F. IP & Internet Telephony Market Benefits
1. PC Browser Trends
2. Future Considerations
3. Interoperability: The Key to VoIP Success
V. STANDARDS & RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
A. Introduction
B. Internet Protocol Standard (IPv4 vs. IPv6)
C. International Standardization
D. Key IP telephony Standards Consortia
1. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
2. International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (IMTC)
3. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
4. CableLabs
5. Other Standards-Influencing Consortia
VI. DSP FOR PACKET VOICE
A. The Role of DSP
1. Bandwidth utilization
2. Voice Quality
3. Speech Coding Technology
B. Programmable DSP Chips
C. DSP Chips Specifically for Packet Voice
D. DSP Cores for VoIP
E. Access Communication Processors for Gateways
F. IP Phones & Integrated Access Devices (IADs)
G. Related Packet-Voice-Specific Chips
H. VoIP Boards
1. VoIP & CTI Circuit Board Interconnection Busses
VII. MARKET FORECASTS
A. Market History
B. VoIP Food Chain
C. DSP Board/Module Market
1. Top-Tier Board/Module Suppliers
2. Other DSP Board Vendors
D. VoIP Remote Access Concentrator/Server Market
E. VoIP Media Access Gateway Market
1. Top Tier Gateway Suppliers
2. Other Gateway Suppliers
F. Gateway Market Summary
G. Access Communication Processor Market
H. IP PBX Gateway/Phone Market
1. IP PBX Suppliers
2. IP Phone Suppliers
I. Cable VoIP Client Gateway Market
J. VoDSL Integrated Access Device (IAD) Market
K. Internet Telephony Access Appliance Market
L. Wireline CPE Chip Market Summary
M. Wireless LAN IP Telephony Market
N. Wireless Local Loop (WLL) IP Telephony Market
O. Cellular Packet Voice Market
P.
WIRELESS MARKET SUMMARY
Q. TOTAL MARKET SUMMARY
VIII. DSP CHIP COMPANY PROFILES
1. 3DSP CORP.
2. AGERE SYSTEMS
3. ALCHEMY SEMICONDUCTOR/AMD
4. ANALOG DEVICES
5. AUDIOCODES
6. BOPS, INC.
7. BROADCOM
8. CENTILLIUM
9. CONEXANT/MINDSPEED
10. DSP GROUP/VOICEPUMP
11. GLOBESPANVIRATA
12. IMPROV SYSTEMS
13. INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES
14. INTEL CORP.
15. ISHONI NETWORKS
16. LSI LOGIC
17. MAPLETREE NETWORKS
18. MOTOROLA
19. NETERGY MICROELECTRONICS
20. REALCHIP
21. STMICROELECTRONICS
22. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
IX. SUMMARY
A. Future Applications, Products and Services
B. The Factors for Success and Obstacles
C. Major Opportunity Areas
D. DSP Chip Trends
X. APPENDIX Internet Telephony Glossary
XI. INDEX
Figure 1 PC-to-PC Voice Connection via Internet
Figure 2 Dial Phone Connections via Internet
Figure 3 PC-to-PC Voice Connection via the Internet
Figure 4 Dial Phone Connections via Internet
Figure 5 IP Telephony & Videoconferencing vs. file transfers over LAN
Figure 6 H.323 Terminal Block Diagram
Figure 7 Network Architecture with Gateway
Figure 8 H.323/H.320 Gateway Functionality
Figure 9 Gatekeeper & Zone Definition
Figure 10 TCP/IP & the ISO 7-Layer Protocol Stack
Figure 11 H.323 Viewed as a Protocol Stack
Figure 12 Frame Relay vs. VoIP Port Shipments
Figure 13 Circuit-Switched vs. LAN-based IP PBX
Figure 14 VoIP over Cable Diagram
Figure 15 Basic Digital Signal Processor
Figure 16 DSP VoIP Packet Processor Functions
Figure 17 Reducing VoIP Bandwidth
Figure 18 Worst-Case Latency over Different Networks
Figure 19 Parametric Speech Coding
Figure 20 Speech Coder Performance vs. Data Rate
Figure 21 DSP-RISC Combo Chips
Figure 22 IP Phone/Integrated Access Device Block Diagram
Figure 23 Infineon's Harrier XT Block Diagram
Figure 24 VoIP Food Chain
Figure 25 VoIP Board/Module Market Forecast
Figure 26 Packet Voice Board Vendors
Figure 27 RAS/RAC Port Shipments (Voice & Universal)
Figure 28 Average G.711 Gateway Ports/DSP
Figure 29 Media Gateway DSP Chip Market
Figure 30 2001 Gateway Voice Port Shipments by Equipment Type
Figure 31 Packet Voice Gateway System Forecast
Figure 32 Access Communication Processor Forecast
Figure 33 Greenfield IP PBX Node Forecast
Figure 34 IP PBX Hybrid/Retrofit & Greenfield Node Forecast
Figure 35 LAN IP Phone/Station DSP Market
Figure 36 Cable IP Telephony Market (N.America/W.Europe)
Figure 37 VoDSL IAD Shipment Forecast
Figure 38 VoIP Wireline CPE Port Forecasts
Figure 39 VoIP Wireline CPE DSP Chip Forecast
Figure 40 VoIP WLL DSP Market Forecast
Figure 41 Internet & PSTN Connection to Cellular Infrastructure
Figure 42 Total Packet Voice Port Shipment Forecast
Figure 43 Total Packet Voice DSP Market Forecast
Table 1 Primary IP Telephony Protocols
Table 2 Representative H.323 Software Stack Vendors
Table 3 Long Distance Call Cost Breakdown
Table 4 Human Perception: Latency Effects
Table 5 Summary of ITU voice coders
Table 6 ITU Speech Coder Quality Comparison
Table 7 Representative General-Purpose DSP Chips
Table 8 Representative CPE VoIP DSP Chips
Table 9 Representative DSP Core Vendors addressing Packet Voice
Table 10 Representative Access Communication Processors
Table 11 VoIP Board/Module Shipments (WW)
Table 12 Other VoIP DSP Board Vendors
Table 13 Primary VoIP Remote Access Concentrator Vendors
Table 14 VoIP RAS/RAC DSP Market (WW)
Table 15 Media Gateway/Access Router DSP Market
Table 16 Selected Other Gateway Suppliers
Table 17 Packet Voice Gateway Port Shipment Summary
Table 18 Packet Voice System Average Price per Port
Table 19 Packet Voice System Market Summary
Table 20 Access Communication Processor Market
Table 21 Greenfield IP PBX Market
Table 22 Greenfield IP PBX Phone/Station Market
Table 23 Hybrid & Retrofit IP PBX DSP Market
Table 24 LAN IP Station/Phone Shipment Summary
Table 25 LAN IP Station/Phone DSP Market
Table 26 IP Phone Suppliers
Table 27 Barriers to VoIP over Cable
Table 28 VoIP over Cable Client Gateways/IADs (N. America)
Table 29 VoIP over Cable Client Gateways/IADs (W.Europe)
Table 30 VoDSL Client Gateways/IADs
Table 31 VoIP Appliance Market
Table 32 VoIP Wireline CPE Port Shipment Summary
Table 33 VoIP Wireline CPE DSP Market
Table 34 VoIP Wireless LAN Phones & Stations
Table 35 VoIP WLL Phones/Client Gateways
Table 36 VoIP WLL Base Stations
Table 37 WW Cellular Subscribers & DSP Incremental Shipment Value
Table 38 Wireless VoIP Port Summary
Table 39 Wireless VoIP DSP Revenue Summary
Table 40 Total Market Summary: VoIP Ports/Channels
Table 41 Total Market Summary: VoIP DSP Revenue
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