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VOIP & PACKET VOICE DSP MARKETS

AN ANALYSIS OF GATEWAY, CPE, & WIRELESS CHIP MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Report No. 2201


Table Of Contents

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


Figures

  • 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
 

Tables

  • 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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