These ToP (Timing-over-Packet) devices are specifically designed to transmit timing and synchronization over asynchronous packet switched networks. Deploying Zarlink’s revolutionary ZL 30301 and ...

For designers who want to migrate to a next-generation, packed-based network, the changes involved may be good, but they aren't easy. Telecommunications design engineers face a number of challenges ...

Verizon Communications announced a deal with Nortel Networks on Tuesday, the latest carrier moving to add packet-switching technology to its voice network. Other carriers are also slowly moving toward ...

A digital network technology that breaks up a message into smaller chunks (packets) for transmission. Unlike circuit switching in traditional telephone networks, which requires the establishment of a ...

The IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol enables precise time synchronization over the packet-based Ethernet network so that the time on a slave clock at one end of the network agrees with a master clock ...

Despite the industry attention it has received, voice-over-IP (VoIP) is not the only way to send voice across a packet-switched network. In fact, it may not even be the best approach for some ...

Verizon Communications this week announced plans to shift its nationwide telecommunications network to packet-switched technology as part of a plan to offer new voice-over-IP and multimedia services.

The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. However, the term ...