Multilayer Secured SIP Based VoIP Architecture

Audio CAPTCHA for SIP-Based VoIP

Voice over IP (VoIP) introduces new ways of communication, while utilizing existing data networks to provide inexpensive voice communications worldwide as a promising alternative to the traditional PSTN telephony. SPam over Internet Telephony (SPIT) is one potential source of future annoyance in VoIP. A common way to launch a SPIT attack is the use of an automated procedure (bot), which generat...

Billing Attacks on SIP-Based VoIP Systems

Billing is fundamental to any commercial VoIP services and it has direct impact on each individual VoIP subscriber. One of the most basic requirements of any VoIP billing function is that it must be reliable and trustworthy. From the VoIP subscriber’s perspective, VoIP billing should only charge them for the calls they have really made and for the duration they have called. Existing VoIP billin...

Efficient Architecture and Handoff Strategy used for VoIP Sessions in SIP Based Wireless Networks

In the near future, the Internet is likely to become an All-IP network that provides various multimedia services over wireless networks. Although the earliest VoIP applications did not consider the end-node mobility, researchers have attempted to support mobility in current VoIP protocols, such as Session Initial Protocol (SIP)-based mobility. The SIP-based mobility is considered because it can...

Securing SIP in VoIP Domain

A SIP - based VoIP Application in Enhanced Ethernet Passive Optical Network Architecture

Since the inception of telephony, the public switch telephone network (PSTN) has had major impact in everyday life. The widespread adoption of VoIP has totally revolutionized the telephony industry. With many free services for the users, VoIP is favored over the traditional PSTN. A major concern for VoIP is voice quality, as it is a network-based packet switching technology. VoIP will come in h...