Signaling And Switching For Packet Telephony (Artech House Telecommunications Library)

Rating:
Summary: Excellent book for anyone interested in packet telephony
Review: This book is very expensive, but worth it. It very clearly explains
the important aspects of the protocols and standards that
define packet telephony today: SS7, IP, SIP, H.323 and a bunch
of others. But it also explains how they all fit together,
and why they exist in the first place. There are a lot of
technical books like this that walk you through the details of
the protocols, but aren't written all that well. I think that
this book is beautifully written. Stafford has a real ability to
write clearly yet expressively. This is a very technical
book - I'm not saying that it is flowery or affected in any way.
Its just that it is very clear and a pleasure to read. One
nit: Stafford went a little overboard with scare quotes, a
pet peeve of mine. Not enough to put a dent in his five stars
though.