Amor Lazzez

VoIP Technology: Investigation of QoS and Security Issues

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Amor Lazzez ^1,*

1. Taif University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2014.07.09

Received: 1 Sep. 2013 / Revised: 20 Dec. 2013 / Accepted: 23 Feb. 2014 / Published: 8 Jun. 2014

Index Terms

VoIP, Security Issues, QoS Concerns, Analysis

Abstract

Voice over IP (VoIP) is the technology allowing voice traffic transmission as data packets over a private or a public IP network. VoIP allows significant benefits for customers and communication services providers. The main are cost savings, rich media service, phone and service portability and mobility, and the integration with other applications. Nevertheless, the deployment of the VoIP technology encounters many challenges such as architecture complexity, interoperability problems, QoS concerns, and security issues. Due to the inability of the IP networking technology to support the stringent QoS constraints of voice traffic, and the incapability of traditional security mechanisms to adequately protect VoIP systems from recent intelligent attacks, QoS and security issues are considered as the most serious challenges for successful deployment of the VoIP technology. The aim of this paper is to carry out a deep analysis of the security issues and QoS concerns of the VoIP technology. Firstly, we present a brief overview about the VoIP technology. Then, we discuss the QoS problems encountering the deployment of the VoIP technology. The presented discussion mainly address the QoS issues related to the use of the IP networking technology, the QoS concerns related to voice clarity, and the QoS mechanisms proposed to support voice traffic QoS constraints. After that, we investigate the security issues of the VoIP technology. The presented investigation mainly address the vulnerabilities and security attacks of VoIP systems, as well as the countermeasures that should be considered to help the deployment of secured VoIP systems.

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Amor Lazzez, "VoIP Technology: Investigation of QoS and Security Issues", International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science(IJITCS), vol.6, no.7, pp.65-76, 2014. DOI:10.5815/ijitcs.2014.07.09

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