Voip diploma thesis

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP): The Dynamics of Technology and Regulation by Chintan Vaishnav Submitted to the Engineering Systems Division on May 12, 2006 in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Technology and Policy Abstract

VoIP, however, greatly augments the nested complexity by affording a technology that enables multiple architectures and business models for delivering the same voice (and often converged voice and data) service, while remaining agnostic to the underlying infrastructure.

On the technical side, Internet Protocol (IP) being agnostic to the physical medium provides a way to run VoIP as an application on wired or wireless networks. The wired network could be a public switched telephone network (PSTN), cable, digital subscriber line (DSL) or the Ethernet.

First, considering peer-to-peer (P2P) VoIP a non-issue for CALEA is exactly what might make it an issue. Second, if P2P VoIP aspires to be a telephony substitute, it will invite the threat of social regulation. Third, arms race between CALEA-compliant and non-compliant technologies may raise the cost of CALEA compliance.