IIT VoIP Roundtable Discussion

"Providing GSM Coverage on Ships using Satellites, IP and VoIP"

Sponsored By IIT School of Applied Technology, IEEE Communications Society Chicago Chapter and IEEE Fox Valley Subsection

The speaker will be John Nix, Founder and CEO of Go2Call Software. Coffee and cookies will be served from 6:30 PM to 7:00 PM.  John will describe on-going work with the IIT VoIP Research Lab for developing, testing, and integrating of GSM 2G "picocell" base stations targeted at the commercial shipping industry.  The GSM 2G base stations leverage an entirely VoIP network architecture, eliminating the need for a base station controller, mobile switching center, etc. and replacing the call-control functionality with a VoIP server and protocols.

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