HARDWARE AND SYSTEM ENGINEERING,
PROFESSIONAL GROUP C2

1.  Objective

All aspects of hardware and systems engineering, including:

·        Computer and hardware architectures and systems

·        Hardware and system description languages, CAD design tools

·        Semi-custom, full custom and programmable devices

·        Computer controlled instrumentation, embedded DSP and controller design and applications

·        Hardware-software co-design

·        Design and applications of storage, data compression and display technologies

·        Systems testability and dependability

2.  Current Group Committee Members

3.  Activites/Notice

Internet Telephony Technology and Standards Overview

Date: 18 Jan 2000

Time: 06:30 p.m. – 08:00 p.m.

Venue: Lecture Theatre Room LT9, The City University of Hong Kong

Agenda

·        Internet Telephony Services Overview - It describes the current network trends and business drivers for Internet Telephony.  It explains the Internet Telephony building blocks and design challenges.  It outlines the new network directions, which enables New World Services quite different from today's Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS).

·        What are business drivers for Internet Telephony Services?  Overview of network trends of Service Providers' networks and business drivers for Voice over IP services.

·        What is Internet Telephony Services? Detail description of VoIP services including H.323 building blocks, AAA Radius servers for authentication and accounting and call routing.

·        Building Internet Telephony Services - Highlight the VoIP network design challenge and available solutions.

·        Architecture and Service Direction - The standard-based packet infrastructure, open call control layer and open service application layer are the network infrastructure for emerging Open Packet Telephony architecture which allows rapid development of new services.

·        Question & Answer

Biography

Nelson Chu is the Consulting Engineer of Cisco Systems (H.K.) Limited, responsible for Multi-Service technologies and solutions for service provider market in Hong Kong.  Nelson received an electronic engineering degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  He has more than 8 years experience of telecommunication and internetworking in local service provider networks.

 For questions and comments, please email to coogan@vtc.edu.hk

Last updated 01 Mar 2000