1. Group Research Report 1 Review

2. Reading for next class Ch. 10: Modulation and Modems
There will be a quiz

3. What is the three most important things in scientific writing?

4. Organization, Organization, Organization.

5. Guiding Questions for Organization
Does your piece have a clear beginning, middle, and end?
Does your piece have a strong beginning that hooks the reader?
Does your piece have a strong ending that fits the focus?
Are the ideas and actions connected to each other?
Can your reader follow the piece logically from beginning to end?
Is it complete? Does it feel finished?

6. Example: VoIP
Section 1: Introduction
What is VoIP?

7. Example: VoIP
Section 2: Principles of VoIP
RTP and SIP

8. Example: VoIP Section 3: Types of VoIP Implementations
Major types of VoIP implementations
analog telephone adaptor (ATA)
IP Phones
computer-to-computer

9. Example: VoIP Section 4: VoIP Devices and Technologies
How does a VoIP telephone (e.g., Cisco 7942G) work?
What is Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication? How does Skype use a P2P communication network?
What would be needed if a resident customer wants to keep using her regular phone when subscribing VoIP (e.g., services provided by Vonage)?

10. Example: VoIP Section 5: Benefits and Disadvantages 3 pros and 3 cons.
How can a corporate deployment of VoIP be designed to reduce or eliminate the limitations of VoIP while still maintaining the benefits?
Explain the reasoning for the “annoying delay” or “lag” that users experience when calling a company that uses a VoIP-transmitted, offshore support service…

11. Example: VoIP
Section 6: Conclusion

12. Report 1 resubmission
optional
Due: Wednesday, 2/17 at 11:59pm