Analyzing voice on the wireless network
Enabling voice capability on a wireless network can provide significant benefits for enterprises, but analytical tools must be deployed to ensure the visibility of these voice calls. To this end, AirMagnet has recently launched its AirMagnet VoFi Analyzer, which provides automatic analysis of encrypted voice being carried over a WiFi network.
'Content AT&T is one of the first customers to test the solution, with the company's network engineering and performance analysis lab using the VoFi Analyzer to monitor voice-over-IP (VoIP) traffic on the wireless network, and to validate the performance and security aspects of its customer designs.
Providing voice capability on the wireless network can offer significant benefits for enterprises, in terms of combining the cost-effectiveness of VoIP services with the flexibility and convenience of WiFi. The expectation is that using the wireless network for voice will become a more widely deployed technology over the next few years, as prices fall and the concept matures. WiFi will become a common feature on cellular mobile phones, and be as ubiquitous as the technology has become in today's laptops.
