UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR KAMPUS KOTA

MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Name of Course TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Course Code INB 33103
Lecturer (s) NOORMADINAH BINTI ALLIAS
ASSOC.PROF.DR.MEGAT FAREZ AZRIL ZUHAIRI
Semester / Year SEPTEMBER 2019 (S2/2019)
Date 8th OCTOBER 2019

Assessment LAB # 3
Weightage 10%
Course outcome to achieve:
1. Demonstrate the operation of various telecommunication technologies

Assessment Components:
1. Lab - Research and Implementation

Overview:

A softphone (software phone) is an application program that is installed on a computer. By using softphone, user
can perform telephone calls via the internet.

Task 1:

Identify FIVE (5) examples of open source softphone available in the market nowadays.

a) ________________________________________
b) ________________________________________
c) ________________________________________
d) ________________________________________
e) ________________________________________

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Task 2:

1. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of the selected softphone

Advantages Disadvantages

2. Determine the features offered by the softphone.

a) _______________________________
b) _______________________________
c) _______________________________
d) _______________________________

3. From the list, select one example of softphone as listed above and install it on your computer. Please
provide step by step installations.

Answer the following questions:

a. Identify the signaling protocol used by your softphone. What is the function of the signaling protocol?
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b. Identify types of codec used by your softphone. What is the function of the codec?
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Reflection:

Discuss the characteristics and the advantages of packet telephony technologies (softphone) over traditional
circuit switch telephone network.

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Rubric:

CRITERIA SCORE
Weightage
5 4-2 1 -0 Quality of Marks
(W)
Works (QoW) (QoW*W)/5
TIME 2 Student submit Student submit Student did
ORGANIZATION completed and partially not submit the
successful lab activity completed lab lab
within the specified activity but late
time-framed
PROBLEM 5 All of the connection Only a partial of None of the
SOLVING and configuration the connection connection and
activities are and configuration configuration
successful activities are activities are
successful. successful.
CONCLUSION 3 The conclusion is The conclusion The conclusion
engaging and restates restates the lab does not
the lab activity activity adequately
restate the lab
activity