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INETPhone: Telephone Services and Servers on Internet
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Network Working Group C. Yang
Request for Comments: 1789 University of North Texas
Category: Informational April 1995
INETPhone: Telephone Services and Servers on Internet
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
IESG Note
Internet Engineering Steering Group comment from the Transport Area
Director: Please note well that this memo is an individual product of
the author. Work on standards and technology related to this topic
is additionally taking place in the IETF in the Multiparty MUltimedia
SessIon Control Working Group (MMUSIC).
Abstract
INETPhone is a true telephone service through the Internet. It
integrates the local telephone networks and the Internet using
INETPhone servers. Thus a long distance call can be split into two
local calls and an Internet connection, which is transparent to end
users. Such a phone service through Internet will be a major step
towards integrated services on Internet. In order to support the
INETPhone and lay down the ground rules of the service, a scheme of
"open partnership" is proposed, so that the entire Internet community
can have the equal opportunity and benefits from the INETPhone
service.
1. Introduction
The success of traditional Internet services, such as the electronic
mail, the file transfer, and the remote machine access, has inspired
a row of new network applications -- the world-wide information web,
voice and video conferencing, and network telemarketing are just a
few to mention. With the further development in infrastructure and
the architecture of integrated, multimedia information services
[1,2,3], certainly the Internet will play a crucial role in shaping
up the future of so-called information super-highway.
Among many new applications, the voice communication through Internet
bears perhaps the most potential impact, since it competes directly
with the telephone communication, which has become an indispensable
Yang