Global IP Solutions
Encyclopedia
Global IP Solutions is a United States
-based corporation that develops real-time voice and video processing software for IP
networks. The company (also known as GIPS) delivers embedded solutions that enable real-time communications capabilities for video and Voice over IP (VoIP). GIPS is perhaps best known for developing the narrowband
iLBC
and wideband
iSAC speech
codec
s.
GIPS software is generally delivered as “engines” that package together voice and video processing components into optimized frameworks for smoother integration and better performance. GIPS’ customers are primarily service providers, application developers, and manufacturers of IP phones, gateways or voice and video conferencing systems.
, Sweden
by signal processing
experts Roar Hagen (now GIPS’ CTO) and Bastiaan Kleijn (now GIPS’ Chief Scientist), Espen Fjogstad and Ivar T. Hognestad. The founders recognized that, at the time, most VoIP solutions were using existing technology developed for circuit switched
networks, and were therefore not properly suited to handle the delay
, jitter
and packet loss
presented by IP networks. It was with that premise in mind that the company began to develop and market technology specifically designed to mitigate the inherent challenges of VoIP.
In May 2010, Google
bought GIPS for $68.2 million. In June 2011, Google released WebRTC
, a proposed standard for pluginless peer-to-peer audiovisual communication between browsers, with GIPS technology.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-based corporation that develops real-time voice and video processing software for IP
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
networks. The company (also known as GIPS) delivers embedded solutions that enable real-time communications capabilities for video and Voice over IP (VoIP). GIPS is perhaps best known for developing the narrowband
Narrowband
In radio, narrowband describes a channel in which the bandwidth of the message does not significantly exceed the channel's coherence bandwidth. It is a common misconception that narrowband refers to a channel which occupies only a "small" amount of space on the radio spectrum.The opposite of...
iLBC
ILBC
Internet Low Bitrate Codec is an open source royalty-free narrowband speech codec, developed by Global IP Solutions formerly Global IP Sound . It was formerly licensed as a freeware with limited commercial use, but since 2011 it is available under an open source license as a part of the open...
and wideband
Wideband Audio
Wideband audio is an audio technology used in telephony. It extends the frequency range of audio signals transmitted over telephone lines, resulting in higher quality speech. The range of the human voice extends from 80 Hz to 14 kHz but traditional, voiceband or narrowband telephone calls limit...
iSAC speech
Speech
Speech is the human faculty of speaking.It may also refer to:* Public speaking, the process of speaking to a group of people* Manner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulated...
codec
Codec
A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data stream or signal. The word codec is a portmanteau of "compressor-decompressor" or, more commonly, "coder-decoder"...
s.
GIPS software is generally delivered as “engines” that package together voice and video processing components into optimized frameworks for smoother integration and better performance. GIPS’ customers are primarily service providers, application developers, and manufacturers of IP phones, gateways or voice and video conferencing systems.
History
The company (formerly known as Global IP Sound) was founded in July 1999 in StockholmStockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
by signal processing
Signal processing
Signal processing is an area of systems engineering, electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or analysis of signals, in either discrete or continuous time...
experts Roar Hagen (now GIPS’ CTO) and Bastiaan Kleijn (now GIPS’ Chief Scientist), Espen Fjogstad and Ivar T. Hognestad. The founders recognized that, at the time, most VoIP solutions were using existing technology developed for circuit switched
Circuit switching
Circuit switching is a methodology of implementing a telecommunications network in which two network nodes establish a dedicated communications channel through the network before the nodes may communicate. The circuit guarantees the full bandwidth of the channel and remains connected for the...
networks, and were therefore not properly suited to handle the delay
Network delay
Network delay is an important design and performance characteristic of a computer network or telecommunications network. The delay of a network specifies how long it takes for a bit of data to travel across the network from one node or endpoint to another. It is typically measured in multiples or...
, jitter
Jitter
Jitter is the undesired deviation from true periodicity of an assumed periodic signal in electronics and telecommunications, often in relation to a reference clock source. Jitter may be observed in characteristics such as the frequency of successive pulses, the signal amplitude, or phase of...
and packet loss
Packet loss
Packet loss occurs when one or more packets of data travelling across a computer network fail to reach their destination. Packet loss is distinguished as one of the three main error types encountered in digital communications; the other two being bit error and spurious packets caused due to noise.-...
presented by IP networks. It was with that premise in mind that the company began to develop and market technology specifically designed to mitigate the inherent challenges of VoIP.
In May 2010, Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
bought GIPS for $68.2 million. In June 2011, Google released WebRTC
WebRTC
WebRTC is a framework that was open sourced on June 1, 2011 that allows web browsers to conduct real-time video chat.Its inclusion in the World Wide Web Consortium standards is supported by Google, Mozilla and Opera....
, a proposed standard for pluginless peer-to-peer audiovisual communication between browsers, with GIPS technology.