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Vincente DIngianni
Director of Professional Services
Binary Systems, Inc.
vincente@binary-systems.com
What is IMS?
Basic Principles
IMS building blocks
IMS Architecture
Why all the excitement?
Who needs IMS
Problems
Conclusions
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What is IMS?
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Basic Principles
Access Independence
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IMS Building Blocks
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IMS Architecture
Application Layer
SIP / OSA / CAMEL
AS AS
Management
Control Layer
MRF
Provisioning
SIP, IP
HSS
CSCF
SG/MGCF Charging
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IMS Architecture
HSS: Home Subscriber Server SGW
Service 3
Service 2
Service 1
Service 3
Service 1
Service 2
Common functions
Routing
Network Network
Terminal logic Terminal Terminal logic Terminal
Application logic
Common functions
Routing
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Why all of the excitement?
Imagine starting a voice call on you home phone and transferring it
seamlessly to your mobile as you drive to work.
Imagine sending a multimedia message from your car that later
appears on your TV screen.
Imagine watching a movie on that same TV, pausing it in mid-show
and then watching it on a wireless PDA as you relax in the garden.
Imagine having a cell phone conversation with two or three friends
and simultaneously sharing a video of the football match you are
attending.
Imagine that all of the above can be done with a single account,
on a single log-in with multiple devices over any number of access
networks
These are only a few examples of seamless multimedia services
that IMS will allow users to access anywhere at anytime
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Who needs IMS?
Fixed Network Users want
Multimedia Conferencing
Voice over IP
Streaming Services
Mobile Gaming
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Who needs IMS?
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An everyday scenario
Vincente Mobile phone Daniel Mobile phone
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An everyday scenario
Vincente Mobile phone Daniel Mobile phone
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An everyday scenario
Vincente Mobile phone Daniel Mobile phone
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An everyday scenario
Vincente Laptop Computer Daniel Mobile phone
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An everyday scenario
Vincente Laptop Computer Daniel Mobile phone
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An everyday scenario
Vincente Laptop Computer Daniel Office PC
Participates in Videoconference
Switches from Mobile to PC
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Problems and open issues
Architecture complexity.
Guarantees of QoS.
IETF and 3GPP standardisation co-operation.
SIP and IMS architecture are not mature enough
to guarantee fully functioning network.
Terminal complexity.
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There is still work to be done....
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Selected Acronyms
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