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Vincente DIngianni
Director of Professional Services
Binary Systems, Inc.
vincente@binary-systems.com
IMS Overview
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Contents
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?
IMS is an architecture, it is not a protocol.

Open-systems architecture that supports a range of
IP-based services over both Private and Carrier
networks, employing both wireless and fixed access
technologies.

IMS is defined by 3GPP.
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Basic Principles
Access Independence

Different Network Architectures

Terminal and user mobility

Extensive IP-based services
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IMS Building Blocks
1. An all-IP Core Network (CN)

2. An all-IP Radio Access network (RAN)

3. Multimedia call control based on SIP

4. Quality of Service (QoS) support for IP
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Management
Provisioning
Charging
Number
Mapping
MGW
SG/MGCF
CSCF
MRF
HSS
SIP, IP
Control Layer
AS
AS
SIP / OSA / CAMEL
Application Layer
IP/MPLS PSTN/PLMN
GERAN, UTRAN, WLAN, xDSL,...
Connectivity & Access Layer
IMS Architecture
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HSS: Home Subscriber Server
CSCF: Call Session Control
Function:
S-CSCF: Serving CSCF
I-CSCF: Interrogating CSCF
P-CSCF: Proxy CSCF
BGCF: Breakout Gateway
Control Function
MGCF: Media Gateway Control
Function
AS: Application Server
SCP: Service Control Point
MGW: Media Gateway
MRFC: Multimedia Resource
Function Controller

MRFP: Multimedia Resource
Function Processor

Applications
and Services
AS
SCP
Mobile
UE
GERAN
UTRAN
SGSN
IM-SSF
OSA-SCS
CSCF
HSS
SGW
Operator 1
CSCF BGCF
Operator 2
BGCF
MGCF
MRFC MRFP
GGSN
Multimedia
IP
Networks
CS Domain
- or -
PSTN
- or -
Legacy
- or -
External


MGW
SGW
Alternative
Access
Network
IMS Architecture
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Vertical vs. Horizontal Architecture
Terminal Terminal
Network
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Application logic
Common functions
Routing
Terminal Terminal
Network
logic
Replication of common functions
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Routing
Common functions
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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
Why all of the excitement?
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Who needs IMS?
Fixed Network Users want
Multimedia Conferencing
Voice over IP
Streaming Services

Mobile Network Users want
Push-to-X
Location Based Services
Mobile Gaming
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Who needs IMS?

Network Providers want

Fixed Mobile Convergence
One service - one implementation for all
access types
New Business Models




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An everyday scenario
Daniel
Jacqueline
In a taxi from the airport...
Walking to the office...
Mobile phone call
Mobile phone call
Mobile phone Mobile phone Vincente
Gerry
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An everyday scenario
Daniel
Jacqueline
In a taxi from the airport...
Walking to the office...
Activates Video mode

Views Images on his mobile
Mobile phone Mobile phone Vincente
Gerry
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An everyday scenario
Vincente Daniel
Gerry Jacqueline
In a taxi from the airport... Walking to the office...
Mobile phone Mobile phone
Buddy list > select project work group
Initiate PTT session
In the office... In the office...
Office PC
Join PTT session Join PTT session
Join PTT session
Fixed line phone
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An everyday scenario
Daniel
Jacqueline
At the hotel...
Walking to the office...
Laptop Computer Mobile phone
Buddy list > personal list
Invite others to Videoconference
In the office... In the office...
Office PC Fixed line phone
Join Videoconference
Join Videoconference Join Videoconference
Vincente
Gerry
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An everyday scenario
Daniel
Jacqueline
At the hotel...
Walking to the office...
Laptop Computer Mobile phone
Participates in Videoconference
In the office... In the office...
Office PC Fixed line phone
Participates in Videoconference
Participates in Videoconference Opens presentation and shares it
with his colleagues
Vincente
Gerry
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An everyday scenario
Vincente Daniel
Gerry Jacqueline
At the hotel... Arrived in the office...
Laptop Computer Office PC
In the office... In the office...
Office PC Fixed line phone
Switches from Mobile to PC
Participates in Videoconference
Participates in Videoconference Participates in Videoconference
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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....
The current work in 3GPP is still unfinished and
the discussion with IETF has just been started.

The specification work still continue now.
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Selected Acronyms
3G Third Generation
3GPP(2) Third Generation Partnership
Project (2)
API Application Programming Interface
AS Application Server
BGCF Breakout Gateway Control
Function
CAMEL Customised Applications for
Mobile Enhanced Logic
CSCF Call Session Control Function
BICN Bearer Independent Core Network
GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global System for Mobility

IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
IP Internet Protocol
IP-CAN IP- Connectivity Access Network
ISIM IMS Subscriber Identity Module
IWF Inter-Working Function
LAN Local Area Network
QoS Quality of Service
RACS Resource and Admission Control
Subsystem
RAN Radio Access Network
SCM Session Control Manager
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
SIP Session Initiation Protocol
SLA Service Level Agreement
UMTS Universal Mobile Terrestrial
Access