The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds
3. Edition September 2008
652 Pages, Hardcover
Monograph
Short Description
This new edition builds on the success of its predecessor, providing comprehensively expanded content. The authors adopt a logical approach, first presenting the overview and background knowledge on error-control coding, considering this under the umbrella of the entire data network framework rather than dealing with individual data network sub-blocks.
The IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is the technology that merges the Internet with the cellular world. It makes Internet technologies such as the web, email, instant messaging, presence, and videoconferencing available nearly everywhere at any time.
The third edition of this bestselling book is fully updated and provides comprehensively expanded content, including new chapters on emergency calls and on Voice Call Continuity (VCC). As well as this, The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) presents updated material including a comprehensive picture of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as well as its applicability to IMS. As most of the protocols have been designed in the IETF, this book explains how the IETF developed these protocols and describes how these protocols are used in the IMS architecture.
This is an indispensable guide for engineers, programmers, business managers, marketing representatives and technically aware users who want to understand how the IMS works and explore the business model behind it.
* New chapters on emergency calls, Voice Call Continuity (VCC), service configuration (XCAP, XDM), and conferencing
* Fully updated throughout, including Policy and Charging Control (PCC), QoS, Presence, Instant Messaging, Multimedia Telephony Services, and Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC)
* Describes the IP Multimedia Subsystem from two different perspectives: from the IETF perspective, and from the 3GPP perspective.
* Provides details on the latest policy technology and security architecture
* Written by experienced professionals in the field.
Foreword by Allison Mankin and Jon Peterson.
Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Acknowledgements.
Part I Introduction to the IMS.
IMS Vision: Where Do We Want to Go?
2 The History of the IMS Standardization.
3 General Principles of the IMS Architecture.
Part II The Signaling Plane in the IMS.
4 Session Control on the Internet.
5 Session Control in the IMS.
6 AAA on the Internet.
7 AAA in the IMS.
8 Policy and Charging Control in the IMS.
9 Quality of Service on the Internet.
10 Quality of Service in the IMS.
11 Security on the Internet.
12 Security in the IMS.
13 Emergency Calls on the Internet.
14 Emergency Calls in the IMS.
Part III The Media Plane in the IMS.
15 Media Encoding.
16 Media Transport.
Part IV Building Services with the IMS.
17 Service Configuration on the Internet.
18 Service Configuration in the IMS.
19 The Presence Service on the Internet.
20 The Presence Service in the IMS.
21 Instant Messaging on the Internet.
22 The Instant Messaging Service in the IMS.
23 Conferencing on the Internet.
24 Conferencing in the IMS.
25 Push-to-Talk over Cellular.
26 Multimedia Telephony Services: PSTN/ISDN Simulation Services.
27 Voice Call Continuity (VCC).
Appendix A List of IMS-related Specifications.
References.
Index.
