The IMS service platform: a solution for next-generation network operators to be more than bit pipes

Author

Cuevas, Antonio ; Moreno, Jose Ignacio ; Vidales, Pablo ; Einsiedler, Hans

Author_Institution

Univ. Carlos III

Volume

44

Issue

8

fYear

2006

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

81

Abstract

As third-generation (mobile) networks (3G networks) become a commercial reality, strong movements are emerging in the direction of a common infrastructure based on the Internet protocol (IP). The users´ mobile devices are like another IP host connected to the Internet. In such a scenario, the network operator infrastructure is degraded to bit pipes. To avoid this, the 3G partnership project (3GPP) and ETSI TISPAN have designed IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), a service platform that aims to place the network operator again in the central role of service provisioning. In this article we examine IMS from a mobile operator´s perspective and analyse its possible adaptation to the next-generation networks

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Internet; multimedia systems; telecommunication services; transport protocols; 3G networks; 3G partnership project; 3GPP; ETSI TISPAN; IMS service platform; IP host; IP multimedia subsystem; Internet protocol; bit pipes; mobile devices; network operator infrastructure; next-generation network operators; service provisioning; third-generation mobile networks; Business; Concrete; Convergence; Costs; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internet telephony; Investments; Next generation networking; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2006.1678113

Filename

1678113