Abstract :
Numbering and addressing issues arising in the integrated broadband communication network (IBCN) for the support of the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and Personal Telecommunication Service (PTS) are discussed. Mobile communications services will allow a user to roam within a network. Thus, there will be a need to identify several types of objects (terminals, network points of attachment, users, customers premises networks or CPN, etc.). The mobility properties of these objects will necessitate dynamic bindings between their addresses and names. The situation is further complicated because the mobility may be embedded. A mobile user may employ a mobile terminal in a mobile CPN. Therefore, in UMTS and PTS there is a need for dynamic binding of various identifiers with location information data. The exclusive use of personal telecommunication numbers (PTNs) as dialing numbers (DNs) is proposed in IBCN for UMTS and PTS. That is, PTNs will be used (during dialing) for making calls to mobile terminals, mobile users, and fixed subscribers. When the personal communication service is not provided, the DN corresponds to the terminal number of the equipment (fixed or mobile) of the called subscriber
Keywords :
ISDN; broadband networks; mobile communication systems; CPN; IBCN; Personal Telecommunication Service; Universal Mobile Telecommunication System; addressing issues; customers premises networks; dynamic binding; integrated broadband communication network; location information data; mobile communications; mobile terminal; mobile user; numbering; personal telecommunication numbers; 3G mobile communication; Broadband communication; Communication networks; ISDN; Intelligent networks; Mobile communication; Multimedia systems; Roaming; Robustness; Telecommunication services;
