Towards the Convergence between IMS and Social Networks

The need of interaction, communication, and data and affections interchange is speeding up the evolution of the technologies that permit the proliferation of social networks. This paradigm permits people with common interests to feel closer and to interchange content. The present work analyzes the necessity of mobile social networks and proposes an integration between the current social networks and the new generation networks by providing new interfaces to the IMS architecture. Some advantages of this integration will be analyzed. Also, the new communication possibilities and enabler utilization (presence, group management) will be taken into consideration. To finalize, we present an example of integration between Facebook and IMS networks through a RESTful interface.