CAMEL – Advanced

Courses: SS7, CAMEL, Diameter
  • Course:CAMEL – Advanced
  • Course ID:CAMEL-ADV Duration:3 days Where: Your Office (7+ Persons)
  • Available as a private, customized course for your group at your offices or ours and in some cases as a WebLive(TM) class.

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Course Outline

  • Review
    • GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, and UMTS networks
    • IN, WIN, and AIN
    • TCAP, MAP, SCCP and CAP protocols
    • IN conceptual model and planes
    • IN service creation environment
  • CAMEL Phase 3 Advanced Features
    • 3G networks in general
    • UMTS network architecture
    • Cell planning: 2G versus 3G
    • Call control
    • CAMEL control of GPRS
    • CAMEL control of MO-SMS
    • Mobility management
    • Active location retrieval
    • Subscription data control
    • Enhancement to USSD
    • Pre-paging
  • Trigger Detection Points and CAP Operations in Phase 3
  • CAMEL Phase 3 Service Creation Examples
  • CAMEL Phase 4 Advanced Features
    • General introduction
    • Call control
    • GPRS control
    • SMS control
    • Mobility management
    • Any-time interrogation
    • Subscription data control
    • Mobile number portability
  • Trigger Detection Points and CAP Operations in Phase 4
  • CAMEL Phase 4 Service Creation Examples
  • CAMEL vis-à-vis IMS
    • Rationale for CAMEL control of IMS
    • IMS conceptual model
    • IMS development
    • IMS functional components
    • Basic principles of SIP
    • SIP session control in IMS
    • Service elements and service control
    • The IM-SSF and CSE
    • Registration
    • IMS call control
    • CAMEL application part for IMS control
    • Supported call cases for IMS control
    • Service example in IMS session control
  • Various CAMEL Systems on the Market
  • CAMEL Overlay for Non-CAMEL Networks
    • Network components
    • Advantages
    • Service scenarios
    • Industry approach and models
  • Third-Party CAMEL Platforms
    • Implementation methods
    • Charging and rating
    • Call and session control
    • Open standards and mechanisms
    • Examples of real implementations worldwide
    • Case study
  • CAMEL Phase 4: 3GPP Release 5
    • New and advanced features
    • Network components
    • Interfaces and functionality
    • Capability negotiation
  • CAMEL Phase 4: 3GPP Release 6
    • New and advanced features
    • Network components
    • Interfaces and functionality
    • Enhanced dialed service
    • Handover notification criteria
    • Enhancement to SCUDIF control
    • Reporting user-to-user information
    • Enhancement to user interaction
  • CAMEL Phase 4: 3GPP Release 7
    • New and advanced features
    • Network components
    • Interfaces and functionality
    • Trunk originated triggering
    • Enhancements to 3GPP Release 7
  • Industry Trends in CAMEL Implementation Approach
  • Worldwide Networks Overview and Status for CAMEL
  • What Is Being Implemented Currently and Why?
  • How to Plan CAMEL Implementation in Various Scenarios
    • New network
    • Existing network (service node, IN, etc.)
    • MVNO and specialized environments
  • Open Standards and Available Options for Interfacing
  • Discussion: Your CAMEL Implementation
    • What to implement?
    • How to implement?
    • Available options
  • Wrap-up
    • Course Recap, Q/A, and Evaluations