IMS – Comprehensive
- Introduction
- Historical perspective of wireless and wireline network evolution
- Advantages and disadvantages of legacy technologies
- IMS Basics
- Key terminology
- IMS layers, concepts, and elements
- Definitions/functions per node
- Policy overview
- IMS in GSM, CDMA, fixed and WiMAX networks
- IMS key market trends
- SIP overview
- MPLS/DiffServ and packet networks overview
- IMS: A Functional Study
- P,I,S-CSCF
- SBC
- BGCF
- MGCF
- SGW
- MRF
- PDF/PEF
- SPDF/A-RACF
- SCIM
- HSS
- SLF
- Interfaces
- Protocols
- IMS Applications
- Overview of services
- SCIM and composite services
- Services policy
- System Functionality
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Peering policy
- Access policy
- Applications policy
- Network policy
- Subscriber policy
- Third party policy
- Call Flows
- Mobile to land
- Land to mobile
- 2G mobile to 3G VoIP/IMS mobile
- 3G VoIP/IMS mobile to 2G Mobile
- 2G SMS to 3G/IMS SMS
- Current Standards Work and Challenges
- IPv6
- Legacy internetworking
- Security
- Privacy
- RAN performance requirements
- SCIM
- Session based QoS
- Non-SIP and legacy applications and admission control
- Voice call continuity
- IMS centralized services
- Wrap-up
- Putting it all together
- End game, economics, strategy, financial drivers
- Future of mobile networking
- Q/A and Evaluations
