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IP Multimedia Subsystem: Analysis of Scalability and Integration*

 

     Lava N. Al-Doski, Rabindra Ghimire and Seshadri Mohan

36.1 Introduction

36.2 IP Multimedia Subsystem

IMS Control Functions

IMS Protocol Suite

SIP Architecture

SIP Methods

User Identification in IMS

IMS Services

Quality of Service

IMS Procedures

36.3 Scalability Analysis of IMS

Impact of Service Usage

Impact of CDMA2000–WLAN Integration

36.4 Conclusions

Acknowledgment

References

36.1 Introduction

 

IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) is an architectural framework for delivering multimedia services standardized by the Third-Generation Partnership (3GPP/3GPP2) in late 1999. IMS enables multimedia and voice services to be delivered in a well-structured manner. It facilitates ...

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