THE IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts and Services, 3rd Edition

THE IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts and Services, 3rd Edition

Released March 2009
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9780470721964

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Book description

The IMS builds on the success of the first two editions to provide comprehensive coverage of IMS: its concepts, architecture, protocols and functionalities. It has been completely revised to include a number of new chapters which replace superseded topics, while remaining chapters are updated. In part 1, more information on TISPAN, I-WLAN, Cable is included and chapters are added on subjects such as 'IMS transit', 'Communication Continuity (VCC / PS-2-PS Handover)' and 'IMS interconnection'. Part 2 contains two new chapters on 'Multimedia Telephony' and 'SMS over IMS' while part 3 is completely updated with chapters added on 'Interworking' and 'Voice Call Continuity'. Part IV – Protocols, of the previous edition will be added to a new companion website.

  • New edition of highly successful text

  • Includes a number of new chapters while remaining chapters are fully revised and updated

  • New companion website to include Protocols

  • Places special emphasis on services, featuring more detailed descriptions of presence, messaging, group management and push-to-talk over cellular (conferencing).

  • Explores the general benefits of IMS in detail and focuses in particular on its role in fixed-mobile convergence.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. Part I: IMS Architecture and Concepts
    1. Chapter 1: Introduction
      1. 1.1 What is the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)?
      2. 1.2 Fixed and Mobile Convergence
      3. 1.3 Example of IMS Services
      4. 1.4 Where did it come from?
      5. 1.5 Why a SIP Solution Based on 3GPP Standards?
    2. Chapter 2: IP Multimedia Subsystem Architecture
      1. 2.1 Architectural Requirements
      2. 2.2 Description of IMS-related Entities and Functionalities
      3. 2.3 IMS Reference Points
    3. Chapter 3: IMS Concepts
      1. 3.1 Overview
      2. 3.2 Registration
      3. 3.3 Mechanism to Register Multiple User Identities at a Go
      4. 3.4 Session Initiation
      5. 3.5 Identification
      6. 3.6 IP Multimedia Services Identity Module (ISIM)
      7. 3.7 Sharing a Single User Identity between Multiple Devices
      8. 3.8 Discovering the IMS Entry Point
      9. 3.9 S-CSCF Assignment
      10. 3.10 Mechanism for Controlling Bearer Traffic
      11. 3.11 Charging
      12. 3.12 User Profile
      13. 3.13 Service Provision
      14. 3.14 Connectivity between Traditional CS Users and IMS Users
      15. 3.15 IMS Transit
      16. 3.16 Support for Local Dialling Plans
      17. 3.17 IMS Emergency Sessions
      18. 3.18 SIP Compression
      19. 3.19 Combination of CS and IMS Services – Combinational Services
      20. 3.20 Voice Call Continuity
      21. 3.21 Security Services in the IMS
      22. 3.22 Interworking between IPv4 and IPv6 in the IMS
  11. Part II: IMS Services
    1. Chapter 4: Presence
      1. 4.1 Who will use the Presence Service?
      2. 4.2 Presence-Enhanced Services
      3. 4.3 Presence Contributing to Business
      4. 4.4 What is Presence?
      5. 4.5 Presence Service in IMS
      6. 4.6 Publishing Presence
      7. 4.7 Subscribing Presence
      8. 4.8 Watcher Information
      9. 4.9 Setting Presence Authorization
    2. Chapter 5: Group Management
      1. 5.1 Group Management's Contribution to Business
      2. 5.2 What is Group Management?
      3. 5.3 What is XML Configuration Access Protocol?
      4. 5.4 What is Common Policy?
      5. 5.5 Resource List
      6. 5.6 XCAP Usage for Resource Lists
      7. 5.7 Open Mobile Alliance Solution for Group Management
      8. 5.8 Multimedia Telephony and Service Management
    3. Chapter 6: Push to Talk Over Cellular
      1. 6.1 PoC Architecture
      2. 6.2 PoC Features
      3. 6.3 User Plane
      4. 6.4 PoC Service Settings
    4. Chapter 7: Messaging
      1. 7.1 Overview of IMS Messaging
      2. 7.2 Immediate Messaging
      3. 7.3 Session-Based Messaging
      4. 7.4 Messaging Interworking
      5. 7.5 Instant Messaging by Open Mobile Alliance
    5. Chapter 8: Conferencing
      1. 8.1 IMS Conferencing Architecture and Principles
      2. 8.2 IMS Conferencing Procedures
    6. Chapter 9: Multimedia Telephony
      1. 9.1 Introduction
      2. 9.2 Multimedia Telephony Communication
      3. 9.3 Supplementary Services
  12. Part III: Detailed Procedures
    1. Chapter 10: Introduction to Detailed Procedures
      1. 10.1 The Example Scenario
      2. 10.2 Base Standards
    2. Chapter 11: An Example of IMS Registration
      1. 11.1 Overview
      2. 11.2 Initial Parameters and IMS Management Object
      3. 11.3 Signalling PDP Context Establishment
      4. 11.4 P-CSCF Discovery
      5. 11.5 SIP Registration and Registration Routing Aspects
      6. 11.6 Authentication
      7. 11.7 Access Security – IPsec SAs
      8. 11.8 SIP Security Mechanism Agreement
      9. 11.9 IMS Communication Service Identification and other Callee Capabilities
      10. 11.10 Compression Negotiation
      11. 11.11 Access and Location Information
      12. 11.12 Charging-Related Information During Registration
      13. 11.13 User Identities
      14. 11.14 Re-Registration and Re-Authentication
      15. 11.15 De-Registration
      16. 11.16 GPRS-IMS-Bundled Authentication (GIBA)
    3. Chapter 12: An Example IMS Multimedia Telephony Session
      1. 12.1 Overview
      2. 12.2 Caller and Callee Identities
      3. 12.3 Routing
      4. 12.4 Compression Negotiation
      5. 12.5 Media Negotiation
      6. 12.6 Resource Reservation
      7. 12.7 Charging-Related Procedures During Session Establishment for Sessions
      8. 12.8 Release of a Session
      9. 12.9 Alternative IMS Session Establishment Procedures
      10. 12.10 Routing of GRUUs
      11. 12.11 Routing of PSIs
      12. 12.12 A Short Introduction to GPRS
    4. Chapter 13: An example IMS Voice Call Continuity Procedures
      1. 13.1 Overview
      2. 13.2 Configuring the Clients with Communication Continuity Configuration Parameters
      3. 13.3 Setting up the Initial Call and Call Anchoring
      4. 13.4 Domain Transfer: CS to IMS
      5. 13.5 Theresa adds Video to the Call
      6. 13.6 Domain Transfer: IMS to CS
      7. 13.7 Related Standards
  13. References
  14. List of Abbreviations
  15. Index

Product information

  • Title: THE IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts and Services, 3rd Edition
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: March 2009
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9780470721964