IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): The Commercial Rollout of Applications

Table of Contents

The Promise of IMS

• The Promises and Benefits of IMS
• The IMS Framework
  • Access networks
  • Transport Layer
  • Session Management Layer
  • Services / Application Layer
• IMS in the Competitive Landscape of Telecom Services

Threats and Challenges for IMS

• Will IMS Forever be a Walled Garden?
• IN / CAMEL Services
• Evolution Path to IMS for Network Equipment16

IMS Applications

• Fixed Mobile Convergence
  • What is Fixed Mobile Convergence, and why is it Useful?
  • How do IMS Standards Enable FMC?
  • Examples of FMC Deployments
• Presence
  • Description of Presence Service
  • Standards Supporting Presence
  • Deployment Example
• Push-to-X
  • Description of Push-to-X Application
  • Standards Supporting Push-to-X
  • Deployment Examples
• Rich calls
  • Description of Rich Calls Application
  • Standards Supporting Rich Calls
  • Deployment Examples
• Personalized Communication / Information Services
  • Description of Personalized Communication / Information Services Application
  • Standards Supporting Personalized Communication / Information Services
  • Deployment Examples
• Multiparty gaming
  • Description of Multiparty Gaming Application
  • Standards Supporting Multiparty Gaming
  • Deployment Examples
• Multimedia Telephony including Video Calling
  • Description of Multimedia Telephony Application
  • Standards Supporting Multimedia Telephony
  • Deployment Examples
• Audio/Web/Videoconferencing
  • Description of Audio/Web/Videoconferencing Application
  • Standards Supporting Audio/Web/Videoconferencing
  • Deployment Examples
• Interactive Voice Response
  • Description of Interactive Voice Response
  • Standards Supporting Interactive Voice Response
  • Deployment Examples
• Consumer Voice services / Business Voice Services
  • Description of Voice Application
  • Consumer / Business VoIP versus Multimedia Telephony Services
  • Standards Supporting VoIP
  • Deployment Examples
• IPTV interactions
  • Description of IPTV Application
  • Standards Supporting IPTV Applications
  • Examples of IPTV Deployments
• Messaging Applications
  • Description of Messaging Application
  • Standards Supporting Messaging
  • Deployment Examples
• Service Capability Interaction Manager (SCIM)
  • Description of SCIM
  • Standards Supporting SCIM
  • Deployment Examples

Alternate Service Delivery Methods

IMS Application Ecosystem

Conclusions