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[Report]

Voice Call Continuity and Multimedia Independent Handover Report 2006-2011: Enabling true FMC services

Published: 2006/10

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

  • 1.1 Fixed-mobile convergence and substitution
    • Chart 1.1: Mobile-only households in selected countries, Q4 2005
    • Chart 1.2: Traffic originating on the fixed network, 2004-2005
      • 1.1.2 Telcos are slowing erosion through bundled offerings
      • 1.2.2 FMC opportunities for service providers
  • 1.2 Scope of this Report

Chapter 2 UMA overview

  • 2.1 Wireless unlicensed frequencies applied to cellular telephony
    • Table 2.1: Number of hotspots and users worldwide, 2005-2011
  • 2.2 The UMA network controller
    • Figure 2.1: UMA network architecture
  • 2.3 UMA market opportunities
  • 2.4 UMA deployments
    • 2.4.1 BT Fusion
    • 2.4.2 TeliaSonera
    • 2.4.3 Saunalahti
    • 2.4.4 T-Mobile
    • 2.4.5 Hello
    • 2.4.6 Others

Chapter 3 IMS/VCC technical focus

  • 3.1 IMS
  • 3.2 SIP and SS7
    • Chart 3.1: SIP vs SS7 voice call traffic, 2007-2012
  • 3.3 IMS network architecture
    • Table 3.1: Key IMS network components and their features
    • Figure 3.1: IMS network architecture
    • 3.3.1 The Control layer
      • 3.3.1.1 The proxy-cscf
      • 3.3.1.2 The interrogating cscf
      • 3.3.1.3 The serving cscf
    • 3.3.2 The user layer
    • 3.3.3 The application layer
      • 3.3.3.1 The Home Subscriber Server
  • 3.4 Why VCC is needed
    • Table 3.2: VCC market drivers
  • 3.5 Comparative analysis of UMA and VCC
    • Chart 3.2: Percentage of mobile phone calls made from vicinity of wireless hotspot
    • Table 3.3: Comparison of VCC vs UMA strengths and weaknesses
  • 3.6 VCC network elements
    • Figure 3.1: VCC network architecture
  • 3.7 VCC and the IMS Controlled Static Approach (ICSA)
    • Table 3.4: Features of the ICSA approach
  • 3.8 Customised Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL) and VCC
    • Table 3.5: Standards supported by each CAMEL phase
  • 3.9 Example of VCC operation
    • Figure 3.2: Example of VCC handover functionality
  • 3.10 VCC handover policy
    • Chart 3.3: IMS subscribers worldwide, 2006-2011
  • 3.11 QoS in FMC networks
  • 3.12 Billing in FMC
  • 3.13 QoS during the VCC handover process
  • 3.14 Multimedia Independent handover
    • Figure 3.3: The multimedia independent handover function
      • 3.14.1 Enhancing VCC with multimedia independent handover

Chapter 4 The IMS/VCC standardisation progress

  • 4.1 3GPP and the IMS
  • 4.2 VCC Functionality and 3GPP Release 7
  • 4.3 VCC supplementary services and 3GPPRelease 7
    • Table 4.1: Significant IMS/VCC features introduced by each 3GPP Release
  • 4.4 3GPP Release 8
  • 4.5 3GPP2 and the IMS
  • 4.6 TISPAN
  • 4.7 PacketCable
  • 4.8 Summary of the works of standardisation bodies in relation to IMS/VCC
    • Table 4.2: Works of standardisation bodies in relation to IMS/VCC
  • 4.9 Future aims of standardisation bodies
    • Figure 4.1: Future IMS-based telecoms networks

Chapter 5 IMS/VCC handsets

  • 5.1 UMA handset forecast
    • 5.1.1 A growing variety of handsets is increasing UMA's appeal
      • Chart 5.1: Global UMA handset shipments, 2006-2011
  • 5.2 UMA subscriber forecast
    • Chart 5.2: Global UMA subscribers, 2006-2011
  • 5.3 Available UMA handsets
    • Table 5.1: Available UMA handsets
  • 5.4 UMA mobile client software
  • 5.5 UMA handsets that support UMTS and WiMAX networks
  • 5.6 SIP and UMA
  • 5.7 IMS/VCC handsets
    • Chart 5.3: SIP-enabled global handset shipments, 2006-2011
    • Chart 5.4: IMS handset shipments, 2006-2011
    • Chart 5.5: VCC compliant handset shipments, 2006-2011
    • Chart 5.6: VCC subscribers worldwide, 2006-2011
  • 5.8 Multimedia and dual-mode handset components and prices
    • Chart 5.7: Hardware components of multimedia handsets and share of total hardware costs (%)
  • 5.9 IMS/VCC handset implementation issues
    • Table 5.2: IMS/VCC handset considerations
      • 5.9.1 Battery Life
      • 5.9.2 Complex RF environment
      • 5.9.3 Powerful processors
      • 5.9.4 Mobile VCC client software solutions
      • 5.9.5 The VCC user experience
  • 5.10 VCC mobile client software vendors
    • 5.10.1 FirstHand Technologies
    • 5.10.2 HelloSoft
    • 5.10.3 Kyocera Wireless
    • 5.10.3.1 Kyocera and NewStep Networks
  • 5.11 Nokia VCC enabled handsets
  • 5.12 Multimedia handoff and handsets
    • 5.12.1 Vendor strategies on media independent handover
    • 5.12.2 Potential of media independent handover

Chapter 6 VCC products and strategies

  • 6.1 Nortel Networks
  • 6.2 Alcatel
  • 6.3 Siemens
    • 6.3.1 Siemens and the Time Warner Cable trial
  • 6.4 Motorola
  • 6.5 Ericsson
  • 6.6 VCC solution providers
    • Table 6.1: VCC vendor solutions
      • 6.6.1 Bridgeport Networks
      • 6.6.2 Outsmart
      • 6.6.3 Telcordia
      • 6.6.4 NewStep Networks
  • 6.7 Longboard and multimedia handover
  • 6.8 MobileIgnite
  • 6.9 Vendor strategies to IMS/VCC
    • Table 6.2: VCC compliant services as defined by 3GPP
  • 6.10 Operator strategies to IMS/VCC
    • 6.10.1 Deployment timeline
      • Table 6.3: Global pre-VCC and VCC trials
      • Chart 6.1: VCC trials by service provider type
      • Chart 6.2: VCC deployments, 2007 and 2008
      • Chart 6.3: VCC trials by region
  • 6.11 Summary of factors affecting rapid IMS/VCC deployment
    • Table 6.4: Barriers to IMS/VCC deployments
    • Table 6.3: Factors driving IMS/VCC deployments

Chapter 7 Market opportunities

  • 7.1 General FMC/VCC market benefits
    • Chart 7.1: Number of 3G, GSM and Internet users by region
  • 7.2 Residential benefits realised through the deployment of FMC/VCC technology
    • Table 7.1: Macrocells vs femtocells
  • 7.3 Enterprise benefits realised through the deployment of IMS/VCC technology
    • Table 7.2: IP vs TDM/PCM PBX shipments (%), 2005-2011
  • 7.4 Benefits wireless operators can realise through FMC/VCC
  • 7.5 Benefits fixed line operators can realise through FMC/VCC
  • 7.6 Benefits cable operators can realise through FMC/VCC
  • 7.7 The North American Market for FMC/VCC
    • Table 7.1: Networks operated by US mobile operators
  • 7.8 European Market for FMC/VCC
    • Chart 7.2: Western European mobile service revenues, 2002-2005

Chapter 8 Conclusions

  • Appendix A Lead author's profile
  • Appendix B About visiongain
  • Appendix C Report evaluation form

Companies mentioned

  • 3GPP
  • 3GPP2
  • A123 Systems
  • Accuris
  • Alcatel
  • ARM
  • Azaire
  • BenQ
  • Brasil Telecom
  • BridgePort
  • BridgePort Networks
  • BrightHouse Networks
  • BroadSoft
  • BT
  • Cicero
  • Cicero Networks
  • Cisco
  • CMCS
  • ComCast Corp
  • Convergin
  • Cox Communications
  • Deutsche Telekom
  • E28
  • Ericsson
  • Firsthand Technologies
  • France Telecom
  • GSM Association
  • Hello
  • HelloSoft
  • HP
  • IEEE
  • imate
  • Inventel
  • IVT
  • Jupiter Telecommunications
  • Kineto Wireless
  • KPN
  • Kyocera
  • LG Electronics
  • Longboard
  • Lucent
  • MobileIgnite
  • Motorola
  • Neuf Telecom
  • NewStep
  • Nokia
  • Nortel
  • Open Mobile Alliance
  • Orange
  • OutSmart
  • PacketCable
  • PCTEL
  • Samsung
  • Saunalahti
  • Siemens
  • SimCom
  • Sprint-Nextel
  • Stoke
  • Stoke Networks
  • Stratus Technologies
  • Symbian
  • Tatara Systems
  • Tekelec
  • Telcordia
  • Telecom Italia
  • Telefonica
  • TeliaSonera
  • TimeWarner Cable
  • TISPAN
  • T-Mobile USA
  • Ubiquisys
  • UTStarcom
  • Verizon
  • Vodacom
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Voice Call Continuity and Multimedia Independent Handover Report 2006-2011: Enabling true FMC services
Published: 2006/10
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