04 - Ims Overview

IMS Overview
Vincente DIngianni
Director of Professional Services
Binary Systems, Inc.
vincente@binary-systems.com
www.convergencetechnologycenter.org
DUE 402356
Contents
What is IMS?
Basic Principles
IMS building blocks
IMS Architecture
Why all the excitement?
Who needs IMS
Problems
Conclusions
What is IMS?
IMS is an architecture, it is not a protocol.
Open-systems architecture that supports a range of

IP-based services over both Private and Carrier
networks, employing both wireless and fixed access
technologies.
IMS is defined by 3GPP.
Basic Principles
Access Independence
Different Network Architectures
Terminal and user mobility
Extensive IP-based services
IMS Building Blocks

1.
An all-IP Core Network (CN)
2.
An all-IP Radio Access network (RAN)
3.
Multimedia call control based on SIP
4.
Quality of Service (QoS) support for IP
IMS Architecture
Application Layer
SIP / OSA / CAMEL
AS
AS
Management
Control Layer
MRF
SIP, IP
Provisioning
HSS
CSCF
SG/MGCF
Charging
MGW
Connectivity & Access Layer

IP/MPLS
PSTN/PLMN
Number
Mapping
GERAN, UTRAN, WLAN, xDSL,...
IMS Architecture
HSS: Home Subscriber Server
CSCF: Call Session Control
Function:
SGW
Applications
and Services
Operator 1
I-CSCF: Interrogating CSCF
BGCF
OSA-SCS
BGCF: Breakout Gateway

Control Function
AS: Application Server
CSCF
MRFC: Multimedia Resource

Function Controller
MRFP: Multimedia Resource
Function Processor
MGCF
MGW
AS
SGW
MRFC
SCP
SCP: Service Control Point
MGW: Media Gateway
BGCF
IM-SSF
P-CSCF: Proxy CSCF
MGCF: Media Gateway Control

Function
CSCF
HSS
S-CSCF: Serving CSCF
Multimedia
IP
Networks
Operator 2
MRFP
CS Domain
- or PSTN
- or Legacy
- or External
GGSN
Alternative
Access
Network
Mobile
GERAN
UE
SGSN
UTRAN
Terminal
Service 3
Service 2
Service 1
Service 3
Service 2
Service 1
Vertical vs. Horizontal Architecture
Common functions
Network
logic
Terminal
Replicated - not reusable
Terminal
Routing
Network
logic
Terminal
Replication of common functions
Application logic
Common functions
Routing
Why all of the excitement?
Imagine starting a voice call on you home phone and transferring it

seamlessly to your mobile as you drive to work.
Imagine sending a multimedia message from your car that later
appears on your TV screen.
Imagine watching a movie on that same TV, pausing it in midshow and then watching it on a wireless PDA as you relax in the
garden.
Imagine having a cell phone conversation with two or three friends
and simultaneously sharing a video of the football match you are
attending.
Imagine that all of the above can be done with a single account, on
a single log-in with multiple devices over any number of access
networks
These are only a few examples of seamless multimedia services
that IMS will allow users to access anywhere at anytime
Who needs IMS?

Fixed Network Users want
Multimedia Conferencing
Voice over IP
Streaming Services
Mobile Network Users want
Push-to-X
Location Based Services
Mobile Gaming
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Who needs IMS?

Network Providers want
Fixed Mobile Convergence

One service - one implementation for all
access types
New Business Models
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An everyday scenario
Vincente
Mobile phone
Daniel
Mobile phone call
In a taxi from the airport...

Gerry
Mobile phone
Mobile phone call
Walking to the office...

Jacqueline
12
Vincente
Mobile phone
Daniel
Activates Video mode

Gerry
Mobile phone
Views Images on his mobile

Jacqueline
13
Mobile phone
Vincente
Daniel
Mobile phone
Buddy list > select project work group

Initiate PTT session
Join PTT session
Gerry
Jacqueline
Join PTT session
In the office...
Office PC
Join PTT session
In the office...
Fixed line phone
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Vincente
Laptop Computer
Daniel
Mobile phone
Buddy list > personal list

Invite others to Videoconference
Join Videoconference
At the hotel...
Gerry
Jacqueline
In the office...
Office PC
In the office...
Fixed line phone
15
Vincente
Laptop Computer
Daniel
Participates in Videoconference
At the hotel...
Gerry
Jacqueline
Opens presentation and shares it

with his colleagues
In the office...
Mobile phone
Office PC
In the office...
Fixed line phone
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Vincente
Laptop Computer
Daniel
Office PC
Switches from Mobile to PC
At the hotel...
Arrived in the office...
Gerry
Jacqueline
In the office...
Office PC
In the office...
Fixed line phone
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Problems and open issues
Architecture complexity.
Guarantees of QoS.
IETF and 3GPP standardisation co-operation.
SIP and IMS architecture are not mature enough
to guarantee fully functioning network.
Terminal complexity.
18
There is still work to be done....
The current work in 3GPP is still unfinished and

the discussion with IETF has just been started.
The specification work still continue now.
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Selected Acronyms
3G
Third Generation
3GPP(2) Third Generation Partnership
Project (2)
API
Application Programming Interface
AS
Application Server
BGCF
Breakout Gateway Control
Function
CAMEL Customised Applications for
Mobile Enhanced Logic
CSCF
Call Session Control Function
BICN
Bearer Independent Core Network
GGSN
Gateway GPRS Support Node
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
GSM
Global System for Mobility
IMS
IP
IP-CAN
ISIM
IWF
LAN
QoS
RACS
RAN
SCM
SGSN
SIP
SLA
UMTS
IP Multimedia Subsystem
Internet Protocol
IP- Connectivity Access Network
IMS Subscriber Identity Module
Inter-Working Function
Local Area Network
Quality of Service
Resource and Admission Control
Subsystem
Radio Access Network
Session Control Manager
Serving GPRS Support Node
Session Initiation Protocol
Service Level Agreement
Universal Mobile Terrestrial
Access
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IMS Overview

IMS is an architecture, it is not a protocol.

Open-systems architecture that supports a range of

IMS is defined by 3GPP.

Different Network Architectures

Terminal and user mobility

Extensive IP-based services

IMS Building Blocks

An all-IP Core Network (CN)

An all-IP Radio Access network (RAN)

Multimedia call control based on SIP

Quality of Service (QoS) support for IP

Connectivity & Access Layer

GERAN, UTRAN, WLAN, xDSL,...

I-CSCF: Interrogating CSCF

BGCF: Breakout Gateway

AS: Application Server

MRFC: Multimedia Resource

SCP: Service Control Point

MGW: Media Gateway

P-CSCF: Proxy CSCF

MGCF: Media Gateway Control

S-CSCF: Serving CSCF

Vertical vs. Horizontal Architecture

Replicated - not reusable

Replication of common functions

Why all of the excitement?

Imagine starting a voice call on you home phone and transferring it

Who needs IMS?

Who needs IMS?

Fixed Mobile Convergence

Mobile phone call

In a taxi from the airport...

Mobile phone call

Walking to the office...

Activates Video mode

In a taxi from the airport...

Views Images on his mobile

Walking to the office...

Buddy list > select project work group

In a taxi from the airport...

Walking to the office...

Join PTT session

Join PTT session

Fixed line phone

Buddy list > personal list

Walking to the office...

Fixed line phone

Walking to the office...

Opens presentation and shares it

Fixed line phone

Arrived in the office...

Fixed line phone

Problems and open issues

There is still work to be done....

The current work in 3GPP is still unfinished and

The specification work still continue now.

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