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T6 - Technical Briefing on Mobile All IP Service Architecture Options

Thomas Magedanz, Fraunhofer Insitute FOKUS, Germany

This course provides for managers and engineers a technical overview and comparison of the available service architecture options for the emerging 3G beyond networks, based on the all IP paradigm. As such the seminar introduces the evolution form todayıs 2G mobile systems to the overall 3GPP architecture (CS. PS, IMS) and subsequently looks in particular at the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture options. These are mainly the
• 3GPP Customized Applications for Mobile enhanced Logic (CAMEL) and the related American Wireless Intelligent Network (WIN),
• emerging open network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) from 3GPP (OSA), Parlay and the Java APIs for integrated Networks (JAIN), and
• all IP networks based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and related protocols.
The seminar introduces and compares these architectures and also looks at potential synergies and migration paths from existing service architectures.

1. Overview of 3G Services and Architecture
• Next generation mobile networks, business models and expected services
• Migration from today to all IP networks
• The 3GPP 3G Architecture: CS Domain, PS Domain, IMS Domain

2. SIP Basics and SIP AS
• VoIP Basics (Signaling vs. Bearer Transport)
• Basic SIP architecture and operation
• SIP Services and VAS provision

3. 3GPP CAMEL, WIN
• The foundation: Intelligent Network Basics
• CAMEL Architecture and Services (Prepaid Roaming, VPN, etc.)
• CAMEL evolution (Phases)
• CAMEL vs. WIN

4. 3GPP OSA / Parlay / JAIN
• The foundation: IT Basics (CORBA, Java, Web services)
• API principles and basic functionality
• API Relationships: Parlay / 3GPP OSA / JAIN
• Service examples (Next generation IN, M-Commerce, etc.)

5. Comparison and outlook
• Architecture pros and cons
• Potential synergies and combinations
• Evolution options
Question and Answers

Thomas Magedanz (PhD) is director of the ì3G beyondî division at Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Germany, which also provides the first open UMTS/3G beyond test and development center in Germany. In addition, he is full professor at the Technical University of Berlin with the chair for next generation telecommunication infrastructures (NGNI). He is a member of the IEEE, editorial board member of several journals, and the author of more than 120 technical papers/articles. He is the author of two books on IN standards and IN evolution. Based on his 15 years of experience in the teaching complex IT and telecommunication technologies to different customer segments in an easy to diggest way, Dr. Thomas Magedanz is a globally recognised technology coach. His employments as university professor and division head of a major German R&D organisation make him a prime choice for such trainings, as he is able to provide a non-biased presentation of the technologies. He regularly provides strategic and technology briefings for major operators and telecom vendors, as well he acts often as invited tutorial speaker at major telecom conferences and workshops around the world.


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