Authors:
Zhongwen Zhu
and
Richard Brunner
Affiliation:
PDU Messaging, Ericsson Canada, Canada
Keyword(s):
Inter-working, IMS, SIP, multimedia, XMPP, 3GPP, CSCF, Google Talk.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
;
Internet Qos for Multimedia Applications
;
IPTV, VoIP, Web Conferencing
;
Multimedia
;
Multimedia and Communications
;
Multimedia Systems and Applications
;
Telecommunications
Abstract:
With the evolution of third generation network, more and more multimedia services are developed and deployed. Any new service to be deployed in IMS network is required to inter-work with existing Internet communities or legacy terminal users in order to appreciate the end users, who are the main drivers for the service to succeed. The challenge for Inter-working between IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) and non-IMS network is “how to handle recipient’s address”. This is because each network has its own routable address schema. For instance, the address for Google Talk user is xmpp:xyz@google.com, which is un-routable in IMS network. Hereafter a new Inter-working (IW) solution between IMS and non-IMS network is proposed for multimedia services that include Instant Messaging, Chat, and File transfer, etc. It is an end-to-end solution built on IMS infrastructure. The Public Service Identity (PSI) defined in 3GPP standard (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is used to allow terminal clients
to allocate this IW service. When sending the SIP (Session Initial Protocol) request out for multimedia services, the terminal includes the recipient’s address in the payload instead of the “Request-URI” header. In the network, the proposed solution provides the mapping rules between different networks in MM-IW. The detailed technical description and the corresponding use cases are present. The comparison with other alternatives is made. The benefits of the proposed solution are highlighted.
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