Transcript The Promise of 3G Applications James Rafferty, Cantata Technology

The Promise of 3G Applications
James Rafferty, Cantata Technology
ATCA Summit, October 19, 2006
Overview







March 23, 2017
Wireless Network Evolution to 3G
Impact of IP
Introducing IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)
3G – IMS Building Blocks
Early Deployment of 3G Applications
Status of 3G/IMS Standardization
Summary
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
2
Wireless Evolution to 3G
 Wireless cell phone use has been one of the
big Telecom success stories in last 20 years
 GSM and CDMA digital wireless introduced in
90’s and still in use today (2G)
 Move to wireless data applications (2.5 G /
GPRS/ EVDO) in last few years
 Promise of 3G (Third Generation Wireless) is
to offer bigger pipes, much greater flexibility
and preserve/extend mobilility
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
3
Impact of IP
 First round of 3G based on circuit switched
networks
 In parallel, big move to Voice over IP in
landline networks
 Wireless community also wants to move to IP,
but needs to upgrade infrastructure
 Move to IP and desire to support new, richer
multimedia applications were new drivers
 Result: New IP-based infrastructure needed
for 3G networks
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
4
Introducing IMS
 Wireless industry sought to solve these
issues and move to IP-based services
– Resulting architecture is called IP Multimedia
Subsystem or IMS
– Devised by the Third Generation Partnership
Project (3GPP)
– Also endorsed by the CDMA based 3GPP2
– IMS began in the wireless community, but is now
being accepted by a variety of carriers and
industry organizations
– Now envisioned for use on many different types of
networks, including WiFi and landline
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
5
IMS Overview
Converged Applications
•
•
•
•
Applications
Across Networks
Reduced development costs and time
Voice, Video and data services
Write once / use many
Video
Hosted
Services
Data
Voice
Win Media
MP3
Web Content
Text
Control
Shared Resources
• Media server resources
• Common user data
• Single user profile across applications
• Integrated applications
SIP
Transport
Session Control
• Common Session Control (SIP)
• Provides common service policies
• Leverages investments across
multiple
applications
DSL
Access Network Agnostic
• Eliminates multiple service solutions
• Network transparency
• Consistent services across networks
March 23, 2017
Access
CMTS
Mobile
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
PSTN
6
IMS and Application Developers
 IMS is the new wireless service architecture
– Over time, it will fully replace existing 2G service
approaches
 Well suited for applications which use
multimedia and communications
 Application developers can focus on the
application or service
– IMS provides the infrastructure with tools like the
MRF for rich media and Diameter for accounting
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
7
Building Blocks for 3G - IMS
 IMS provides separates applications from
underlying infrastructure
 Promotes scalability and ability to re-use
common components to support multiple
applcations
 An example is the MRF or Media Resource
Function of IMS
– MRF handles media handling, including Voice
Play/Record, Video Play/Record, Tone Detect –
Collect, …
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
8
Distributed Application Concept
ISC
Application Server
S – CSCF (SIP Server)
Mr (SIP)
Media Resource Function (MRF)
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
9
Building the Network – MRF Example
 Many of the 3G – IMS components can be
built using standard off-the-shelf servers
 For example:
– MRF can be built using PC server based CPUs
– Movement toward MRF as Software that can run
on various hardware platforms
 Examples of MRF Topology Choices
–
–
–
–
March 23, 2017
ATCA / uTCA Chassis with CPU blade
Blade Server
1U / 2U appliance
Stratus Fault Tolerant Server
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
10
3G Applications deliver new and enhanced
Services…
Ubiquitous Services
Personalized content
Blended Services
Audio and Video
Conferencing
Hosted
Services
IP Centrex
Video
Messaging
Gaming
Pre-Paid
Voicemail
…and many more
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
11
Putting the 3G-IMS to Work
Unified
Messaging
Announcements
Video Mail
Video
Conferencing
Sponsored
Calling
Pre-Paid
Voice Mail
Conferencing
Video Ringback
Gaming
3G
IMG
2.5G
SIP
MSCML
SIP
SIP
S-CSCF /
SCIM
IP MSC
SIP
VoiceXML
SIP Routing Cloud
Win Media
mp3
IMG
PSTN
MGW
SIP
RTP
SIP
SIP
SIP
w/ VoiceXML
w/ MSCML
ATCA Platform
MRF
Media Server
Cable CMTS
HTTP
Web Content
Text
FTP
MPEG-4
NFS
SW
IP
Phones
Network
Storage
MRF (MRFC/MRFP)
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
12
Example: 3G-IMS Network Gaming Demo
 Developed with IBM and partners
–
–
–
–
March 23, 2017
Qualphone client on mobile handset
Uses “presence” for user availability
MRF provides conferencing (“trash talk”) and IVR
Terraplay “Lock n’ Load” Multi-player game
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
13
3G - IMS Gaming Service Delivery
Gaming Data
Gaming Data
Cantata
MRF
Qualphone
Client
Ubiquity SIP
AS
Terraplay
Game
CDMA Mobile Call
MGW-IMG
NexTone
CSCF
PLMN
Outbound T1 PRI
BayPacket
CDMA Mobile Calls
Prepaid
BayPackets
Prepaid
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
IBM
Presence
14
Case Study: Video Messaging Deployment
 Developed by
OpenWave
Service Features
 3G VideoMail
Provider: TMN – With more than five
million subscribers in Portugal and a
total of 25 million accounts
worldwide, TMN is Portugal’s largest
mobile operator.
– Greeting
– Message drop-off
– Subscriber retrieval
 VoiceMail
Converged Application
 Access From PC Over
Broadband As Well As
Wireless
March 23, 2017
Video service deployed for
European Soccer Championship
Games in Portugal 2004
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
15
Other Likely 3G-IMS Applications
 FMC – Fixed Mobile Convergence
– User can use single phone with seamless
connections to 3G cellular and Wi-Fi networks
 Audio and Video combined with other
services
– For example, conferencing, push-to-communicate,
Multimedia over Broadband, Multimedia IM
 Legacy Migration
– Voice mail, conferencing, SMS, Prepaid Services
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
16
Status of 3G / IMS Standards
 Current Standard version of IMS is 3GPP
Release 6
– Completed in April, 2005
– Provides most high level IMS interfaces
– Available for use on wireless and Wi-Fi networks
 Updated version will be Release 7
– Targeted for completion in H1, 2007
– Many more interfaces will be specified with
additional details
– Additional progress is also expected in connecting
to a variety of networks
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
17
Summary
 3G offers the promise of new, media rich
applications
 Emerging 3G architecture is the IP
Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
 3G – IMS will enable developers to focus on
the application
 New 3G - IMS mobile applications emerging
such as video mail and multi-player gaming
March 23, 2017
Cantata Technology, Inc. confidential. Not for distribution without permission.
18