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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Thesis structure
1.2 Motivations behind IMS
1.2.1 Motivations from the operator’s perspective
1.2.2 Motivations from the user’s perspective
2 Overview of the IMS architecture
2.1 Drivers
2.2 IMS horizontal architecture
3 Evolution 2G/3G to IMS
3.1 2G/3G technology features
3.2 Towards IMS
3.3 Intelligent Network (IN) limitations
4 From circuit-switched to IMS-based voice services
4.1 Development path 2013 - 2018
4.1.1 Initial state
4.1.2 Intermediate state based on SCP and IM-SSF
4.1.2.1 Service delivery platform and the Service Broker
4.1.2.2 Service Broker benefits
4.1.2.3 Intermediate state setting
4.1.3 Target state 1 based on the SIP AS and rIM-SSF
4.1.4 Target state 2 based on the SIP AS and the I2 interface
4.2 Analysis criteria for IMS-based Voice services
4.2.1 LTE coverage
4.2.2 Handset capabilities
4.2.3 Service consistency
4.2.4 Roaming
4.2.5 Standardisation
4.3 SWOT analysis
4.3.1 Refarming and the Digital Dividend
4.3.2 Further considerations
5 Major mobile market characteristics
5.1.1 Consolidation trends
5.1.2 Regulation and competition
6 Conclusio
Bibliography
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
A: Oracle Communications Service Broker functional architecture
- Quote paper
- MSc. Omar Amoretti (Author), 2013, IMS Centralised Services, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/454992
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