The 3rd edition of this highly successful text builds on the achievement of the first two
editions to provide comprehensive coverage of IMS. It continues to explore the concepts …

An Introduction to This Innovative and Revolutionary Next-Generation Communication
Solution The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a powerful, emerging technology that will …

IP MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES Page 1 IEEE Communications
Magazine • March 2007 112 MS is the foundation for the next-generation IP-based networks, as …

On the Support of Media Functions within the IMS Page 1 87 4 On the Support of Media
Functions within the IMS Jean-Charles Grégoire and Admela Jukan CONTENTS …

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) technology, which merges the Internet with interactive
telecommunications, represents the here and now for today's packet-switched networks …

The eight articles in this special section focus on IP multimedia systems' infrastructure and
services. While the March 2007 issue of this magazine focused on challenges at the …

BACKGROUND IP television or IPTV is the name given to a range of services which allow
television to be delivered over an IP network. Due to the flexible nature of an IP network …

1.1 Background This is a time of fierce competition for network providers. They face a
decrease in profit margins for the supply of the basic communications “bitpipe” to businesses …

Take Part in the Future of Wireless/Wireline Convergence The IP multimedia subsystem
(IMS), established as the foundation for future wireless and wireline convergence, is the …

IP Multimedia Subsystem : Principes et Architecture Page 1 Copyright EFORT 1 IP Multimedia
Subsystem : Principes et Architecture Simon ZNATY et Jean-Louis DAUPHIN EFORT …