Post-Event Workshop

Separately bookable full day intensive IMS post-conference workshop

Workshop Agenda:

1. IMS Drivers and Overview

• The Start: internet evolution and converging networks 
• Next generation networks (NGNs), future business models and prospected services 
• Towards uniform service delivery platforms (SDPs) - evolution of IN/CAMEL/WIN, JAIN, OSA/Parlay, IMS
• Architecture principles of classic telecommunications and all IP networks 
• IMS as target NGN SDP & related standards bodies (3GPP, 3GPP2, ETSI TISPAN, ITU-T, Packet Cable, A-IMS, OMA, etc)

2. IMS Basics: SIP and Diameter

• Basic SIP architecture and operation 
• SIP VAS provision 
• Basic diameter architecture and operation 
• Diameter applications

3. IMS Standards (mainly 3GPP Release 6)

• Standards overview (Release 5 vs. Release 6)  
• Key components (x-CSCF, MG, MS, SIP-AS, HSS) 
• Key interfaces and interactions (Mw, ISC, Sh, Cx/Dx) 
• User identities and service Identities
• Registration and session control 
• Charging (online / offline Charging, Ro, Rf) 
• QoS issues (SBLP, PDF, Gq, COPS, etc. ) 
• Security issues (IMS AKA, GAA, GBA, Ua/b, Zn, Zh)
• 3GPP Release 7 outlook

4. IMS Service provision principles and interfaces

• General AS operation and interfaces (ISC, Sh, Rf, Ro, Ut) 
• AS service provisioning in the IMS (filter criteria vs. service identities) 
• AS operation modes and example call flows 
• Service brokering / orchestration
  

Workshop Leader:
Dr. Thomas Magedanz, Head, Fraunhofer FOKUS competence center NGNI, Professorship, Technical University of Berlin for "Next Generation Networks"

Course times and documentation
Registration starts at 9.00am. The Masterclass will commence at 9:30am and finish at approximately 5:00pm. Lunch and refreshments will be served at appropriate times. Participants will receive all Masterclass materials.