Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Authors; SECTION I: COMPONENTS OF AN IMS ARCHITECTURE; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Path to IMS-Evolution of the Cellular Switching System to 3G; Chapter 3. Standards Organizations for the IMS; Chapter 4. The IMS Control Plane; Chapter 5. The IMS Bearer Plane; Chapter 6. The IMS Application Plane; Chapter 7. Security; Chapter 8. Charging; Chapter 9. User Equipment and IMS; SECTION II: IMS SIGNALING PRIMER; Chapter 10. What's in a Name: Identifiers in IP Networks
Chapter 11. Overview of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)Chapter 12. Session Description Protocol; Chapter 13. XML Configuration Access Protocol; Chapter 14. Message Session Relay Protocol; Chapter 15. Diameter; SECTION III: IMS/OMA-BASED ENABLERS; Chapter 16. Presence; Chapter 17. XML Document Management Server; Chapter 18. Push-to-Talk over Ceullular; Chapter 19. IP Messaging; SECTION IV: APPLICATIONS AND USE CASES; Chapter 20. IMS Ecosystem; Chapter 21. Cons
Summary
More than just an explanation of IMS, this book addresses how IMS-based services could be deployed in an operator's network. It begins with an overview the components that make up IMS, then provide a brief tutorial on several of the key signaling standards that have been defined for implementation of an end-to-end service making use of the IMS
