IP Applications and Services 2003: A Comprehensive Report

Format: Spiral-Bound, 391 pages
ISBN: 1-931695-12-1
Price: $495

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. Converged Infrastructure
A. Network Design and Elements
Hybrid Service Architecture Guidelines
	Functions Required to Provide a Service
	Realizing These Functions in Today's Networks
	Evaluation Parameters
	311 Service Example
Carrier Softswitching
	The Four Drivers of the New Public Network
	A Brief History of Softswitching
Deploying A Softswitch-Based Next-Generation Carrier Network: Challenges and Benefits
	NGSP Implementation Strategy
	Realizing These Functions in Today's Networks
	Network Architecture
	Challenges and Benefits
Designing a Stable, Highly Available Router for New Service Deployment
	Improving Hardware Availability
	Improving Software Availability
Session-Aware Networking: Architecture for the King's Next Throne
	The King Is Dead (Interactive Communication Rules—Again and Again and Again)
	Next-Gen Killer Apps (Customers Ready, Network NOT!)
	Looming SIP Tidal Wave (Smashes Barriers, New Killer Apps Surface)
	Across One Net, Two Nets, the Internet, and Beyond (Interactive Communication Mandates New Networking Model)
	Today's Products (Necessary but Insufficient)
	Session-Aware Networking (New Architecture Delivers Interactive Communication across IP Networks)
	Inspecting the Details (The Building Blocks of Session-Aware Networking)
	Making It Real (Platform Requirements for Successful Deployment)
	Long Live the King (Interactive Communication Rules All Nets—Net Work, Net Revenue, Net Income)
B. IN/NGN Convergence
Convergence of Circuit Switching and Packet Switching in Future Communications Networks
	The Goal of an Integrated Communications Network
	Convergence of Circuit Switching and Packet Switching
	Operation of Circuit Switching Networks
	Operation of Packet Switching Networks
	Rationale for Dynamic Channel Switching
	Operation of an Ideal Network
	Backward Compatible Network Operation
Sharing Intelligence and Advanced Services
	Goals of the NGN
	Features and Issues
	Intelligence
	Architecture for Sharing Intelligence
Bridging The Gap: ENUM Makes Voice/Data Network Convergence Work
	What's a Numbering Plan?
	The Internet Numbering Approach
	Complications Arise
	ENUM Is the Answer
	Related Standards and Developments
Leveraging PSTN Assets to Deliver Next-Generation Services
	Intelligent Network
	Issues Related to Evolving IN Services
Next-Generation Networks: The Service Offering Standpoint
	Architectural Framework
	Service Scenarios
	NGN Architecture versus UMTS
New Services on a Converged Network: What the End User Wants
Converged Services: Deployment Challenges in Existing and NG Networks
	Next-Generation Converged Services
	NG Architecture
	Converged Service Node
	Converged Service Use Case: VVPN
	VVPN Scenario #1
	VVPN Scenario #2
C. Standards, Protocols, and Quality of Service
Carrier Class in IP Networks: What's It All About?
	What Is Carrier Class?
	IP Networks
	Requirements: Carrier-Class IP Networks
SIP Fulfilling the Promise of IP Telephony
	Protocols from Different Worlds
	Two Unique Features, Many New Applications
	Adding Value to IP Telephony
	A Bridge from SIP "Islands" to the Next-Generation Internet
	Interworking with Legacy Networks
	Value-Added Services: The Heart of NGI
	Mass Deployment and Network Management
	NGI Solutions Ensure Long-Term Success
Evolution of the STP as a Multiprotocol Router
	Existing Signaling Architectures
	Motivations to Change Signaling
	Migration to NG Signaling Core Network
	Signaling Router Functions and Protocols
	NGN Signaling Vision
Service Availability: A Technological Perspective
	Market and Technology Drivers
	FT/HA Concepts
	Examples of FT/HA and DFT/HA Solutions
SIP–to–H.323 Interworking
	Mixed Signals
	Technical Issues
D. Migration Issues
Signaling Gateways, Distributed Architecture, and the Hybrid Plane
	Convergence
	The SS7, IP, and Hybrid Planes
Strategies for Next-Generation Networks: Migration and Deployment
	IP Services
	Next-Generation Network Migration
	Multiprotocol Label Switching
	Case Study: Bringing IP Services to ATM Networks
Risks and Rewards: Strategies for Migrating Corporate Voice Traffic to the Data Network
	The Rewards of Voice over IP
	Risk Factors in Voice-over–IP Migration
	Voice-over–IP Implementation Options
	Eliminating Risk with Intelligent, Multipath Voice/Data Switching
E. OSS Issues
Achieving Intelligent Routing over the Internet
	The Market Problem
	Internet Routing Today
	The Limitations of BGP
	Requirements for Intelligent Routing
A Practical Approach for the Regression Testing of IP-Based Applications
	Test Process for Complex Systems
	User-Friendly Design of Test Cases for Complex Systems
	Testing IP–Based Applications
Getting More Value from Internet Offload Networks: Next-Generation Management Tools Are the Key
	Improving Network Reliability While Controlling Costs
	Assuring Revenue from Offload Customers
Efficiency of Dynamic Bandwidth Markets
	Base Case
	Price Elasticity
	Growing Traffic with Static Pricing
	Growing Traffic with Dynamic Pricing
	Dynamic Pricing versus Versioning
Convergent Mediation: The Strategic Technology Tool for Communications Service Providers
	The Role of Mediation
	Convergent Mediation Functions
Part II. IP Applications and Services
A. Service Creation
Revenue Generation through IP Service Creation
	Burning Business Issues for Today's Service Providers
	Operations Support Systems Issues Fan the Flames
	Flow-Through Provisioning Building Blocks: NRM and Service Creation
	Revenue Generation via IP Service Creation... Delivered
Service Control: The Next Critical Step in IP Networking
	The Three Phases of Broadband Service Deployment
	Broadband Provider Service Challenges
	Requirements for a Service-Control Solution
	Service-Control Applications for Broadband Services
Next-Generation Service Fulfillment
	Today's IP Service-Fulfillment Reality
	Next-Generation Service-Fulfillment Solution
	Next-Generation Service-Fulfillment Delivers
B. Voice over IP
Clearinghouse Model
	Traditional Traffic Sharing
	The IP Clearinghouse
	Models for VoIP Deployment
	Architecture for Intercarrier Telephony
	Network Features
Implementation of IP Telephony over CATV in North America
	The Solution: The Access Gateway Concept
The Evolution of Network Convergence Requirements for Voice-over-Packet Processing
	Voice Processing Functions
	Common Packet Formats
	How Voice over Packet Is Used for Commercial Purposes
	Port Density: Claims and Reality
C. Mobile Data Services
Bringing Broadband Data to the Wireless Mobile Market
	Wireless Mobile Technology Evolution: A Brief History
	Creating a Compelling Services and Applications Development Environment
	Service-Creation Environment Required for Wireless Mobile Data Networks
	Edging into the Core: Understanding the IP Backbone in a Wireless Mobile Network
Exploiting the Opportunities for Personalized Mobile Data Services
	Managing through Phases of Change
	The Challenge: Dealing with Near-Term Realities
	A Blueprint for Managing through the Mobile Data Evolution
	Navigating through the Mobile Networking Evolution
3G Wireless Networks: Services and Challenges
	Deployment of 3G
	3G Services
	Technical Challenges of 3G Networks
	Alternatives to 3G
D. Location Services
Protecting Privacy for Location Services
	Consumer Concerns
	Industry and Government Responses
	Industry Proposals
	Relevant Laws
Commercial Location Services: Ready for Prime Time
Why Network-Based Call Centers?
	What Is a Network-Based Call Center?
	The New Network-Based Call Center
	Benefits of Subscribing to Hosted Call-Center Services
	Business Case for Subscribing to Network-Based Call-Center Services
	Business Case for Network-Based Call-Center Service Provider
E. IP VPNs
Requirements for Next-Generation Network-Based VPNs: MPLS and Virtual Router Technology Takes the Network Edge to the Next Level
	The Network-Based VPN Challenge
	Proposed Architecture for Network-Based VPNs
	VPN Implementation and Management
	Service Opportunities
The Importance of Control-Plane Scalability in Deploying Provider-Based IP VPN Services
	Layer-2 VPN Deployment
	Layer-3 VPN Deployment
	Management, Marketing, and Network Evolution
Strategies for Delivering VPN Connectivity
	What Is a VPN?
	Types of VPNs
	VPN Service-Level Agreements
	What's Missing?
F. Enhanced IP Services
Deploying Enhanced Services
	State of the Industry
	Infrastructure Investment
	Managed Services
	Benefits from a Managed-Provider Perspective
	The Service-Provider Perspective
	Benefits of Enhanced Services for Business Users
Video over IP: Using UDP/IP to Transport Video Streams
	IPTV
	Videoconferencing
	Video Monitoring
	Video Surveillance
	Video Distribution
	Transport Carriers
	Video-Monitoring Example
Recent Advancements in IM, UM, and Unified Communications
	The IM Generation
	Unified Messaging/Communications
	Technology Drivers
	Wireless Bandwidth and Voice Recognition
	Softphones
	User Expectations and Experience Drivers
	Messaging and the Set-Top Box
	Limitations and Challenges
Enhanced Services in NextGen Networks
	Networking Paradigms
	Wireless-to-Internet Conversions
	ENUM

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