Fixed Mobile Convergence Voice Over Wi-Fi, IMS, UMA and Other FMC Enablers

by Shneyderman, Alex; Casati, Alessio

• ISBN13: 9780071486064
• ISBN10: 0071486062
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-04
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Global audience includes network managers, architects, product managers, engineers, and wireless professionals Written by well-known professionals and speakers in the telecommunications industry

Author Biography

Alex Shneyderman is a senior manager for Motorola, where he plays a key role in positioning advanced mobile technology with leading North American telecom service providers.

Alessio Casati works at Lucent Technologies, focusing on IMS and convergence.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Introduction to Convergence	p. 1
What Is Convergence?	p. 1
What Is Being Converged?	p. 3
Convergence or Substitution?	p. 4
Substitution Barriers	p. 5
From Convergence to FMC	p. 8
FMC Foundation	p. 8
Brief History of Fixed-Mobile Convergence	p. 11
DECT/GSM	p. 13
Wireless PBX (MicroTAC/Home Base, Tele-Go [FreedomPlus])	p. 14
CT2/CT2+, Rabbit, Fido	p. 14
TDC, Duet, and EnRoute	p. 15
Genion, One-Phone DU, FastForward	p. 16
FMC Then and Now: Many Services over One Network vs. One Service over Many Networks	p. 16
ISDN	p. 16
B-ISDN and ATM	p. 17
IP and the Internet: Breaking Free of Layer 2	p. 18
Is FMC Happening?	p. 19
Summary	p. 20
Business of FMC	p. 21
New Band in Town	p. 21
FMC Ecosystem	p. 23
Mobile Operators	p. 23
Fixed Operators	p. 24
Vendors	p. 24
Consumers	p. 26
FMC Impact on Service Providers and Consumers	p. 26
Fear and Greed	p. 26
4 Cs of FMC	p. 27
FMC Drivers and Barriers	p. 28
Drivers	p. 30
Barriers	p. 36
Deployment and Go-to-Market Strategy	p. 43
Mobile Operators	p. 43
Fixed Operators	p. 44
Summary	p. 45
The F in FMC	p. 47
The State of Fixed Networking	p. 47
Traditional Voice	p. 48
Voice over IP	p. 58
Voice over IP Deployment	p. 70
Summary	p. 78
The M in FMC	p. 79
Mobility	p. 80
Mobile Communications Systems Fundamentals	p. 80
Core and Access	p. 80
Circuit and Packet	p. 82
Cellular Systems: The Sky Is the Limit	p. 83
Cellular Generations	p. 84
3GPP Systems	p. 88
3GPP2 Systems	p. 98
A Look into the Future	p. 104
WiMAX: A Migration Away from Traditional Cellular Systems	p. 106
Standardization and Deployment	p. 107
Cellular Friend or Foe: Voice over Wi-Fi	p. 111
Technology Fundamentals	p. 112
Interference	p. 115
Convergence of Mobile Systems	p. 130
Summary	p. 131
The C in FMC	p. 133
Convergence Technology Fundamentals	p. 133
Levels of Integration	p. 134
VoIP-Based Convergence	p. 135
The Dual Nature of Dual Mode	p. 136
IMS and MMD Fundamentals	p. 136
IMS-Based Convergence	p. 147
UMA/GAN	p. 154
Femtocells	p. 163
Femtocell Pros and Cons	p. 168
Summary	p. 172
FMC Impact on Services and User Experience	p. 173
FMC Scenarios and User Experience	p. 173
Lightweight FMC	p. 174
Use Case: Back-End Convergence	p. 177
Use Case: Home Conditional Forwarding	p. 181
Full-Scale FMC	p. 182
Use Case: Quadruple Play for a Family of Four	p. 189
Services and Applications Impacting FMC	p. 191
Presence	p. 191
LBS	p. 201
Summary	p. 205
Looking Ahead	p. 207
Meaning of Mobility Revisited	p. 207
Old Taxonomy Obsolescence	p. 208
Driving Toward Uniform Connectivity	p. 210
New Application Ecosystem	p. 210
Beyond Voice	p. 213
Use Case: A Business Trip	p. 225
From Here	p. 228
FMC Standards	p. 231
Toward the Identification of Commonalities	p. 232
Standards Organizations' Background	p. 232
3GPP and 3GPP2	p. 232
ETSI	p. 233
ITU-T	p. 234
IEEE and the WiMAX Forum	p. 234
IETF	p. 235
OMA	p. 235
FMCA	p. 236
NGMN	p. 236
Concluding Remarks	p. 236
Finding Standards Documents Online	p. 237
Acronyms	p. 239
References	p. 247
Index	p. 257
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