Next Generation Intelligent Networks (Artech House Telecommunications Library)

363 Pages·2002·4.38 MB·English

by  Johan Zuidweg

Next Generation Intelligent Networks
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Next Generation Intelligent Networks
Johan Zuidweg
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Contents
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Thetelephonenetwork 2
1.1.1 Thetelephoneexchange 2
1.1.2 Electronicanddigitalexchanges 4
1.1.3 Signaling 5
1.1.4 Intelligenceinthenetwork 6
1.2 Computercommunications 6
1.2.1 Computernetworks 7
1.2.2 Internetworking 7
1.2.3 Internetversustelephony 9
1.3 Mobilenetworks 10
1.3.1 Cellularnetworks 10
1.3.2 Issuesinmobilenetworking 12
1.3.3 Integratingmobiletelephonyanddata 13
1.4 Textpurposeandoverview 13
1.5 Possiblereadingtracks 19
2 Intelligentnetworks 23
2.1 SS7 24
2.2 INstandards 29
2.2.1 Standardizationbodies 29
2.2.2 Standardizationcycles 30
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2.2.3 INconceptualmodel 30
2.3 Serviceplane 31
2.4 Globalfunctionalplane 33
2.4.1 SIBs 34
2.4.2 Basiccallprocess 36
2.5 Distributedfunctionalplane 39
2.5.1 Functionalentities 40
2.5.2 Halfcall 42
2.5.3 Detectionpoints 43
2.5.4 Triggerprocessing 45
2.6 Physicalplane 47
2.6.1 Physicalentities 47
2.6.2 INapplicationprotocol 50
2.7 CS-2 53
2.7.1 CS-2serviceplane 55
2.7.2 CS-2globalfunctionalplane 56
2.7.3 CS-2distributedfunctionalplane 58
2.7.4 ImplementingCS-2 64
2.8 CS-3andCS-4 65
2.8.1 CS-3features 65
2.8.2 ETSIimprovementsinCS-2andCS-3 66
2.8.3 NewadditionsinCS-4 67
2.8.4 BeyondCS-4 69
2.9 ImplementingIN 70
2.9.1 AlcatelIN 70
2.9.2 MultivendorINproducts 73
3 INandtheInternet 75
3.1 IP,theInternet,andtheWeb:Definingterms 76
3.1.1 IP 76
3.1.2 Routersandgateways 79
3.1.3 CreationofIPstandards 81
3.1.4 ConnectingtotheInternet 82
3.2 IntelligenceontheInternet 84
3.2.1 Voice,video,andmultimediaovertheInternet 85
3.2.2 H.323 86
3.2.3 H.323andIN 89
Contents ix
3.2.4 SIP 92
3.2.5 SIPclientsandservers 94
3.2.6 H.323versusSIP 98
3.2.7 MediaGatewayControlProtocol 99
3.2.8 Softswitching 100
3.3 InteractionbetweentheInternetandIN 102
3.3.1 PINT 103
3.3.2 SPIRITS 107
3.3.3 Web-IN 110
3.4 ManagingservicesviatheInternet 113
3.4.1 ServicemanagementandconfigurationovertheInternet 115
3.4.2 Unifiedmessaging 117
4 Themobiledimension 119
4.1 Cellularnetworks 121
4.2 GSM 122
4.2.1 GSMarchitecture 123
4.2.2 Mobilitymanagementandhandover 125
4.2.3 Security 126
4.2.4 GSMconnectionservices 128
4.3 GPRS 129
4.3.1 GPRSradiointerface 130
4.3.2 GPRSarchitecture 131
4.3.3 MobilitymanagementinGPRS 132
4.3.4 GPRSconnectionmodel 133
4.4 CAMEL 135
4.4.1 CAMELarchitecture 136
4.4.2 Settingtriggersinthevisitednetwork 138
4.4.3 CAMELserviceexample:Prepaidsubscriptionwithroaming 140
4.4.4 CAMELstandardization 142
4.4.5 CAMELphase3 143
4.5 Internetinthemobileenvironment 147
4.5.1 WAP 147
4.5.2 iMode 149
4.5.3 MExE 150
4.5.4 SIMApplicationToolkit 153
4.6 Mobile-specificservices 154