THE 3G IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS): MERGING THE INTERNET AND THE CELLULAR WORLDS 3/E

Foreword by Stephen Hayes.
Foreword by Allison Mankin and Jon Peterson.
Preface to the Third Edition.
Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgements.

Part I Introduction to the IMS.
IMS Vision: Where Do We Want to Go?
2 The History of the IMS Standardization.
3 General Principles of the IMS Architecture

Part II The Signaling Plane in the IMS.
4 Session Control on the Internet
5 Session Control in the IMS
6 AAA on the Internet
7 AAA in the IMS.
8 Policy and Charging Control in the IMS
9 Quality of Service on the Internet
10 Quality of Service in the IMS.
11 Security on the Internet.
12 Security in the IMS.
13 Emergency Calls on the Internet
14 Emergency Calls in the IMS

Part III The Media Plane in the IMS.
15 Media Encoding.
16 Media Transport.

Part IV Building Services with the IMS.
17 Service Configuration on the Internet.
18 Service Configuration in the IMS.
19 The Presence Service on the Internet.
20 The Presence Service in the IMS
21 Instant Messaging on the Internet
22 The Instant Messaging Service in the IMS.
23 Conferencing on the Internet.
24 Conferencing in the IMS.
25 Push-to-Talk over Cellular.
26 Multimedia Telephony Services: PSTN/ISDN Simulation Services
27 Voice Call Continuity (VCC).

Appendix A List of IMS-related Specifications.
A.1 Introduction.
A.2 3GPP Specifications.
A.3 ETSI NGN Specifications
A.4 OMA Specifications.
References. Index