This document discusses delivering fixed mobile convergence using IP Multimedia Subsystem. It explains why FMC and IMS are important, and how to start implementing them by breaking the vicious cycle. It outlines new applications like personal and terminal mobility. Research challenges are identified around maintaining quality of service during handovers between networks. The document proposes establishing a testbed to develop applications and demonstrate IMS capabilities to operators and manufacturers. Milestones for 2008 include setting up an IMS testbed and identifying requirements.

1. Delivering Fixed Mobile
Convergence (FMC) with IP
Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
Dr.
Mazlan
Abbas
Wireless
Communica5ons
Cluster
MIMOS
Berhad
2008

2. Agenda
• Why
FMC?
• Why
IMS?
• How
do
we
start?
• New
and
exci5ng
applica5ons
• Research
challenges
• Values
• Roadmap
to
deliver
FMC
using
IMS
• Milestones/Schedule
2008

3. Why
FMC?
• Wireless
network
+
fixed
network
+
internet
service
crea5on
&
paradigm
à
All
IP
network
• Overlay
of
various
networks
à
allows
many
IP-­‐based
apps
to
be
func5onal
on
the
move
• As
networks
converged
à
need
for
seamless
connec5vity,
to
access
different
services
regardless
of
loca5on,
terminal
and
network

4. Why
IMS?
• Operators
need
to
create
new
revenue
streams,
cut
expenditures,
but
extend
their
value
chain
up
to
service
crea5on
• Improved
end-­‐user
experiences
• Standardized
IP
mul5media
environment,
developed
by
ETSI
TISPAN
and
3GPP

5. How
do
we
start?
• Must
Break
the
Vicious
Cycle
Where are the
IMS
users?
Telcos don’t Telcos / Operators
implement IMS!
No testing
Devices
ground!
Users
Device
No exciting
Manufacturers
applications!
Limited device Applications
support!
Applications Developers

6. MIMOS
CoE
• Set
up
a
testbed
for
applica5on
developers
and
users
to
try
out
new
services
• Create
new
and
exci5ng
applica5ons
to
aZract
more
users
• Demonstrate
to
both
telcos
and
device
manufacturer
the
importance
of
suppor5ng
IMS

7. New
and
exci5ng
applica5ons?
• Personal
mobility
• Terminal
mobility

8. Applica5on
(1):
Personal
Mobility
• On
his
desktop
(Ethernet),
Bob
sees
that
Jane
is
available
with
the
help
of
the
IMS
presence
server
• Bob
decided
to
talk
to
Jane
by
giving
her
a
call
• Jane
accepted
the
call
and
they
started
talking
• A`er
a
while,
Bob
feels
thirsty
and
wanted
to
get
a
drink
from
the
Pantry.
• So,
Bob
switches
the
call
from
his
desktop
onto
his
PDA
(WiFi),
and
con5nue
talking
to
Jane
on
his
way
to
the
Pantry.

9. Applica5on
(2):
Terminal
Mobility
• On
his
laptop
at
home,
Bob
starts
an
audio
conference
with
his
business
counterpart
• Before
the
mee5ng
finishes,
Bob
rushes
into
a
Taxi
as
to
meet
up
a
customer
at
the
coffee
shop
in
Town
• While
on
mobile,
Bob
con5nues
with
his
mee5ng
using
his
laptop

10. Using
mul5ple
interface
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3
Wakeup WLAN
Wakeup WLAN Download over WLAN
Shutdown GPS
Wi-Fi
Connect to
WLAN
Wi-Fi Zone 5 Zone 6
Zone 4 Airport
WLAN Link Going Down. Radio State
Radio State
Radio State
Shutdown GPS Café GSM
GSM
GSM
Start Download
over WLAN WLAN
WLAN
WLAN
WiMAX
WiMAX
WiMAX
Switch to WiMAX Battery level low
Download over WiMAX Shutdown WiMAX GPS
GPS
GPS
Shutdown WLAN Stop download
Wakeup GPS
Zone 7 Wi-MAX Zone 8 Wi-MAX Zone 9
Network SSID/
SSID/ BSSID
BSSID
Operator
Operator
Security
Security
NW
NW
Channel
Channel
Channel
QoS
QoS
Physical
Physical Data Rate
Data Rate
Type
Cell ID
Cell ID
Layer
Layer
GSM
GSM
13989
13989
N/A
N/A
AT&T
AT&T
NA
NA NA
NA
NA
1900
1900
1900 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
9.6 kbps
9.6 kbps
802.11b
802.16d
Café
Airport
NA
00:00:…
NA
Café
AIrport
T-Mobile
.11i
.11i
PKM
EAP-PEAP
EAP-PEAP
EAP-PEAP
6
11
.11e
Yes
OFDM
OFDM
40 Mbps
11 Mbps

11. Research
challenges
(1)
• How
is
the
VoIP
quality
maintained
in
event
of
packet
lost
due
to
bad
WiFi
signal?
Network
conges5on?
Search
for
beZer
network?
• What
triggers
the
switching
from
one
media/
network
to
another?
Applica5on
QoS
drops?
RSSI
drops?
• Which
network
to
choose
for
handover?
How
to
discover
the
surrounding
networks?
Mechanism
of
handing
over
the
call?
• Who
has
the
control
on
network
selec5on?
Client
or
server?

12. Research
challenges
(2)
• Reuse
exis5ng
components
from
IPv6
team
– VoIP
and
IPTV
– Probe
on
network
condi5ons
through
IPv6
stack
– Cleverly
tap
onto
Mobile
IPv6?
• Mixing
up
technologies
– One
ipv4
client
with
another
ipv6
client?
– Performance
difference
of
connec5on
switching
supported
by
SIP
and
MIP?
Which
one
is
beZer?
When
should
one
be
used?

13. Values
• Provide
solu5ons
and
reference
models
to
FMC
implementa5ons
on
the
following:
– User
experience
on
seamless
connec5vity
– Challenges
to
operators
or
service
providers
– Client
devices
requirements
• Solu5ons
are
captured
as
patents
and
papers

14. Capability &
IMS
for
FMC
roadmap
Features
Optimized Low-power
Adaptive VoIP Secure VoIP
IPTV device Ubiquitous
Communications
Codec Selection
Sleep Mode
Scheme
Management IMS-based
Scheme Fixed Mobile
Network Selection Scheme Convergence
IMS Community Eco-System
IMS Core (CSCF + HSS) Test-bed
Mobile IPv6 IP Sec
IPv6
AAA
SSM
2008 2010 > 2010
2009
Development of Technology

15. Milestones/Schedule
2008
• Q1
– Iden5fy
issues
on
sefng
up
IMS
test-­‐bed
– Iden5fy
requirements,
usage
scenario
of
performing
service
adapta5on,
leverage
on
IPv6
capability
• Q2
– Set
up
and
test
the
IMS
network
– Develop
IMS-­‐enabled
VoIP
applica5on
– Design
the
codec
selec5on
scheme
– Iden5fy
por5ng
works
on
IPv6
VoIP
into
IMS
compa5ble
applica5on
– Develop
an
IMS-­‐enabled
VoIP
integrated
with
IPv6
capability,
demonstra5ng
codec
selec5on
and
device
switching
– Conduct
performance
measurement

16. Milestones/Schedule
2008
• Q3
– Design
the
network
selec5on
scheme
– Iden5fy
por5ng
works
on
IPv6
IPTV
into
IMS
compa5ble
applica5on
– Develop
an
IMS-­‐enabled
IPTV
integrated
with
IPv6
capability,
demonstra5ng
network
selec5on
– Conduct
performance
measurement
• Q4
– Showcase
IMS-­‐enabled
VoIP
and
IPTV
applica5on
prototype

17. Tangible
Outputs
• IMS-­‐based
VoIP
client
running
on
IPv4
and
IPv6
• VCC
server
on
IMS
• Handover
management
server
on
IMS
• Informa5on
Server
(provides
network
info)
• Triggering
algorithms
• IMS
on
IPv6
and
IPv4
compa5bility
and
performance
study
• SIP-­‐based
versus
MIP-­‐based
connec5on
handover
study

18. Role
of
MIMOS
• To
host
and
manage
the
opera5on/maintenance
of
the
CoE
• Facilitate
and
interface
with
developers
or
content
providers
– To
provide
par5cipants
with
SDK
as
to
aid
their
developments
– To
provide
sample
applica5ons
on
service
crea5on,
programming
advice
and
troubleshoo5ng
– To
define
and
provide
test
plan
– To
manage
the
project
from
implementa5on,
tes5ng
and
commercializa5on
• To
promote
local
developer’s
contents/services
– University,
Companies
or
Individual
(through
funding
sources)

19. "
Thank You