A-IMS architecture analysis and experimental IPv6 testbed

Author

Dutta, A. ; Lin, F.J. ; Das, S. ; Chee, D. ; Lyles, B. ; Chiba, T. ; Yokota, H. ; Schulzrinne, H.

Author_Institution

Telcordia Technol., Piscataway, NJ

fYear

2007

fDate

6-8 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Advances to IMS (A-IMS) architecture extends the existing IMS/MMD architecture currently being defined in 3GPP/3GPP2 respectively so that it can support both SIP and non-SIP-based services. We describe the key strength of A-IMS architecture, compare the benefits over MMD architecture, and then describe an enhanced MMD experimental testbed to demonstrate many of the A-IMS features. We highlight many of the functional components of the testbed that perform several operations such as signaling, location management, security, and mobility. We experiment with two different mobility management techniques and analyze the associated delays and packet loss for both 802.11 networks and PPP networks. We illustrate the service interaction between SIP-based services such as VoIP and non-SIP-based services such as IPTV. Analysis from these experimental results and testbed implementation can be useful to any service provider that plans to deploy IMS/MMD architecture over IPv6.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; IP networks; mobility management (mobile radio); multimedia systems; signalling protocols; transport protocols; wireless LAN; 3GPP/3GPP2; IEEE 802.11 network; IMS architecture analysis; IP multimedia system; IPv6; MMD experimental testbed; PPP network; SIP-based service; mobility management technique; multimedia domain; session initiation protocol; Testing; A-IMS; IPTV; IPv6; MMD; Mobility; Testbed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IP Multimedia Subsystem Architecture and Applications, 2007 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangalore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2671-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2672-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMSAA.2007.4559076

Filename

4559076