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Very Good Book

This is a very good book on SIP-based Internet Multimedia Subsystem. The book nicely depicts both the Internet and the IMS architecture implementation of SIP, AAA, VoIP centric security and policy, QoS, presence service, media encoding and transport, and instant messaging. By reviewing this book, a reader will acquire comprehensive knowledge of emerging VoIP and Video Telephony Layer 5 architecture in wireless network. The book can be used as a senior or master-level text book, a useful review guide for the provider engineers, architects, technology strategist, product managers, and technical managers. SIP programmers, implementers, and standard engineers may find the book "not detailed enough". Since technology described in this book and their standards are rapidly changing, authors need to keep the book regularly updated.

Sohel Khan, Principal Technology Strategist, Sprint-Nextel

SIP & IMS , Not too bad after all

After the the book SIP Demisfied of author (G.Camarillo) I was not quite sure to spend this much money... Anyway try & see I said: Here it's outlines..

1 - Paying that much money (~100usd) and gray figures in book , damn! why it is not colorfull (at least clouds in figures)..
2 - comparing with basic SIP and internet based session setup dialogues system , good approach...
3 - Not inspected good , mis-writings , spelling errors etc. Ex:page 12 "while 3gpp and 3gpp.." ...
4 - Clear expressions & nearly describing all related items...

Last Comment: Have some money and want to learn some more on IMS after SIP know-how then get it but do not expect too much in details...

IMS - Revealed From the Inside

The 3G IMS book provides a look at IMS organization and SIP signaling from one of the people who were there while the protocols were being established. Since this is an emerging and still developing technology, the little insights like "this is what we intended to do here", and "this is where we want this eventually to go" will be emminently helpful in choosing equipment and network organizations.

I have to describe to customers how they might use IMS equipment and integratit into their networks. While this is no engineering level document, it is solid at describing the interfaces they will have to support. I think they will be assured by the information I now have to give them.

This is a bit pricey and the editing a bit sloppy, but then I find that the rule rather than exception with a lot of the inside information manuals.

This will be of great use and I hope it will arm me to be able to comfort customers that this architecture just might work.

Good book but bad index...

The book is good, expensive but good.

However I'm very disappointed about the index (the alphabetical word list place at the end of the book). Lots of important key words are not listed in the index, which makes the reading difficult. Camarillo, please improve the index!!!

I've also noticed some mis-writings , spelling errors (not mayor issues)

Of course a basic background in telecommunications is needed in order to follow the book, if you do not have that basic knowledge then I do recommend to have the books "Understanding Telecommunications 1 and 2" (Ericsson) by the side when reading Camarillo's book.

From the book jacket ...

If you need to know the IMS vision you need to read this book....

The IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is the exciting new technology that will merge the Internet with the cellular world. It will make Internet technologies such as the web, email, instant messaging, presence, and videoconferencing available nearly everywhere.

The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) provides a thorough overview of the IMS and its technologies. Throughout, the authors first describe how each technology works on the Internet and then explain how the same technology is adapted to work in the IMS, enabling readers to take advantage of any current and future Internet service.

Presents an introduction to the IMS - its goals, history, vision, the organizations involved in its standardization and architecture
Discusses the signalling plane of the IMS including protocols, such as SIP and Diameter, used between the IMS architectural entities. Also describes how the IETF developed these protocols and how they are used in the IMS architecture
Describes the media plane of the IMS and discusses Internet protocols that are not currently used in the IMS but may be in the future
Provides SIP-based service examples such as presence, instant messaging and Push-to-Talk

Engineers, programmers, business managers, marketing representatives, and technically aware users will all find this book invaluable as it will help them to understand how the IMS works and the business model behind it.

Contents

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
I Introduction to the IMS.
1 IMS Vision: Where Do We Want to Go?
1.1 The Internet.
1.2 The Cellular World.
1.3 Why Do We Need the IMS?
1.4 Relation between IMS and non-IMS Services.
2 The History of the IMS Standardization.
2.1 Relations between IMS-related Standardization Bodies.
2.2 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
2.3 Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
2.4 Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2).
2.5 IETF-3GPP/3GPP2 Collaboration.
2.6 Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).
3 General Principles of the IMS Architecture.
3.1 From Circuit-switched to Packet-switched.
3.2 IMS Requirements.
3.3 Overview of Protocols Used in the IMS.
3.4 Overview of IMS Architecture.
3.5 Identification in the IMS.
3.6 SIM, USIM, and ISIM in 3GPP.
II The Signaling Plane in the IMS.
4 Session Control on the Internet.
4.1 SIP Functionality.
4.2 SIP Entities.
4.3 Message Format.
4.4 The Start Line in SIP Responses: the Status Line.
4.5 The Start Line in SIP Requests: the Request Line.
4.6 Header Fields.
4.7 Message Body.
4.8 SIP Transactions.
4.9 Message Flow for Session Establishment.
4.10 SIP Dialogs.
4.11 Extending SIP.
4.12 Caller Preferences and User Agent Capabilities.
4.13 Reliability of Provisional Responses.
4.14 Preconditions.
4.15 Event Notification.
4.16 Signaling Compression.
4.17 Content Indirection.
4.18 The REFER Method.
5 Session Control in the IMS.
5.1 Prerequisites for Operation in the IMS.
5.2 IPv4 and IPv6 in the IMS.
5.3 IP Connectivity Access Network.
5.4 P-CSCF Discovery.
5.5 IMS-level Registration.
5.6 Subscription to the reg Event State.
5.7 Basic Session Setup.
5.8 Application Servers: Providing Services to Users.
5.9 Interworking.
5.10 Emergency Sessions.
6 AAA on the Internet.
6.1 Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting.
6.2 AAA Framework on the Internet.
6.3 The Diameter Protocol.
7 AAA in the IMS.
7.1 Authentication and Authorization in the IMS.
7.2 The Cx and Dx Interfaces.
7.3 The Sh Interface.
7.4 Accounting.
7.5 Charging Architecture.
7.6 Offine Charging.
7.7 Online Charging.
8 Security on the Internet.
8.1 HTTP Digest.
8.2 Certificates.
8.3 TLS.
8.4 S/MIME.
8.5 Authenticated Identity Body.
8.6 Ipsec.
8.7 Privacy.
8.8 Encrypting Media Streams.
9 Security in the IMS.
9.1 Access Security.
9.2 Network Security.
10 Policy on the Internet.
10.1 The COPS Protocol.
10.2 The Outsourcing Model.
10.3 The Configuration Model.
11 Policy in the IMS.
11.1 SIP Procedures.
11.2 Media Authorization.
11.3 Proxy Access to SDP Bodies.
11.4 Initialization Procedure.
12 Quality of Service on the Internet.
12.1 Integrated Services.
12.2 Differentiated Services.
13 Quality of Service in the IMS.
13.1 Instructions to Perform Resource Reservations.
13.2 Reservations by the Terminals.
13.3 Network Authorization.
13.4 QoS in the Network.
III The Media Plane in the IMS.
14 Media Encoding.
14.1 Speech Encoding.
14.2 Video Encoding.
14.3 Text Encoding.
14.4 Mandatory Codecs in the IMS.
15 Media Transport.
15.1 Reliable Media Transport.
15.2 Unreliable Media Transport.
15.3 Media Transport in the IMS.
IV Building Services with the IMS.
16 The Presence Service on the Internet.
16.1 Overview of the Presence Service.
16.2 The Presence Life Cycle.
16.3 Presence Information Data Format.
16.4 The Presence Data Model for SIP.
16.5 Mapping the SIP Presence Data Model to the PIDF.
16.6 Rich Presence Information Data Format.
16.7 CIPID.
16.8 Timed Presence Extension to the PIDF.
16.10 Presence Publication.
16.11 Presence Subscription and Notification.
16.12 Watcher Information.
16.13 URI-list Services and Resource Lists.
16.14 XML Configuration Access Protocol.
16.15 Presence Optimizations.
17 The Presence Service in the IMS.
17.1 The Foundation of Services.
17.2 Presence Architecture in the IMS.
17.3 Watcher Subscription.
17.4 Subscription to Watcher Information.
17.5 Presence Publication.
17.6 Presence Optimizations.
17.7 The Ut Interface.
18 Instant Messaging on the Internet.
18.1 Modes of Instant Messages.
18.2 Pager-mode Instant Messaging.
18.3 Session-based Instant Messaging.
19 The Instant Messaging Service in the IMS.
19.1 Pager-mode Instant Messaging in the IMS.
19.2 Session-based Instant Messaging in the IMS.
20 Push-to-Talk over Cellular.
20.1 PoC Standardization.
20.2 IETF Work Relevant to PoC.
20.3 Architecture.
20.4 Registration.
20.5 PoC Server Roles.
20.6 PoC Session Types.
20.7 Adding Users to a PoC Session .
20.8 Group Advertisements.
20.9 Session Establishment Types.
20.10 Answer Modes.
20.11 Right-to-speak Indication Types.
20.12 Participant Information.
20.13 Barring and Instant Personal Alerts.
20.14 The User Plane.
20.15 Simultaneous PoC Sessions.
21 Next Generation Networks.
21.1 NGN Overview.
21.2 The Core IMS in NGN.
21.3 PSTN/ISDN Simulation Services.
A The 3GPP2 IMS.
A.1 An Introduction to 3GPP2.
A.2 The Multimedia Domain (MMD).
A.3 Architecture of the 3GPP2 IMS.
B List of IMS-related Specifications .
B.1 Introduction.
B.2 3 GPP Specifications.
B.3 3 GPP2 Specifications.
B.4 ETSI NGN Specifications.

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The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem IMS Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds 2006 Second Edition from Wiley ...

The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds, Second Edition is an updated version of the best-selling guide to this exciting technology that will merge the Internet with the cellular world, ensuring the availability of Internet technologies such as the web, email, instant messaging, presence and videoconferencing nearly everywhere. In this thoroughly revised overview of the IMS and its technologies, goals, history, vision, the organizations involved in its standardization and architecture, the authors first describe how each technology works on the Internet and then explain how the same technology is adapted to work in the IMS, enabling readers to take advantage of any current and future Internet service.

Key features of the Second Edition include:

New chapter on Next Generation Networks, including an overview on standardization, the architecture, and PSTN/ISDN simulation services.
Fully updated chapter on the Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC) service, covering the standardization in the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), architecture, PoC session types, user plane, and the Talk Burst Control Protocol.
Several expanded sections, including discussion of the role of the Open Mobile Alliance in the standardization process, IPv4 support in IMS, a description of the IMS Application Layer Gateway and the Transition Gateway, and a description of the presence data model.
Updated material on the presence service, session-based instant messages with the Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP), and the XML Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP).
Supported by a companion website on which instructors and lecturers can find electronic versions of the figures.

Engineers, programmers, business managers, marketing representatives, and technically aware users will all find this to be an indispensable guide to IMS and the business model behind it.

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