3G IMS Illustrated (2nd Level)

Abbreviations
Better Communication
Introduction
Contents
3G Pkt Domain Basics
From Ckt/Pkt To IMS
3G IMS Architecture
3G IMS operation
Marketing Aspects
References/Quiz

AN
AS
BGCF
BS
B2BUA
CAMEL
CAP
CDR
CN
CS
CSCF
CSE
DHCP
DNS
ENUM
FQDN
GGSN

Access Network
Application Server
Breakout Gateway Control Function
Bearer Service
Back To Back user Agent
Customised Application Mobile Enhanced Logic
Camel Application Part
Charging Data Record
Core Network
Circuit Switched
Call Session Control Function
CAMEL Service Environment
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Domain Name System
E.164 Number
Full Qualified Domain name
Gateway GPRS Support Node
IMS

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Better Communication
Introduction
Contents
3G Pkt Domain Basics
From Ckt/Pkt To IMS
3G IMS Architecture
3G IMS operation
Marketing Aspects
References/Quiz

HSS
I-CSCF
IM
IM-SSF
IMS
ISC
ISIM
IP
ISP
ISUP
MAP
MGCF
MGF
MMD
OSA
OSA-SCS
P-CSCF

Home Subscriber Server

Interrogating-CSCF
IP Multimedia
IP Multimedia Service Switching Function
IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem
IMS Services Control (This interface (S-CSCF AS) is based on SIP)
IM Services Identity Module
Internet Protocol
Internet Service Provider
ISDN User Part
Mobile Application Part
Media Gateway Control Function
Media Gateway Function
Multimedia Domain (The 3GPP2 flavour of IMS)
Open Services Architecture
Open Services Architecture Service Capability Server
Proxy-CSCF
IMS

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Abbreviations
Better Communication
Introduction
Contents
3G Pkt Domain Basics
From Ckt/Pkt To IMS
3G IMS Architecture
3G IMS operation
Marketing Aspects
References/Quiz

PDF
PDP
PEP
PLMN
PS
PSTN
QoS
S-CSCF
SCIM
SCS
SGSN
SLF
SSF
SS7
SIP
SGW
THIG

Policy Decision Function

Packet Data Protocol e.g., IP
Policy Enforcement Point
Public Land Mobile Network
Packet Switched
Public Switched Telephone Network
Quality of Service
Serving-CSCF
Service Capability Interaction Manager
Service Capability Server
Serving GPRS Support Node
Subscription Locator Function
Service Switching Function
Signalling System 7
Session Initiation Protocol
Signalling Gateway
Topology Hiding Inter-network Gateway
IMS

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UE
UMTS

User Equipment
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

Introduction
Contents
3G Pkt Domain Basics
From Ckt/Pkt To IMS
3G IMS Architecture
3G IMS operation
Marketing Aspects
References/Quiz

IMS

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