Personal Multimedia Communication Softswitch

Enhancements
Enzo BATTAGLIA / Paolo COMI Italtel S.p.A.

Application Area:
Personal Multimedia Communication (PMC) defines a network architecture capable to support end-to-end multimedia services provided to domestic users. The scope of PMC is in Terminals, inside Home environment, and in Application Service Provider (ASP) core network. This allows the complete end-to-end vision of services in a world wide perspective.
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Main results:
Definition of end to end service architecture capable to guarantee the desired level of end to end quality. Identification of the suite of candidate protocols for signalling, control, media, and system management.

PMC architecture concepts

End-to-end services with guaranteed QoS. Interconnection architecture, based on Session Border Controller approach. Proposal of a model for data plane control. Signalling models for Telco operators. Not all the possible architectures can be acceptable for a real deployment. Terminal management architecture. QoS management architecture on the transport network. Access Network resource control through N-Services.

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PMC architecture has a wider scope than TISPAN or IMS, and provides contribution for: Home network. Terminal architecture and remote management. Access Network Multi-protocol environment. Complete end-to-end vision.
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MediaNet Workshop and Demo Day 23rd November 2005, BRUSSELS

Personal Multimedia Communication Softswitch

Demonstration
Enzo BATTAGLIA / Paolo COMI Italtel S.p.A.

Test plant logical view

Demonstration objectives:
Multimedia communication Enhancement of call routing policies considering also the required media information. Service provisioning Users services self provisioning. Independance between the service description and the execution environment.
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Strategy
The test bed is derived from a commercial main release of Italtels products enhanced with Medianet concepts. The test bed itself is a demonstration of a full geografically distributed system. The ASP network is located in Italtels premises, and it is reached via VPN connection.

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MediaNet Workshop and Demo Day 23rd November 2005, BRUSSELS