Implementing Value Added Applications in Next Generation Networks

Yeh-Chin Ho, Yi-Bing Lin, Ren-Huang Liou and Yuan-Kuang Tu
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Yeh-Chin Ho: Telecommunication Laboratories, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., No.12, Lane 551, Section 5, Minzu Road, Yangmei City, Taoyuan County 326, Taiwan
Yi-Bing Lin: Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, No. 1001, University Road, Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan
Ren-Huang Liou: Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, No. 1001, University Road, Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan
Yuan-Kuang Tu: Telecommunication Laboratories, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., No.12, Lane 551, Section 5, Minzu Road, Yangmei City, Taoyuan County 326, Taiwan

Future Internet, 2010, vol. 2, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: One of the major issues in the future Internet is the integration of telecom networks with the Internet. In many countries, large Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are also telecom operators that have been focusing on providing Internet services through their telecom networks with telecom-grade mechanisms. In this article, we show that IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a telecom-grade mechanism that addresses this important issue. In Next Generation Network (NGN), IMS supports IP-based multimedia services that can be accessed from various wireless and wired access technologies through fixed-mobile convergence. We show how to integrate Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) with NGN/IMS to offer enhanced IPTV services for subscribers with set-top boxes or mobile phones. We specifically describe the implementations of three services: weather forecasts, short messages on TV screens and TV shopping/food ordering for mobile users. Although these services can be directly implemented in the Internet, our commercial operation experiences indicate that the NGN/IMS implementation has advantages in terms of telecom-grade security, Quality of Service (QoS), and flexible service creation.

Keywords: IP multimedia subsystem (IMS); next generation network (NGN); internet protocol television (IPTV) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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