NGN architectures, protocols, and services

Content: Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Contents
 About the Author
 Chapter 1 Introduction
 1.1 Introduction
 1.2 Traditional Telecom World
 1.2.1 History of Telephony
 1.3 Public Switched Telephone Networks
 1.3.1 Pulse Code Modulation
 1.3.2 Architecture of the Telephone Network
 1.4 Signaling Network
 1.4.1 SS7 Architecture
 1.4.2 SS7 Protocol Model
 1.5 Transmission Systems
 1.5.1 Multiplexing of Digital Channels
 1.5.2 Time Division Multiplexing in PSTN
 1.6 Traditional Internet world
 1.6.1 History of the Internet
 1.6.2 Growth of the Internet
 1.6.3 Internet Architecture. 1.7 The Convergence of the Two Worlds: Next Generation Networks1.7.1 NGN Perspective of Telecom Operators
 1.7.2 When Will NGN Emerge?
 1.8 The Structure of This Book
 References
 Chapter 2 Internet Fundamentals by IETF
 2.1 Internet Architecture and IETF Standardization
 2.2 Fundamental Internet Protocols
 2.2.1 Internet Protocol Version 4
 2.2.2 Internet Protocol Version 6
 2.2.3 User Datagram Protocol
 2.2.4 Transmission Control Protocol
 2.2.5 Stream Control Transmission Protocol
 2.3 Addressing and Numbering
 2.3.1 IPv4 Addressing
 2.3.2 Network Address Translation. 2.3.3 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol2.3.4 Domain Name System
 2.3.5 ENUM
 2.3.6 IPv6 Addressing Architecture
 2.4 Internet Routing
 2.4.1 Routing Algorithms
 2.5 Client-Server Networking
 2.6 Peer-to-Peer Networking
 2.7 Best-Effort Internet Services
 2.7.1 Electronic Mail
 2.7.2 File Transfer Protocol
 2.7.3 World Wide Web
 2.7.4 Peer-to-Peer Services
 2.8 Internet Governance
 References
 Chapter 3 NGN Standards and Architectures
 3.1 Main Drivers to Next Generation Networks
 3.1.1 Fixed Broadband Internet Access
 3.1.2 Mobile Broadband Internet Access. 3.1.3 Convergence to IP-based Networks and Services3.1.4 End-User Drivers toward NGN
 3.1.5 Operator Drivers toward NGN
 3.2 ITU-T NGN Standards
 3.2.1 NGN Architectures
 3.2.2 End-to-End Quality of Service
 3.2.3 Security
 3.2.4 Generalized Mobility
 3.2.5 Network Control Architectures and Protocols
 3.2.6 Service Capabilities and Service Architectures
 3.2.7 Interoperability of Services and Networks in NGN
 3.2.8 Future Networks
 3.3 Standardization Synergy of ITU, IETF, 3GPP, and IEEE
 3.3.1 IETF Role
 3.3.2 ETSI Role
 3.3.3 3GPP Role
 3.3.4 IEEE Role
 3.4 All-IP Network Concept for NGN. 3.5 NGN Functional Architecture3.5.1 Transport Stratum Functions
 3.5.2 Transport Control Functions
 3.5.3 Service Stratum Functions
 3.5.4 Management Functions
 3.5.5 Identity Management Functions
 3.5.6 End-User Functions
 3.5.7 NGN Configuration and Topology
 3.6 NGN Control Architectures and Protocols
 3.6.1 Network Access Configuration Functional Entity
 3.6.2 Access Management Functional Entity
 3.6.3 Transport Location Management Functional Entity
 3.6.4 Transport Authentication and Authorization Functional Entity
 3.6.5 Transport User Profile Functional Entity.