Next Generation Messaging:
Evolution to IMS and SIP

Published: February 2008
55 Pages
Author: Vinny Kumar


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Overview

Next Generation Messaging: Evolution to IMS and SIP evaluates the evolving technology and market for messaging. This publication thoroughly addresses the evolution of SMSC towards 3G IP enabled SMSC, including analysis of 2nd generation GSM messaging [SMSC] to 3rd generation IMS enabled network messaging with Instant Messaging (IM). The report takes a use case approach with the network operator in mind, addressing issues with messaging platforms and how operators can address them with various solutions. Particular emphasis is placed on solutions for NGN messaging in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and SIP environment.

Key Benefits

-Discussion of market growth of messaging worldwide and statistics

-Evaluation of companies and solutions in messaging space

-Features comparison between various messaging systems including SMS, Instant Messaging (IM) and VMS systems

-Feature and functionality comparison between various IM clients and market growth including Adium, AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, Skype, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo

-Solutions for NGN in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and SIP environment

-Business aspects of messaging toward a NGN environment

-Addresses issues with messaging platforms and how operators can address them with various solutions

Target Audience

-Mobile VAS Equipment Vendors, Independent solution providers, System Integrators and related professional services companies

-Personnel responsible for Mobile messaging, VAS, Sales and Marketing and person responsible for growth of ARPU.

-Providers of value-added applications like televoting, mass calling events and SMPP applications etc as finally all apps have to be integrated with SMSC

-Excellent overview to technical target audience including system architects, technical consultants and industry analysts

Table of Contents
1. Introduction

2. Target Audience

3. Evolution of Messaging

4. SMS- Market Growth

5. Journey of Short Message Service Center

- Store and Forward Mechanism
- Limitation of Legacy Messaging platforms - Need for Migration to NGN

Evolution of IMS Messaging

6. Way towards NGN Messaging - Solutions through SMS Router

7. What is SMS ROUTER and Why to have in Network? - Detailed Answer

- Real time Message Delivery not based on Store and Forward Mechanism or First Delivery Attempt
- SMSC Load Balancing
- SMS Firewall -- SMS Router for Filtering SPAM Messages

8. NGN Messaging - Beyond SMS towards True Convergence [Unified Messaging using SIP]

Instant Messaging
Instant Messaging Market Analysis
Mobile Instant Messaging Gateway
Instant Messaging gateway checklist
Pager Mode
Multi-party Instant Message

9. Companies in NGN Messaging Space

- Acision
- Aricent
- Bharti Telesoft
- Comverse
- Intervoice
- NeuStar
- OZ
- Tanla Solutions
- Telenity
- TEKELEC

9. Instant Messaging Clients

Adium
AIM
Google talk
ICQ
Skype
Windows Live Messenger
Yahoo Messenger

10. Operator Challenges

11. Conclusions and Recommendations

List of Tables and Figures

Chart 1: Text Messages Sent in UK, Source MDA
Chart 2: Instant Messaging Penetration in Percentage: Source Capgemini
Chart 3: Enterprise and Public IM messages: Source Radicati group, INC.
Chart 4: UK Messaging Traffic: Source Capgemini
Chart 5: Number of Mobile Instant Messaging Users

Table 1: Survey of U.S. Mobile Subscribers
Table 2: Comparison of Features between Different Messaging Platforms
Table 3: Skypephone Availability

Figure 1: SMSC Connectivity in a Network
Figure 2: Message Flow in a Network without SMS Router
Figure 3: SMS Router Architecture in Network
Figure 4: First Delivery Attempt
Figure 5: Message Flow in a Network with SMS Router
Figure 6: Message Flow in a Network with SMS Router based on Load Balancing
Figure 7: Spam Message Filtered based on Text
Figure 8: Network Architecture using SMS router
Figure 9: Mobile Instant Messaging Gateway
Figure 10: Pager Mode
Figure 11: Chatting using Instant Messaging



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