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A mobile broadband service switching point: a new network element for multimedia and mobile services

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Abstract

The need to define network architectures and signalling protocols enabling a quick and easy introduction of multimedia services is widely recognized. B-ISDN is the transport infrastructure that has reduced technology constraints in furnishing high-bandwidth transport capabilities. At the same time, users demand for advanced multimedia service to be accessed anywhere and anytime, growing the need of a flexible and low-cost solution to provide mobility on multimedia. In this scenario IN is the forceful mechanism that not only allows a rapid and effective introduction of multimedia services, but also offers the opportunity to add mobility functions to the B-ISDN core network. An architecture of an advanced ATM node, named Mobile Broadband Service Switching Point (MB-SSP), is here investigated. Particular emphasis is given to the three major functional entities allocated within the MB-SSP: the Mobility Handling Function (MHF), the Broadband Call Control Function (B-CCF) and the Broadband Service Switching Function (B-SSF).

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Abbreviations

ACTS:

Advanced Communications Technologies and Services

B-BCSM:

Broadband Basic Call State Model

B-CCF:

Broadband Call Control Function

B-IP:

Broadband Intelligent Peripherals

B-ISDN:

Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network

B-SCF:

Broadband Service Control Function

B-SSF:

Broadband Service Switching Function

CTM:

Cordless Terminal Mobility

CTP:

Connection Termination Point

DA VIC:

Digital Audio-Visual Council

DCS:

Digital Cellular System

DECT:

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications

EXODUS:

Experiments On the Deployment of UmtS

FBT:

Fixed Broadband Terminal

FPLMTS:

Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication System

GSM:

Global System for Mobile

IN:

Intelligent Network

INSIGNIA IN and B-ISDN:

SIGNnalling Integration on ATM platforms

IN-SSM:

Intelligent Network Switching State Model

IPC:

Inter Process Communication

ITU:

International Telecommunication Union

M-BCUSM:

Mobile Basic Call Unrelated State Model

MB-SCP:

Mobile Broadband Service Control Point

MB-SSP:

Mobile Broadband Service Switching Point

MHF:

Mobility Handling Function

M-SCF:

Mobile Service Control Function

MT:

Mobile Terminal

OMT:

Object Modeling Technique

PIA:

Point In Associations

UMTS:

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

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  1. Central Research Lab, ITALTEL, 20019, Castelletto di Settimo Milanese, MI, Italy

    D. Blaiotta, L. Faglia, M. Varisco & L. Vezzoli

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Tiziana Margaria Bernhard Steffen Roland Rückert Joachim Posegga

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Blaiotta, D., Faglia, L., Varisco, M., Vezzoli, L. (1998). A mobile broadband service switching point: a new network element for multimedia and mobile services. In: Margaria, T., Steffen, B., Rückert, R., Posegga, J. (eds) Services and Visualization Towards User-Friendly Design. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1385. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0053514

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