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Using PARLAY APIs Over a SIP System in a Distributed Service Platform for Carrier Grade Multimedia Services

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The implementation of new mobile communication technologies developed in the third generation partnership project (3GPP) will allow to access the Internet not only from a PC but also via mobile phones, palmtops and other devices. New applications will emerge, combining several basic services like voice telephony, e-mail, voice over IP, mobility or web-browsing, and thus wiping out the borders between the fixed telephone network, mobile radio and the Internet. Offering those value-added services will be the key factor for success of network and service providers in an increasingly competitive market. In 3GPP's service framework the use of the Parlay APIs is proposed that allow application development by third parties in order to speed up service creation and deployment. 3GPP has also adopted SIP for session control of multimedia communications in an IP network. This article proposes a mapping of SIP functionality to Parlay services and describes a prototype implementation using the SIP Servlet API. Furthermore, an architecture of a Service Platform is presented that offers a framework for the creation, execution and management of carrier grade multimedia services in heterogeneous networks.

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Pailer, R., Stadler, J. & Miladinovic, I. Using PARLAY APIs Over a SIP System in a Distributed Service Platform for Carrier Grade Multimedia Services. Wireless Networks 9, 353–363 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023699327890

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