GSMA launches RCS Specification Release 2

GSMA, who represents the interests of the cellular industry, announced today the launch of the next set of service specifications, RCS Release 2, for the RCS Initiative (Rich Communication Suite) and also the RCS DevChallenge, a new contest for client applications developers for mobile phones and PCs.

The contest is sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Orange and Telefonica. For more information and register, please visit this site:
http://www.rcsdevchallenge.com.

"As an active member of GSMA RCS Initiative, Alcatel-Lucent is helping service providers to leverage the RCS Specification Release 2 to successfully meet the consumers demands for a new generation of continuous and improved services, transcending the devices and areas of the fixed and mobile telephony over Internet", said Gani Nayak, Chairman of the Division of Interactive Media and Communications Applications at Alcatel-Lucent.

"Ericsson welcomes you to the launch of RCS Specification Release 2 that allows service providers to offer a common experience of multimedia communication for mobile phones and other devices connected to broadband", said Magnus Furustam, Vice-President of Product Area Core and IMS at Ericsson. "Our RCS activities are concentrated in the implementation of a interoperable platform with complete communication, to unify the billions of telecommunications subscribers through some common standards. The open and inclusive nature of RCS provides an ideal platform for the innovation of the developers, and therefore we are delighted to sponsor the RCS DevChallenge".

It's always good to know that we have such events encouraging the creativity and the work of developers for this market. And I hope we have more investment in the Brazilian market, as we are far behind the world powers.

What do you expect from the brazilian market? Leave your comments here!

Source: http://br.noticias.yahoo.com/s/21092009/24/economia-negocios-gsma-anuncia-lancamento-da.html

***Translation by Rafael P. Silva

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Download SDS 4.1 FD1

Ericsson has released a new version of SDS. SDS 4.1 has a few changes, highlighting some of them:

• Support for IPTV applications.
• Support for JDK6.
• A little simpler installation.
• 1GB RAM (512MB work, but .... )
• Windows XP SP3 (SDS work in Windows Vista ... but I not recommend )

It is recommended to remove previous versions before installing.
You can still follow the installation tutorial until before the Sailfin installation.
The download size is sharply increased too. The Eclipse version has also changed and is now more stable.

If you still don't have it, you can achieve the installation serial key by this simple registration.
If you have problems share with us through the IMS Technology Group.

***Translation by Rafael P. Silva

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IMS Mini Course

On June 6th I instructed a mini course in Metodista about IMS and SDS. In this event participated students from the graduation courses of "computer engineering" and "information systems" that are in the penultimate semester and developing their IMS projects.
Were considered the concepts of IMS technology, such as architecture, SIP, CSCF and HSS. We also talked about SDS, which is the Ericsson IDE for development of IMS applications.

Introdução Ims

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Ericsson implements 4G network

Ericsson and TeliaSonera announced the signing of a commercial 4G network, this network will cover Sweden's capital Stockholm and the contract is Ericsson's first for commercial deployment of LTE. Ericsson and TeliaSonera have started the roll-out in Stockholm, for commercial launch 2010.

The roll-out of the 4G mobile broadband network will offer the highest data rates ever realized, with the best interactivity and quality.The LTE system is based on 3GPP standards for LTE (Long Term Evolution) radio technology and SAE (System Architecture Evolution) core technology.LTE is a continued evolution of 2G e 3G (i.e. GSM/CDMA/WCDMA/TD-SCDMA) mobile networks and is an integrated part of Ericsson's Full Service Broadband offering. Ericsson offers high capacity radio access (LTE), high capacity EDA multi-access edge routers, evolved packet core networks (SAE), multimedia communication with IMS and high-capacity, low-cost carrier Ethernet transport.

Source: http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/press/releases/20090115-1282289.shtml

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Control Layer - Part 2 (CSCF)

We already talked about HSS, now is time to describe other component. The CSCF (Call Session Control Function) is a SIP server and it's responsable for the first iterations int the IMS network. It has the function of registration the termination and establishment of sessions. The CSCF server is divided on 3 parts: S-CSCF (Serving), I-CSCF (Interrogating) and P-CSCF (Proxy).

Source: http://www.3gdb.org/

In coming posts we will go into detail on each part of the server CSCF.

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Ericsson IMS Demonstration

Video on Ericsson's IMS technology. Several ways to use technology.

More videos

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Installing Ericsson SDS

The SDS (Service Development Studio), is a Ericsson's tool development of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) aplications. Today will post a SDS installation tutorial.
System Requirements:

• Java 5 Download (SDS does not work with Java 6!)
  
• Windows XP SP2 (SDS does not work in Windows Vista!)
• 1GB of RAM (512MB work, but .... )
• WTK (Wireless Toolkit)

At the beginning, a license is needed for instalation. If you don't have it, register and ensure if for free! After this, select all components to install and place them where the Java 5 is istalled and where SDS will be installed.

After SDS installation, UIQ 3 installer will start (standart installation: nest, nest, finish). Then, Nokia compiler installer will start, again a standart installation. After WinPcap 3.1 installation, you will NOT restart, selecting the option "No, I'll reboot later" and press Next. Finalize the installation of UIQ 3 and then P1 SDK (Sony Ericsson) installation starts.

After that starts the installation of SailFin, it will be the Web Server for IMS Aplications. You can download Sailfin (Windows), save the file in C:\

Set the enviroment variables, JAVA_HOME. Run the Command Prompt and type java -Xmx256m -jar
Accept the license and enter the created directory C:\SailFin and type lib\ant\bin\ant -f setup.xml
After the "BUILD SUCCESSFUL" message appears you can close the Command Prompt and complete the installation of the SDS. Restart the computer. You now have SDS installed on your computer.

You can check the complete tutorial on IMS Technology Group. Download the complete installation manual and a video tutorial with full installation here.

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Control Layer - Part 1 (HSS)

After writing about the IMS technology architecture, we will analyze more deeply the control layer . As seen, in this layer is responsible to make the connection between devices and services, abstracting the used network.

Today, we write about the HSS (Home Subscriber Server)
HSS is like a devices' central database of IMS network, it's responsible for the authentication information, authorization and physical location. It stores the users profiles and their services, independently of the service provider.

HSS is an evolution of the HLR (Home Location Register), which is a node specified by the GSM architecture.

According to the 3GPP specification, HSS provides the establishment of calls and / or meetings, creation of security information devices and identification and authorization to access them. It interacts with CSCF (Call Session Control Function) through Diameter protocol.

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Venturus presents IMS application

Venturus company has created a virtual contest of penalties with using IMS technology (IP Multimedia Subsystem). To illustrate and bring the technology closer to IMS users, Venturus chose to show a simulation on a TV program, based in a game with interaction with the remote viewers, via cellphone. The simulation uses the IMS platform to enable communication between the TV, notebooks and cellphones, through features and specific protocols. Thus, the players can see themselves on TV during the program. They are virtually represented by the photos you send by the cellphone.

Venturus has been developing applications on top of IMS technology for some time now. Futurecom In 2007, the Institute presented to the public an example of use of technology to transmit, by phone, pictures of the event in real time.

Source: http://www.odebate.com.br/content/view/9984/11/ (In Portuguese)
Venturus: http://www.venturus.org.br/saprview.php?cod=30 (In Portuguese)

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Demonstration Ericsson IPTV

As it was posted, Ericsson launches IPTV with IMS technology. Here's a video about the launching of the first IPTV middleware integrated with IMS. Ericsson is developing a TV plataform that will allow the television industry to fulfill the vision of the individualization of the experience of watching television.

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