IMS and the Next Generation of Mobile Networks

by Naser Partovi & Amnon Ptashek SPIE Newsroom, accessed 12 May 2006 Most cellular networks are based on 2G or 2.5G technology. However, carriers around the world are upgrading to third generation wideband code-division multiple access and universal mobile telecommunications system to support multimedia services such as music and video downloads. To this end they are keeping close watch on a new addition to 3G technology: the IP multimedia subsystem. Read more