SIP 2006

A chance to get to know your peers before the start of the conference

• How IMS will play a strategic role in our future service delivery
• Potential of next generation services enabled by SIP
• Integrating SIP into our core network
• How to rollout IMS which is flexible enough for future marketing plans
• Interoperability of IMS with any device

• SIP and IMS: Impact on operators, handset manufacturers and enterprises
• Is IMS too rigid and complex? What are the alternative ways of using SIP that are less rigid?
• Positioning SIP in terms of its lifecycle
• Examining SIP in the context of P2P technology
• Future outlook: How mobile operators will compete with fixed-line operators

• Examples of how SIP services are being commercially deployed
• The operational impact for operators considering SIP and IMS
• Taking advantage of the vast array of web services through SIP
• What does SIP do for the end-user and what improvements can they expect to see?
• Enhancing the customer experience through combinatorial multimedia services
• Push-to-talk, Push-to-watch, Push-To-X
• Combinatorial multimedia services
• How to use SIP based voice (over IP) services to spearhead fixed-mobile convergent services
• Future plans: Multimedia sharing applications based on SIP

• Identifying network topologies where IMS and traditional centralised solutions are not practically usable
• How SIP can be used to extend connectivity in limited and ephemeral environments
• Identifying the role of operators and service providers in totally decentralised networks
• Understanding if it is necessary to have a pure or hybrid IMS infrastructure

• Considering SIP as a protocol to realize converged MMS platforms hosting many services
• Ensuring interoperability and standardisation of SIP in relation to specific services
• Examples of new SIP enabled services and their benefits for the end user
• Examining if Location Based Services will have a new role
• Market timing:When will the services be launched?

• One goal, two approaches: Combinational services or all-IP?
• Extending SDPs for real-time multimedia sessions enabled by SIP/IMS
• Defining MNO's core objectives/ services framework
• Integrating external partners by utilising SIP

• Understanding the role of the wireline network and SIP
• Examining the technical approach to manage the handover from fixed to wireless access points
• How to merge VoIP with convergence
• Analysing the issues of standardisation and interoperability with other VoIP providers
• SIP and IP:What next?

• What is a “fully integrated FMC service”
• Packaging and targeting FMC offerings at individual market sectors.
• How an integrated offering can benefit the operator
• The underlying architecture of a pre-IMS Integrated FMC offering

• How to address present and future challenges: 3G/ IMS interoperability
• How to lay down proper foundations for future take up and delivery of new services across networks, handsets and countries
• Update of the Hub concept and proven supporting principles
• Possibilities in the next wave of SIP-based IP multimedia services

• Examining the importance of SIP for VoIP and other services in the fixed arena
• How users can seamlessly combine voice, video and data services
• Benefits of a fixed-mobile multimedia network
• Role of media companies and IPs once SIP has been deployed
• Examining SIP for VoIP and technology enabling triple play services
• How fixed-line operators combine VoIP with convergence

• Need for SIP and IMS interoperability
• Scope and goal of the SIP and IMS interoperability trials
• Analysis of current results of the interoperability trials
• Paving the way for a widespread launch of Video Share services

• Benefits of using SIP and IMS as the solution to merge the mobile and fixed networks for Internet and multimedia services
• IMS and IP-PBX's emulation
• Interoperability between different SIP profiles
• Voice call continuity with SIP

• Network capabilities of GSM/ UMTS/ WLAN networks
• SIP as 'the plug' to enable third parties to use these capabilities
• Business models for third party services
• Partnerships for mutual benefit

• Utilising the flexibility of SIP to enable mobile presence
• Overview of customised enriched and personalised services
• How subscribers can send instant messages to view their contacts’ presence, both from a PC client and variety of mobile clients
• Ensuring interoperability between other network operators

• Examining DoCoMo’s Push-To-Talk Services
• Understanding the system architecture for SIP
• Impact of SIP within DoCoMo
• Strategies beyond PoC

• Examining the case of handset development for SIP enabled services
• Driving the SIP-based service adoption through the availability of standardised features and functionalities across all handset platform
  • OMA PoC, Video Sharing and VoIP
• IMS versus current commercial SIP core deployments
• Understanding operators', virtual operators', ISPs' and enterprise needs for SIP-based handsets
  • Data network uplink speeds >384kbit/s
  • Security features (NATs, firewalls)
  • Standards compliancy to 3GPP, OMA and IETF
• Ensuring interoperability between all fixed and mobile devices

• Industry snapshot: Trends, market update and direction
• Technology vision, including rational SIP and IMS
• Examining the new business paradigm
• IMS - the engine for mass-market uptake of new multimedia services
• Enabling seamless media over any device

• Analysing the disruptive business models that might emerge with the growing adoption of SIP-enabled handsets
• How can third party service providers/ application developers exploit the capabilities of users’ handsets to compete with established mobile operators?
• Examining the differences between a SIP-enabled handset and a ‘full’ IMS phone
• What sub-segments of SIP-capable phone will emerge, and what are the timelines for adoption?
• Market forecasts for SIP/ IMS handsets

• Examining the standards and architectural differences in the converged network
• Encrypting Media: Requirements for widespread usage
• Dealing with SPAM over Internet Telephony (SPIT)
• Security and reliability work within the Franhofer FOKUS secure SIP test bed
• Additional SIP security issues within the IMS context

• Analysis of the best billing options for SIP
• Convergence of billing systems across fixed and mobile networks to reduce operational costs
• Focus on specific business/ consumer drivers
• How to charge for personalised services
• Examining legislation for VoIP and rules for charging for the Internet
• What is the potential for third party providers to enter the market?

• Exploring SIP in the context of UMA
• Comparing the benefits of both technologies
  • SIP: How it supports more advanced features – integration with IP PBX
  • UMA: Examining the simplicity and ease of implementation
• Understanding how SIP and call UMA can both be deployed
• Comparing SIP to H.323
• What are the limitations of SIP?