Starent Networks Delivers SIP and IMS Capabilities.Session Control Manager Solution Successfully Participated in GMI GMI Governance Metrics International (New York, New York) GMI Giant Magneto-Impedance GMI Global MSF Interoperability GMI General Motors Institute GMI General Mills, Inc. 2006 IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Interoperability Testing TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Starent Networks, Corp., a global market leader in mobile packet core solutions, today announced its Session Control Manager - an integrated Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) Proxy/Registrar, Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF P-CSCF Proxy Call Session Control Function ), and Policy Agent - for its ST16 Intelligent Mobile Gateway. Starent Networks' Session Control Manager (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ) provides IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. (IMS)/Multimedia Domain (MMD) capabilities while providing a migration path to a complete IMS/MMD architecture. The Session Control Manager is a software upgrade to the company's industry leading ST16 Intelligent Mobile Gateway. The standards-based solution simultaneously supports an IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force SIP Proxy/Registrar, a 3GPP/3GPP2-compliant P-CSCF, and a Policy Agent. "With this solution, we are evolving the mobile core network towards the IMS/MMD architecture," said Ashraf Dahod, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Starent Networks. "As a result, mobile operators will enhance their subscribers' experience and be able to deliver voice, data, and multimedia over IP." The introduction of the Session Control Manager represents the first multi-access solution with integrated SIP/IMS features, high performance, and unparalleled reliability. By integrating the Session Control Manager into an intelligent mobile gateway, the system acts as the critical first hop for SIP/IMS applications, enabling end-to-end security, policy control, enhanced charging, and mobility. "Integrating key IMS functions into existing networks elements is a logical approach to deploying services now while preparing mobile networks for a migration to a full IMS architecture," said Robert W. Johnson There have been several people named Robert W. Johnson:
In order to showcase its Session Control Manager, Starent participated in the Global MultiService Forum's global multi-vendor interoperability IP Multimedia System (IMS) trials, also known as GMI 2006. During the two-week event, Starent's Session Control Manager successfully participated in testing key interfaces, protocols, and procedures defined in MSF Release 3 Architecture, as well as 3GPP/3GPP2 IMS/MMD. The Session Control Manager simultaneously supports IETF SIP software clients and IMS/MMD software clients, allowing operators to add the solution as a standard SIP Proxy. An operator can deploy a mix of SIP-based and IMS-based applications, such as Voice over IP (VoIP), Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC), mobile TV, Instant Messaging Presence Service (IMPS), and Voice Call Continuity applications while evolving their IMS core. The Session Control Manager is combined with Starent's market-leading, multi-access intelligent mobile gateway, allowing operators to deploy access-independent connectivity and global roaming to a multitude of technologies, such as CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. 1X/1xEVDO, UMTS/W-CDMA, WiFi, WiMAX, and others. About Starent Networks Starent Networks, Corp. designs and develops next generation intelligent mobile infrastructure equipment for mobile broadband wireless networks. Starent Networks' solutions provide high-speed packet data, packet voice, and multimedia capabilities to mobile operators, facilitating the delivery of unique services and a rich user experience. Starent Networks has shipped products to customers worldwide and now has over 60 operator deployments. The company is processing over 30 patents on its innovative technologies. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass. with offices globally in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. Starent Networks was founded in August 2000. For more information, visit www.starentnetworks.com. Starent and ST16 are registered trademarks of Starent Networks. Corp. |
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