[WG-IMS] Scope of IMS in OpenSIPS - RFC

Wed Nov 29 16:07:36 UTC 2023

In addition, the IMS should be able to handle 4G and 5G calls.
In my opinion, we should no longer about 2 and 3 G as they are being phased
out everywhere.

wkr,

Op wo 29 nov 2023 om 16:39 schreef Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at opensips.org
>:

> Hi Giovanni,
>
> Thanks for the feedback here, a valuable one as usual :).
>
> On the HSS, what you are saying aligns with the my own thoughts - that its
> functioning logic is somehow outside the our scope here, but we need to pay
> attention to the interfacing (DIAMETER or HTTP2.0).
>
> Now, on the AS side - as I understand, it holds whatever custom logic the
> operator may have in routing and proving services (included VAS's). So to
> say, I see it as a highly programmable component. And if so, what we need
> to provide here is probably a very high level interface / API to allow call
> manipulation in a very abstract way... :-/ ??
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>
> OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
>   https://www.opensips-solutions.com
>   https://www.siphub.com
>
> On 29.11.2023 11:11, Giovanni Maruzzelli wrote:
>
> First of all:
> CONGRATULATIONS to the OpenSIPS community !!!
> (I believe this is the first step of a long and satisfying journey)
>
> On the topic:
> in addition to the CSCF component, I would like to see efforts on the AS
> (Application Server) component of the IMS infrastructure.
>
> The AS is probably way the simplest of it all, it will probably require
> the least modifications/additions to OpenSIPS.
>
> But I would say AS will be crucial to a lot of people/use cases.
>
> While for sure there will be a lot of cases for our community to build the
> voice/video complete IMS infrastructure on top of private 5G networks in
> enterprises and public administrations, I see as very much relevant also
> the use case of building infrastructure to provide additional third party
> services to big carriers, and to big carriers partners.
>
> Also, AS is the correct and manageable way to provide additional services
> even if you build the core IMS infrastructure.
>
> About HSS: this is the sancta sanctorum of a carrier/provider
> Apart from the venerable fraunhofer java implementation, now we can count
> on the flexible java implementation in
> https://github.com/nickvsnetworking/pyhss with a lot of features, good
> performances, and actually built for production.
>
> I would say better we concentrate on accessing the various different
> protocols of HSS (diameter/http2) from the various components (each
> component in IMS access HSS with a different interface with
> different vocabularies and actions.
>
> MGCF/MGW, if needed, will be a natural extension of our CSCF/AS
> architecture.
>
> Just my two cents, to keep the ball rolling,
>
> Congratulation again,
>
> -giovanni
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 2:02 PM Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at opensips.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> (disclaimer : cross lists posting is not a good practice - we will do
>> this only to catch the attention and get momentum with this initial topic)
>>
>> As a first step here, is to work out the scope of the IMS implementation
>> in OpenSIPS. IMS is a vast concept, with SIP and non-SIP components, and we
>> want to understand and agree on which components of IMS may be subject of
>> work from the OpenSIPS perspective. For example, we do consider the CSCF as
>> a must here, but we may explore the HSS, AS, MGW or other components.
>>
>> From the OpenSIPS perspective, we look for IMS components which are SIP
>> related. At least as a starting point. So, the first obvious candidate is
>> the *Call Session Control Function (CSCF)*. And here we need to look
>> into and address the specific functionalities of each sub-component:
>>     * P-CSCF
>>     * I-CSCF
>>     * S-CSCF
>>
>> Again, these are the pretty obvious components, still may look into and
>> evaluate (if of an interest of the OpenSIPS IMS implementation) areas as:
>>     * HSS (from interconnection perspective)
>>     * MGCF / MGW  (from interconnection perspective)
>>     * SIP AS
>>     * others ?
>>
>> Any feedback (with explanations and arguments) about what we should
>> consider for our IMS implementation is more the welcome. I set here just a
>> simple starting point, with no limitations or so. Feel free to contribute
>> to the topic
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> --
>> Bogdan-Andrei Iancu
>>
>> OpenSIPS Founder and Developer
>>   https://www.opensips-solutions.com
>>   https://www.siphub.com
>>
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>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Giovanni Maruzzelli
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