Hi Dragos,
Thanks for your update on the project. Really interesting stuff!
An idea: Once we release 0.10, maybe we could create a tar package with
an "IMS version" of SER, where the modules are included, maybe some
extra docs, etc. Or are you planning to make available the IMS modules
as part of 0.10??
FHoSS sounds interesting, is that a full-flegded Diameter server
according to HSS specification?? Are there any peculiarities that make
it non-suitable for general Diameter use (i.e. non-IMS)?
To IPsec: To me the IPsec requirement is a typical aspect of the
carrier-centric approach of IMS. Supposedly both IPv4 and v6 can be run
independently and together, but the NAT-traversal issues with IPsec is
maybe even more difficult than for SIP (believe me, I have spent lots of
time on both...). I haven't been able to test my Nokia E70 SIP client's
IPsec NAT traversal capabilities yet (as I don't have testing access to
an IMS proxy :-). On 3G I presume most carriers have non-NATed
networks, but the E-series has WiFi capabilities and one of the things
trumpeted with IMS is the cross-access-network nature of IMS services.
Have you tried TLS in 0.10 the way you describe?
g-)
Dragos Vingarzan wrote:
...This is re-post, because the previous one was sent
from the wrong
mail-address and now it awaits moderations... sorry for duplicates if
eventually it gets accepted.
Hi all,
Yes, IMS is quite bloated. However, for the past years we did some
work at FOKUS related to it and it will be soon released. It does not
have ALL what IMS demands, but it is a start and we hope that you
guys, if you think that something more is required, could help us
achieve that.
I am attaching the proof that it will be, on 16.11.2006 (it is also an
invitation for you to participate, but I am not making publicity on
this list ;-)
http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/event/ims_ws_06/ ). If
you need further info, feel free to contact us.
To offer you some info about it before this date, we will release a
bundle of modules:
- cdp - for efficient diameter communication in SER (stands for
CDiameterPeer)
- pcscf - implementing some of the P-CSCF functionality
- icscf - -//- ICSCF
- scscf- -//- SCSCF
- isc - for Initial Filter Criteria Triggering and communication
between S-CSCF and AS
- sip2ims - a simple MD5 to AKA authorization gateway
All these modules at the moment are relatively stable on SER
0.10.99-dev41. But the problem there is that the diameter
functionality is integrated into the core. We are working now on
stabilizing the cdp as a module in 0.10.99-dev45. Once we succeed, I
hope that the modules will be usable with any new plain-CVS SER release.
Also, we will give away FHoSS - our Java HSS implementation together
with the included pure Java - Java Diameter Peer - diameter
functionality.
So, you will have a basic IMS system to play with. Almost the same
Open IMS Core is used in the ETSI/TISPAN IMS Benchmarking effort as a
reference implementation for the System Under Test (look for WorkItem
06024).
Don't expect too much, but at least now we have full Cx support,
Initial Filter Criteria triggering, ISC support, AKA authentication,
IPSec in transport mode with clients, etc... and all this plus the
wonderful SER script functionality.
Oh yeah :)... and don't expect carrier-grade quality though. These are
research projects and we care more about experimenting with the latest
features than the 99.999%. For that stability, as Jiri implies,
Tekelec probably has (or will have) a good solution, but we can't do
that as our budgets are much lower than those of the SPs or TEMS.
As Andrey pointed out, we are not the only ones doing this, but I hope
that we could converge.
And Jiri is right about the complexity. There are at least 4
components that have to work together. For SigComp, because of it's
complexity, I was considering TLS with compression. This could also
replace the IPSec transport mode tunnel for security, which could be
difficult on some embedded devices. Any thoughts on this? Anyway,
SigComp is asked mainly by the mobile operators only and we should not .
Looking forward for you comments,
Dragos Vingarzan
Jiri Kuthan wrote:
Just a warning small in size but I guess big in
the impact. I think
people kind of underappreciate the effort which has to be taken. If
you consider all the 3gpp complexity (sigcomp as a prime example, one
of many being real non-trivial), size of mobile networks for which
the system has to be running, number of interfaces to speak over and
achieve interoperability (management, diameter, applications, cdr
processing...), routing features (the 'scim' feature with
which this discussion began)...
I occur to know Tekelec has gone through this exercise and generating
a reasonable result has cost quite an investment.
At 07:19 06/10/2006, Andrey Kuprianov wrote:
Hi, I suppose you need to develop modules for all
the the x-CSCF +
AS (where x-CSCF is P-CSCF, S-CSCF or I-CSCF). You see, the
functionalities/features that x-CSCF and application servers require
(for instance, P-headers or querying for subscriber information from
HSS) are not available in SER. That's why you need to make your own
modules *all the way*. As for HSS, i dont think you need to make
some special super DIAMETER-enabled database. In my (an in many
other people's btw) point of view a simple database, like MySQL is
more than capable of storing subscriber info or initial filtering
criterias (iFC --> im talking about SCIM/SIMF). If you are really
set to develop IMS on SER, then maybe you can start with SER 0.8.14.
You can still find decent development documentation for it. As for
later versions, I dont think any good docs are yet available
(someone, please, correct me if im wrong)
The documentation is being worked on, but for the moment you are
unfortunately correct.
Just for your info, INT (France) joint with
France Telecom are
developing IMS on SER as of now (dont know if it's going to be
commerial or open-source. Contact them if you are interested, maybe
you can even help them develop it further :). Plus, Focus is also
set to develop a commercial version of IMS for SER and, although,
Focus said that their IMS will be available in the last quarter of
this year, but nothing's been released yet. :(
That's fantastic news, I'm looking forward to GPL contributions from
these
very respectable institutions. This is really a big piece of work and
I am
enormously positive about every single new piece of the puzzle.
-jiri
Good luck, Andrey. On 10/6/06,
Kamal.Mann(a)t-systems.com
<Kamal.Mann(a)t-systems.com> wrote: > Hi All > We are using SER as
CSCF which communicates with HSS and Application Server. > 
Whenever a UA sends a request to SER then it should go to some
specific table and look for services assigned to that particular UA.
 If UA is authorize to use that service
than SER send
this to AS. >  AS then send this request/response to
Serving SER (S-CSCF) which further serves that UA. > I need your
suggestions for the same that what kind of module we need to develop
for this scenario or any valuable suggestions. > > Thanks in
anticipation > Kamal Mann > >
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