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| Administrative Information | |
| Name of the testbed: | Open IMS Playground |
| Name of the principal organisation operates the Testbed: | Fraunhofer FOKUS, Next Generation Network Infrastructures CC |
| Type of organisation: | Academic institute |
| Address of principal office of the testbed: | Fraunhofer FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, 10589 Berlin |
| Name of administrative contact person: | Sebastian Wahle |
| Tel (administrative):00493034637365 | |
| E-mail (administrative):sebastian.wahle@fokus.fraunhofer.de | |
| Name of technical contact person: | Sebastian Wahle |
| Tel (technical):00493034637365 | |
| E-mail (technical):sebastian.wahle@fokus.fraunhofer.de | |
| Permanent employees: | yes |
| Number of employees: | 5 |
| Name of the principal organisation that operates the testbed: | Fraunhofer FOKUS, Next Generation Network Infrastructures CC |
| Type of organisation: | Academic institute |
| Principal area of activity: | Research |
| Principal sector of activity: | Telecommunications |
| Technical Information | |
| Brief description of the testbed: | |
| Open testbeds have ever since played a major role for our research activities in terms of result validation and prototype development. The term “Playground” was introduced to hide the complexity of such a laboratory even in its name. Our aim is to facilitate the usage of latest technologies in the field of IMS, NGN, SOA, and IPTV. We want to provide an easy and early access, especially for smaller players that enable them to bring their ideas to life.
It is OPEN in a sense that it is in a constant process of evolving. It is open to new partners, new components, new technologies, as well as new concepts and paradigms. It is IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) centric. This means that it contains the latest IMS technology, conforms to the latest IMS specifications, and generally reflects the current state of the art in the field of IMS. It is a PLAYGROUND. We see a Playground as a technology focused test environment, where we can "play" around with the latest technology. However, this is more than something to toy around with. It is a mature testbed, a test laboratory, where benchmarking, conformance tests and interoperability tests are carried out for our partners, and where components resulting from own development can be deployed and operated. Driven by market needs and our partner’s requirements, the Open IMS Playground has evolved to a known test laboratory which is used in many national and international projects from industry and academia. Around the Playground we offer services such as prototyping, proof-of-concept implementations, benchmarking and consulting. The Playground includes an Open Source Project which focuses on the development of the IMS core network (HSS and CSCFs). Based on this Open Source Initiative (OSIMS) we offer the instantiation of a full IMS Playground in your organization. Fuelled with add-on components, interconnection to the Open IMS Playground, and our experience, you can benefit from the potential of an own IMS test environment located at your own facilities. | |
| Classification: | IMS testbed, NGN testbed, 3G testbed, Open Source, SIP, VoIP |
| Components: | P-CSCF, S-CSCF, I-CSCF, HSS, IMS Client, MGW, Media Server, Application Server, AS, SIPSEE, XDMS, Presence Server, GBA, BSF, NAF, OCS-X, ParlayX Gateway |
| Access networks: | WiFi,Ethernet,xDSL,3G/UMTS |
| Remote secure access: | VPN,IPSec,SSH |
| Application keywords: | SMS, VoIP, Streaming, Conferencing, Call, Internet, Messaging, E-Mail, Presence, QoS, click2dial, IPTV, mashup, Web2.0, SOA, orchestration, service broker, ESP, OpenID, Cardspace, Liberty Alliance, servlets, HTTP, SIP, converged servlets, Web Services |
| Testing keywords: | Conformance,Functionality,Interoperability,Performance,Benchmarking,Measurement,Other |
| Testing resources: | TTCN Simulation Tool, SIP Tools, SIP Nuke, Benchmarking, Network Measurement |
| Main standards: | 3GPP, ETSI, TISPAN, OMA, IEEE |
| Operational information | |
| Description of the services offered: | |
| Prototyping We deliver prototype component implementations related to IMS and NGN technology based on your requirements. Instantiation of the Open IMS Playground We equip your organization with a full IMS test environment to allow you run your own IMS and NGN related test scenarios. Interconnection of testbeds Your test environment can be connected to the Open IMS Playground to test advanced deployment scenarios. Demo development We develop demonstrations of specific NGN and IMS technology such as Fixed Mobile Convergence Demos (FMC), Triple Play Demos (3P), and more. Proof-of-concept implementations We show that your ideas have the potential to become a success. Benchmarking Is there someone that performs better than you? Can your component handle the load we generate? Quality management and quality improvement rely on benchmarking. We carry out performance comparison for your selected NGN / IMS / SIP components based on the new ETSI TISPAN benchmarking standard. Conformance and Interoperability Testing Is your component conforming with the latest specifications? Does it work together with our partner components? We’ll let you know. Coaching / Tutorials Based on the tremendous and recognized experience in the field of NGN and IMS, we offer different coaching and tutorial sessions to let you benefit from our knowledge. Consulting / Studies Is there something about IMS and NGNs you need to know in detail? Do you need to know it fast? We’ll provide you with scientific studies and consulting. Comprehensive Testbed Projects Being a partner in many international projects in industry and academia we gathered considerable experience in terms of project management and long term project contributions. | |
| Planned evolution of the technologies used and services offered: | |
| toward Web2.0, SOA, Future Internet | |
| Objectives of the testbed: | |
| Open testbeds have ever since played a major role for our research activities in terms of result validation and prototype development. Our aim is to facilitate the usage of latest technologies in the field of IMS, NGN, SOA, and IPTV. We want to provide an easy and early access, especially for smaller players that enable them to bring their ideas to life. We provide Open Source components. | |
| Governance model: | |
| Target market: | |
| Telecommunication Industry, Operators, Application Developers, Integrators, Academia | |
| Unique offering: | |
| We have developed the Open Source IMS Core and build the community around it. http://www.openimscore.org/ We employ the developers and can provide first hand know-how. We are an independent research organisation, no vendor lock-in. For most of the components we provide two solutions:
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| Funding model: | Project based |
| Access policies to the testbed: | Open access |
| Other access policy: | |
| Intellectual property handling: | NDAs with most of our partners |
| Repository of test results: | no |
| Access to repository of test results: | |
| General comment: | |
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