IMS perspective
IMS opens up new perspectives for network operators. Nevertheless, some challenges need to be faced to make it a widely adopted technology.
IMS opens up new perspectives for network operators. Nevertheless, some challenges need to be faced to make it a widely adopted technology.
One aim of IMS is to make the network management easier, because an all-IP integrated network is easier to manage and leads to network administration savings. Therefore, it separates control and bearer functions to support kinds of networks and become “access agnostic” or in other words, service delivery should be independent of the underlying access technology.
The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a network functional architecture that is seen as a promising solution for facilitating multimedia service creation and deployment as well as supporting interoperability and network convergence. It was originally designed by the wireless standards body 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) as an architectural framework for delivering internet protocol (IP) multimedia to mobile users over GPRS, and then expanded to support other networks like Wireless LAN, CDMA2000 and fixed line.
The similarities between the European renaissance and what we are experiencing nowadays can be too obvious if we take time to think about it. The Information Renaissance is not a concept that has been concretely defined nor is a known event in history, but still the word renaissance makes us think about knowledge sharing, about cultural and social changes, and about empowering people. All these elements are precise adjectives for what Information Technology is doing: Creating an Information Renaissance.
Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of web-based hosted services, as social-networking sites, wikis… It aims to facilitate creativity by helping users collaborate, and share. The term originated from O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004. It is important to understand that web 2.0 does not give an update to any technical specifications, it more like guidelines to how developers and end users should use web.
It is no surprising to hear the word “Art” almost each time you talk about European Renaissance. If the European renaissance was a cultural movement that marked drastic changes during the Middle ages, Art is an area that was completely revolutionized. Artists incorporated perspective, using oil based paints they concentrated on light and shadow effect. We can notice the touch of ancient art on the work of some renaissance artists like Donatello, but the introduction of personality and behavior in the oeuvres was a new aspects. An aspect that was later developed by other artists like Da Vinci and MichelAngelo: the emotional expression and the physical balance.
Sculpture, painting and architecture revolution started in Italy but moved towards France, Spain and then the rest of Europe. They were the first cultural changes that broke up with the Church traditions, and by focusing on Man they empowered people, gave them back confidence and help a social break-up.
The word ‘Renaissance’ is a French word, and it means ‘rebirth’. European renaissance was the time when Europe moved from the ignorance, unfairness and the feudal system to a new era where knowledge starts to be shared, arts blossomed and the luminance of science and logic spread and paved way for new inventions and social changes.