HOT! GMI 2006 White Paper: Validating IMS: The Practical Implementation of Converged Networks

HOT! Global MSF Interoperability 2006: Does it Matter?
reprinted with permission from Current Analysis

HOT! GMI 2006 Makes Major Step Towards IMS-compliant NGNs: NetEvents TV Interview with Matt Bross, CTO, BT Group

The focus of GMI 2006 is to test multi-vendor interoperability to achieve Fixed Mobile Convergence supporting the IMS service framework.

The event will validate MSF Release 3 Implementation Agreements covering:

• Roaming services across multiple network types
• QoS (Session Border Controller and Bandwidth Manager)
• Open Media Gateway Control interface relevant to 3GPP BICN architecture
• IP Carrier Interconnect/Internetworking
• Security interoperability
• 3rd party applications and service brokering
• IPv4/6 Internetworking

LOCATIONS

• BT Advanced Research and Technology Centre, Adastral Park, in Martlesham, Ipswich Suffolk, United Kingdom
• KT Technology Lab in Daejeon, South Korea
• NTT Musashino Research and Development Center in Tokyo, Japan
• Verizon Labs in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
• University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory in Durham, New Hampshire, United States

TECHNICAL

• MSF Project Requirements Document For Global MSF Interoperability 2006 (GMI 2006)
• GMI 2006 IA Table (Members only) | IA Table (Non-member Participants)
• GMI 2006 Test Cases (Members only) | Test Cases (Non-Member Participants)
• GMI 2006 Schedule | Gannt Chart (Members only)
• Non-Member Participant Access (username and password required)

MARKETING

• GMI 2006 Marketing and PR Guidelines (PDF)
• GMI 2006 Marketing / PR Tool Kit
• Participant Press Releases
• Global MSF Interoperability 2006: IMS Vendors and Carriers Need to Get on the GMI 2006 Bus (PDF)
  by Joe McGarvey, Principal Analyst, Carrier IP Telephony, Current Analysis, Inc.

OTHER LINKS

• GMI 2006 Press Room (Articles and Press Releases)
• GMI 2006 Interview Pack (PPT)

GMI 2004

• GMI 2004 archive
• GMI 2004 Executive Summary (PDF)
• GMI 2004 Event White Paper (PDF)

GMI 2002

• GMI 2002 archive
• Global MSF Interoperability (GMI) 2002 Event White Paper (PDF)