1) Introduction to IMS

• IMS Basics
• UMTS and IMS
• IMS Standards
• 3GPP/3GPP2
• IETF
• OMA
• ETSI/TIPHON
• Why IMS
• The IMS Market
• Benefits to the Operator
• Benefits to the End User
• IMS Players
• IMS Technologies
• IMS Features
• Multimedia Session Management
• Mobility Management and Roaming
• QoS
• Service Execution
• Third Party Service Support
• IMS Services
• Introduction to Services
• PoC (Push to Talk Over Cellular)
• Push to See
• Interactive Gaming
• File Sharing
• Instant Messaging
• Voice Messaging
• Voice Telephony over IMS
• Video Conferencing
• Content Streaming Services
  

2) SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) Primer and Diameter

• Intro to SIP
• SIP Addressing
• SIP Architecture and Components
• User Agent
• Proxy Server
• Registrar Server
• Redirect Server
• Location Service
• SIP Methods
• SIP Response Codes
• SIP Message Transport
• SIP Message Structure
• SDP
• SIP Server Discovery
• Basic SIP Procedures
• SIP Registration
• Call Establishment
• Proxy Mode Operation
• Redirect Mode Operation
• SIP Security
• Basic Diameter Architecture and Operation
• Diameter Applications
• SIP and RTP
• RTP Structure
• RTP Payloads
• RTCP
• RTP Flow Examples
  

3) IMS Architecture

• IMS Components
• Proxy – CSCF
• Interrogating – CSCF
• Serving – CSCF
• Application Server
• Media Resource Function (MRF)
• Media Gateway Function
• The HSS and Cx Interface
  

4) IMS Procedures

• IMS Registration
• SIP Call Flows
• IMS Session Control
• SIP Proxy Operation
• SIP Redirect Operation
• SIP Call Flows
• IMS Roaming
• Roaming Scenarios
  

5) Service Provision in IMS

• The Application Server
• AS and Session Control
• Presence Based Services
• Instant Messaging Service
• Service Examples
• PoC
• CAMEL and IMS
• OSA/Parlay and IMS

 6) QoS in IMS

• QoS Tools
• RSVP
• DiffServ
• MPLS
• SIP and QoS
• QoS Call flows 

7) IMS Security

• Architecture for IMS Security
• Using SIP for Security
• Authentication
• Privacy
• Denial of Service