Network Convergence and Service Convergence

Convergence is the main trend for future network development. The multi-service bearer network,built upon the Internet Protocol/Multi-protocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) technology,is a converged network with Quality of Service (QoS) guarantee for business and enterprise customers. The integrated and unified service provisioning platform (including both service execution and development enviroments) can provide integrated audio,video and data services over multiple access networks. However,achieving network convergence and service convergence are long-term goals,which can only be realized step by step after comprehensive consideration of many factors like market demands,technologies,services and costs.

Service Convergence in Next Generation Network

The convergence of communication services becomes a focus in the industry along with the requirement for full-service operation and technical development. Service convergence includes two aspects: The convergence of the fixed and mobile networks; and the convergence of traditional communications and Internet services. This requires balancing the conflicts between the openness and operationability of terminal capability and network convergence. Unified authentication and authorization are the basis for service convergence in terms of operationability. Modular network and open terminal are technical solutions for the service convergence.

ZTE Launches zVOA to Empower Converged Voice and Multimedia Services

ZTE Corporation launched its zVOA solution on February 21. This solution enables operators to deploy a unified control network for voice, video and multimedia services over any existing mobile and fixed access network infrastructure.

IMS and Converged Service Network

The current telecom target network architecture with IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) as the core lacks the actual verification of existing large-scale networks and faces the stiff competition from Internet technologies. In the process of promoting the commercial usage of IMS services, the Service Delivery Platform (SDP) is evolving into a more convergent and open Service Delivery Environment (SDE) and will become the mainstream of the next generation Telecom Service Network. ZTE’s concept of the Converged Service Network (CSN) is to integrate various network service capabilities to realize the unification of data, service, capability and management and thus the fast provisioning of various Value-Added Services (VASs), which helps the carriers to maintain a leading position in the value chain, meeting the telecom carriers ’ requirements for service network development.

Service behavior modeling and service behavior convergence-based radio resource scheduling in wireless systems

With the development of wireless networks, the amount of multiple services increased sharply in recent years. High quality multiple services with low price are urgently needed especially in new generation mobile communication systems, e.g., 3G/LTE networks. It is important to enhance the availability of data service resources. Services have strong association which are used by clients with similar behavior habits in networks. Such feature results in service behavior convergence （SBC） and its utilization will enhance resource efficiency. This paper proposes two applications of service behavior： service prediction and a scheduling algorithm which enhances bandwidth efficiency. Convergence cells are classified according to SBC and hot-spot services are broadcasted separately in each convergence cell. It is demonstrated by stimulation that the bandwidth is saved 80% more than classical cellular system and nearly 20% more than traditional broadcasting system.