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Fall 2009

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:05-11:55 - CCB 17 Map

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Description

This course covers the area of application development and deployment in today's commercial, mobile networks. This space is undergoing rapid change as new devices and technologies become available and the network and service providers move to a more converged architecture. A goal of this course is to survey the current state of application work in this environment and provide a contrast with the traditional telco and Internet environments.

A central component of this course is an introduction to the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and the process of developing an application for IMS. (In fact, you've probably heard this course referred to as "The IMS Course".) The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is the next-generation standard in telecommunications network architecture, enabling a leap forward for voice, video, data, and multimedia applications. Telecommunications companies have begun deploying IMS technology to offer new services that subscribers can access from any location on a wide variety of devices. The students in this class will learn to design and develop these new services.

This class was originally inspired by the Georgia Tech IMS Research Competition. The competition has evolved and is now known as the Convergence Innovation Competition. We are currently planning the competition details for the 2009-2010 year. There will be a kickoff event near the end of September. Regardless of the competition itself, participation in class is not tied to the competition. You do not have to enter any competition to take the class. You do not have to take the class to enter any competition.

While many of the students in this class are from the College of Computing, we encourage students from diverse areas on campus to participate. This includes people from Management, Communications, Music, and many others. In the course projects we have the flexibility to leverage the contributions of people with a wide range of experiences.

Instructor

Several people will be closely involved in this course.

  • Matt Sanders - GT/OIT - msanders@oit.gatech.edu
  • Ramsay Hall - GT/OIT - ramsay.hall@oit.gatech.edu
  • GT/RNOC CIP lab staff
  • Guest speakers from industry partners.

Related Classes

  • Video Game Design - CS 4455, Maribeth Gandy and Jeff Wilson,
  • Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing - CS 4605, Thad Starner,
  • Special Topic-Communication - LCC 3843, David Jimison

Academic Honesty

Students are expected to abide by the Georgia Tech Honor Code. Honest and ethical behavior is expected at all times. All incidents of suspected dishonesty will be reported to and handled by the office of student affairs.

Textbook

We do not have an official textbook for the class. We will make extensive use of online resources and class notes. There are some good books listed below that you might find useful.

Class Resources

Most of the class resources will be available on the Convergence Innovation Platform (CIP) website at http://www.cip.gatech.edu/Resources/Class.

  • IMS Resources

  • RFC's of Interest - There are many RFC's related to IMS and SIP. The ones listed here are a good place to start.

  • Developer Resources
    (links to tools, etc.)

  • Books
    • "The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds" by Gonzalo Camarillo, Miguel-Angel Garcia-Martin
    • "The IMS: IP Multimedia Concepts and Services" by Miikka Poikselka, Aki Niemi, Hisham Khartabil, Georg Mayer