Intelligent Services in Converged Networks - Evolution steps in the signalling arena

摘要

The paper aims to present the authors' view of the future of telephony. While voice transport over IP is no longer a dream but a reality, the capacity to offer IN-like services, as value added services within VoIP environments, has still been rarely treated and implemented. We present an overview on the subject and the work currently in development, within the IST project GEMINI, towards the implementation of IN IP-based services and its interoperability with traditional PSTN-SS7-IN networks.