Overview of RCS and VoLTE

David Hutton Hutton, Director of Technology Technology, GSMA

GSM Association 2011

The Voice challenge for LTE

LTE is an all-IP mobile network No support for traditional CS domain voice Multiple Proposed Technical Solutions IMS b d V IMS-based Voice i (O (One V Voice) i ) CS-Fallback VoLGA utilises 3GPP Generic Access Network Over The Top Voice - OTT The risk industry fragmentation Poor customer experience N common implementation No i l t ti Economies of scale are lost Threat to Global Roaming

The Solution for Voice over LTE

The Reality the industry knows where it is going O V i adoption OneVoice d ti as GSMA V Voice i over LTE (V (VoLTE) LTE) > > IR IR.92. 92 Massive backing from operator and vendor community. Migratory Migratory solutions solutions filling the gap between LTE launch and IMS deployment for some operators. VoLTE GSMA PRD IR.92 IMS Profile for Voice and SMS UNI Profile defining the minimum mandatory set of requirements for UE and Network to support for a high high-quality quality IMS IMS-based based telephony service over LTE. Based on 3GPP Release 8 standards (and some Release 9 e.g. Emergency call)

Current status of VoLTE

VoLTE launched in three networks SKT, LG U U+ and Metro PCS Many additional commitments to VoLTE for launch during 2013 Device implementation combines VoLTE with Wideband codec, Video, RCS In the meantime, meantime other operators may launch first with CSFB CSFB. Delays in SR-VCC capability making CSFB a likely first Voice deployment for many operators. CSFB still viewed as sub-optimal interim solution - improvements in set-up time for CSFB ongoing. PS handover (VoLTE <-> PS-handover < > VoHSPA) may prove to be the alternative to CSFB CSFB. Everyone y is heading g to VoLTE jjust taking g different p paths to g get there.

Rich Communications Services Overview

Innovative set of features beyond todays Voice, SMS and MMS technologies

http://www.gsma.com/rcs/ RCS Device Modes for telephony:

RCS-VoLTE, RCS-VoHSPA, RCS-AA, RCS-CS

What is joyn joyn? ?

joyn is the global consumer facing brand for RCS-e services that will be used by operators t www.joynus.com Benefits:Benefits: Service Discovery displays the services available to be used for any particular contact in the user's address book. joyn is interoperable between mobile operators, which enables the end user to communicate and be connected with anyone. joyn is either available natively in the mobile phone or can be downloaded as an app - without the need for passwords or creating a special account (crossplatform technology).

Its just there, it just works

joyn joyn Licencing and Accreditation Framework

The joyn Logo License Agreement is a promise to only use the joyn logo when the d i / l tf device/platform h has successfully f ll completed l t d th the minimum i i requirements i t for f RCS IOT these requirements q are p provided in the License Agreement g and are applicable pp for certain device categories (devices, PCs, tablets). GSMA are undertaking this to enable standardised RCS-e compliant services to be brought to market across the whole industry industry. Client Accreditation and Assurance Network Accreditation and Assurance http://www.gsma.com/rcs/interop-and-testing/ This approach will mean a high level of assurance of delivering the Its just there, it j t works just k philosophy hil h iinherent h t as part t of f th the j joyn proposition iti t to customers. t List of Accredited Operators and Client Manufacturers: http://www.gsma.com/rcs/iotaccreditation/

GSMA RCS Network APIs

API approach in order to expand capabilities, enable new business models, provide mechanisms h i f for diff differentiated ti t d services, i and d significantly i ifi tl reduce d ti time-to-market t k tf for innovation Available to any y developer p community y independent p of the development p p platform Expose network assets independent of the signaling protocols, network platforms, or access technology R d Reduces d l development t cost t and d ti time-to-market t k tf for new applications li ti and d services i Simplifies and fuels wider deployment of existing applications and services Supported APIs: APIs: Network Address Book, Presence, Messaging (SMS/MMS), Chat, File Transfer, Call, Video/Image Share, OAuth Framework, Capability Discovery

GSMA RCS Network API Architecture

RCS g gaining g momentum worldwide

Reachable market footprint already exceeds one billion customers!

Additional GSMA Work

IR.34 - Inter-Service Provider IP Backbone Guidelines IR 58 - IMS Profile IR.58 P fil f for V Voice i over HSPA IR.64 - IMS Service Centralization and Continuity Guidelines IR.65 - IMS Roaming and Interworking Guidelines IR.67 - DNS/ENUM Guidelines for Service Providers & GRX/IPX Providers IR.88 - LTE Roaming Guidelines IR 90 - RCS Interworking Guidelines IR.90 IR.94 - IMS Profile for Conversational Video Service IN.25 - Proposed national and international RCS-e Interworking Requirements AA.60-69 - Template Agreements for Interworking (with Service Schedules for various RCS-e
services)

Available at:- http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/technical-documents/ p g Find out more about other GSMA Technical Projects:- http://www.gsma.com/technicalprojects/

Potential Ecosystem y Evolution

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Connect ted Expe eriences

2 60Billion BillionC Connectio Connectons ions

Public Policy LTE 2G 3G Wi-Fi

IMS API Packet Switch + IMS + QoS Operator p Network Circuit Switch Roaming QoS-enabled IP Roaming & Interconnect Interconnect IPX

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Wi-Fi Roaming

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Slide 12 DH1 Change this title!

DHutton; 08/10/2012

How to prove it works - IOT

MSF/ETSI/GSMA RCS VoLTE Interoperability Event 2012 this is where I hand over to Wayne!

THANK YOU!
dh tt @ dhutton@gsm.org
GSM Association 2011