WIRELESS INTELLIGENT

NETWORKS
BY
CHANDRA SHEKHAR VERMA
 Definition
• Wireless intelligent networks is a concept built
by the telecommunications industry association
• The aim of this committee is to drive intelligent
network capabilities based on interim
standards(IS41) to wireless networks
• IS41 is the standard used by service providers to
facilitate roaming
• This would make IN wireless without present
infrastructure going obsolete
 Overview
• In 1980s few people possessed cellular
• Today 69 mn have them and half of them
subscribe digital services
• Now the subscribers don’t settle for static-filled
connections, when a person buys a new cellular or
PCS (personal communication services) caller ID
and voice msgg. services are pre-installed
• The rapid creation and deployment of IN has
enhanced the wired networks and now the need is
to replicate it into the wireless networks
 Advantages of WIN
• Multivendor product offerings that foster
competition
• Uniform services to customers across
service areas
• Efficient network utilization
• Rapid services creation and employment
 Unique service requirements of
WIN :roaming
• Mobility dictates the need for technology that enables
talk between different networks
• Customers nowadays want the same voice activated
services they relish in their home networks when they
are out in other circles on some errands
• In the non intelligent networks roaming would simply
require routing connecting and then disconnecting
• while in a wireless network messages have to be
sent(SS7) back and forth b/w various devices
• Intelligent networking is required for reciprocation of bills
and various validations in WI networks
 Carrier select
• Wireline customers don’t have a choice of carrier
but wireless customers do.
• Wireless providers are making agreements
among themselves as they occupy different
markets
• So a provider can by codes or automatic
handset selection make the call done through
desired network
• This service could be used to save money by
both the subscriber as well as provider
• Carrier select requires IN messaging
 Hands free operation
• This is the most sought after service today
• Voice activated calling is the most important of this kind
• The n/w migrates to using intelligent networking to route
the call to IP devices that provide the special tech. such
as voice recognition which is required for hands free
voice controlled systems
• An IN application sends mesg. To the device, turns it on,
translates the digits, removes it from the telephone ckt.
And lets the call go on.
• As a result an IN app. Is an efficient utilization of
intelligent peripheral facilities.
 Fee structure
• Calls are handed off among n/w, after the call is handled
properly, billing takes place.
• IN flags can be directly written into the call record so that
billing reflects specific call handling.
• Using an IN flag in billing record makes processing fees
between carriers much easier
• Wireless cos have always paid to wired cos for the calls
made beyond their reach but after TIA act of 1996 billing
can go both ways
• Providers also offer services such as calling party pays
to make it easier for a wireless subscriber to receive
calls at no charge but this would require a more
centralized WIN
 Data service capabilities
• Apart from making calls the customers can even
send various type of messages
• One such type is SMS (short messaging service)
much like a pager
• SMS requires many SS7 msgs just to set up the
signaling and the mechanism to get the data
through the wireless network
• SMS can also be received during a call and this
requires IN routing and authentication and is a
complex process
 Hands free: voice controlled
services
• Voice-controlled services employ voice-
recognition technology to allow the wireless user
to control features and services using spoken
commands, names, and numbers.
• There are two main types of automatic speech
recognition (ASR). Speaker-dependent requires
specific not train the system.
 Examples
• Voice controlled dialing
• Voice controlled feature control
• Voice
). based user identification implemented by the
ASR
• Incoming call restriction control
• Calling name presentation
• Password call acceptance, selective call acceptance
 Data capability
• SMS
• Speech to text conversion using ASR
device
• Billing or prepaid cellular
• May use debit , credit, smart cards
WIN
 Functional components of WIN
• WIN mirrors the mode of wired IN
• Difference lies in the movement not actually the
phone call
• In the IN the SSP is switching portion of the
network, in the WIN the MSC (mobile switching
centre) does the job
• The SCP (service control point) provides a
cenralized element in the network
• Higher level services can be moved from MSC
and processed here
 Components
• intelligent peripheral
• Signal transfer point
• Location registers
• Visitor location register
• HLR (home location register)
• WIN call model which enables the n/w to handle
new triggers and TCAP (transaction capability
application part)
 Steps in order to achieve WIN
• Incorporation of SCP, IP, into wireless n/w
architecture
• Evolution of MSC to SSP
• Separation of call control and transport
from service control
• Development of generic call models,
events, triggers points
 A stand alone HLR
• With the increase of subscriber base n/w
can be expanded cost effectively with a
sa-HLR
• When a provider migrates to a sa-HLR
taking it off MSC putting it on an IN n/w
node MSC can be dedicated to efficient
cell processing reducing complexity
 MSCs
• MSCs are switches containing a certain amount of
processing power. An HLR performs computation, not
switching.
• When the HLR is taken out of the MSC to be a network
entity, more processing power is freed up in the MSC for
telephone calls—its primary function
• To provision an MSC with subscribers (if each one has
its own built-in HLR), it is necessary to put the data in
each one, and each one has a different look and feel.
• With a unified HLR platform, there is only one
provisioning mechanism for the HLR database with a
standard protocol.
 ADV. Of IN
• There are several other advantages of IN–based
centralized service control, including the
following: reduced delivery time for services,
reduced network component costs As the HLR
becomes a separate element in the network,
• it starts to look more like an SCP. The SCP and
HLR functions merge, and an SCP/HLR in the
network (like DSC's HLR) is the next logical step
Current status of WIN standards
• When the HLR was internal to the MSC, it
did not have to follow the IS–41standard.
• In the present time the HLR is taken out of
the MSC/VLR and moved onto the
network, it must follow IS–41.
• henceforth, the stand-alone HLR can be
viewed as the initial implementation of IN
architecture
 MSCs and IS
• Many MSCs in wireless networks have already deployed
enhanced services.
• However, to ensure success in a competitive, multi
network environment, these services will eventually
migrate to an IS–41 implementation.
• IS–41 allows providers to deploy new features with the
same user interface because the standards will dictate
that all vendors provide a compatible product.
• IS–41 also will allow a provider's customer to roam or
move to a different switch; its implementation will allow
for seamless service in the provider's entire service area,
independent of the equipment manufacturer.
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