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Preface

• Audience
• Related Documents
• Documentation Accessibility

1 Overview of Converged Application Server Architecture

• About the Converged Application Server
• Converged Application Server Architecture
• Configuring and Administering the Converged Application Server Deployment
• Administration Console

2 Developing Applications for Converged Application Server

• Overview of Developing Applications for Converged Application Server
  • Service Creation Environment
  • SIP Protocol Support
  • Simplicity and Ease of Use
  • Converged Applications
  • Application Composition
  • Highly Reliable Implementation
• Overview of the SIP Servlet Container
  • SIP Dialog Handling
• Using the SIP Servlet API
  • The SipServlet Object
  • SIP Factory
  • SIP Messages
  • SipSession
  • SipApplicationSession
  • Application Timers
  • SIP Servlet Application Example: Converged SIP and HTTP Application
  • SIP Servlet Application Example: SUBSCRIBE and NOTIFY
• Converged Application Server Profile API
  • Using Document Keys for Application-Managed Profile Data
  • Monitoring Profile Data
• Developing "Zero Downtime" Upgradable Applications
  • Requirements and Restrictions for Upgrading Deployed Applications
• Developing IR.92 Supplementary Services
  • About Converged Application Server and VoLTE
  • Communication Diversion
  • Communication Barring
  • Communication Hold
    • Setting the Communication Hold Bandwidth
  • Originating Identification Presentation and Restriction
    • Privacy Service Behavior
    • Providing Privacy for the History-Info Header
  • Communication Waiting
    • Supporting Network- and Terminal-based Communication Waiting
      • About Network-based Communication Waiting
      • About Terminal-based Communication Waiting
  • Message Waiting Indication
  • Announcement Support
• Developing Services Using XCAP
  • About XCAP and VoLTE

3 Converged Application Server in the Network

• Converged Application Server in a Typical Service Provider Network
• SIP and IMS Service Control
  • ISC and the 3GPP SIP Profile
  • AS Session Case Determination Requirement of ISC
  • Transport Layer Issues Related to ISC
• HTTP User Interface
• Service and Subscriber Data and Authentication
• Proxy Registrar
• Media Server Control
• Charging and Billing
• Security
  • Authentication Providers
  • Trusted Host Authentication
  • Declarative Security
  • Protecting the Converged Application Server Domain with a Session Border Controller

4 Converged Application Server Cluster Architecture

• Overview of the Cluster Architecture
  • Combined-Tier Server Installations
  • Geographically-Redundant Installations
  • How Converged Application Server Writes and Retrieves Call State Data
• Administration Server
• Engine Tier
• SIP Data Tier
  • Partition Views
  • Timer Processing
  • Replica Failure
  • Engine Failure
  • Effects of Failures on Call Flows
  • RDBMS Storage for Long-Lived Call State Data
• Load Balancer
• Diameter Support

5 Deployment Scenarios

• Overview of Deployment Scenarios
  • Single-NIC Configurations with TCP and UDP Channels
  • Multihomed Server Configurations Overview
  • Multihomed Servers Listening On All Addresses (IP_ANY)
  • Multihomed Servers Listening on Multiple Subnets
    • Understanding the Route Resolver
    • IP Aliasing with Multihomed Hardware
• Load Distribution Considerations
  • Single VIP Topology
  • Multiple VIP Topology
• Network Address Translation Options
  • IP Masquerading Alternative to Source NAT
• Example Scenarios
  • Example Deployment with a Non-SIP Aware Load Balancer
    • Converged Application Server Configuration
    • Load Balancer Configuration
      • NAT-based Configuration
      • maddr-based Configuration
      • rport-based Configuration
  • Example Deployment with Converged Load Balancer

6 Standards Alignment

• Overview of Converged Application Server Standards Alignment
• Java Sun Recommendation (JSR) Standards Compliance
• IETF RFC Compliance
• 3GPP R6 Specification Conformance

A SIP Servlet API Service Invocation

• SIP Servlet API Overview
• Servlet Mapping Rules: Objects, Properties and Conditions
  • Supported Service Trigger Points
    • Request Object
    • URI
    • SipURI (extends URI)
    • TelURL (extends URI)
    • Address
  • Conditions and Logical Connectors

B Acronyms

• Acronyms

C References

• References