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The Next Generation Network (NGN) is a packet-based network that can provide telecommunication services using multiple broadband and quality of service enabled transport technologies. It allows users unfettered access to competing networks and services. It also supports generalized mobility to provide consistent services to users across different locations and devices. The NGN is characterized by separation of control functions, open interfaces, support for a wide range of services, and independence from underlying transport technologies.

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The Next Generation Network (NGN) is a packet-based network that can provide telecommunication services using multiple broadband and quality of service enabled transport technologies. It allows users unfettered access to competing networks and services. It also supports generalized mobility to provide consistent services to users across different locations and devices. The NGN is characterized by separation of control functions, open interfaces, support for a wide range of services, and independence from underlying transport technologies.

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Next Generation Network (NGN): A packet-based network able to provide telecommunication

services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in
which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport related technologies.
It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or
services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and
ubiquitous provision of services to users.

The NGN is characterised by the following fundamental aspects:

 Packet-based transfer
 Separation of control functions among bearer capabilities, call/session, and
application/service
 Decoupling of service provision from transport, and provision of open interfaces
 Support for a wide range of services, applications and mechanisms based on service
building blocks (including real time/streaming/non-real time services and multi-media)
 Broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS and transparency
 Interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces
 Generalised mobility
 Unfettered access by users to different service providers
 A variety of identification schemes which can be resolved to IP addresses for the purposes
of routing in IP networks
 Unified service characteristics for the same service as perceived by the user
 Converged services between Fixed and Mobile networks
 Independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies
 Support of multiple last mile technologies
 Compliant with all Regulatory requirements, for example concerning emergency
communications and security/privacy, etc.

Why NGN?

The NGN concept takes into consideration new realities in the telecommunication industry
characterized by factors such as: the need to converge and optimize the operating networks and the
extraordinary expansion of digital traffic (i.e., increasing demand for new multimedia services,
increasing demand for mobility, etc.).

Evolution of Networks to NGN


The evolution of networks to NGNs must allow for the continuation of, and interoperability with,
existing networks while in parallel enabling the implementation of new capabilities. Since the
realization and deployment of the NGN will be an evolutionary process, and not all networks will start
from the same point, it is necessary to describe a variety of approaches.

The high capital investment in the PSTN (public switched telephone network) means it must be one of
the main work areas for studying evolution to the NGN. The resulting outputs describe possible ways
of evolving the PSTN to become an NGN. These outputs provide steps for evolution of transport,
management, signaling and control parts of the PSTN to the NGN. Other starting points, notably
existing public land mobile networks (PLMNs), and associated transition scenarios are also under
study.

QoS (Quality of Service)


The basic criterion for QoS evolution is ‘subjective user satisfaction’, e.g. speed, accuracy, reliability,
and security. This involves identification of parameters that can be directly observed and measured at
the point at which the service is accessed by users and network providers. Flexibility within the global
end-to-end NGN architecture is essential to allow for each recognised operating agency’s different
regulatory environment, service offerings, geographic span, and network infrastructure. These factors
need to be taken into account when agreeing on parameters for, and levels of, QoS for NGN.

Interoperability
Considering that the NGN will involve a broad series of protocols (including various profiles) at both
service and network levels, it is essential to ensure interoperability between different systems and
networks.

Security
Security is as crucial to the NGN as it is in today’s network environment. The very wide scope of this
topic, combined with the number of SDOs (standards development organisations) already involved,
underlines the strategic importance of this subject. Within the NGN, security issues interrelate with
architecture, QoS, network management, mobility, charging and payment.

Security studies in NGN are addressing:

a comprehensive security architecture for NGNs


the preparation of NGN operational security policy and guidelines
NGN security protocols and APIs (application programming interface)

Generalized Mobility
NGN will give users and devices the ability to communicate and to access services irrespective of
change of location or technical environment. The degree of service availability may depend on several
factors, including access network capabilities, service level agreements between the user's home
network and visited networks, etc. It includes the ability to communicate from various locations using
a variety of terminal equipment, with or without service continuity while in transit or while changing
access means. This includes recognition of the need to converge the previously distinct worlds of fixed
and mobile telecommunications into a coherent whole.

Service Capabilities and Architecture


Work in this area will continue to:

address the telecommunication service capabilities that the NGN should provide, maintaining
separation between services and the networks they run on; and
develop a suitable service architecture focused on the interfaces to support different business
models and seamless communication in different environments.

Backward compatibility with and the evolution from existing services and systems will be studied in
order to meet the needs of end users and service providers.

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