Intelligent Network Architecture for Fixed - Mobile Convergence Services

Recenly, competition in telecommunications markets is increasing rapidly. In order to survive in the competitive telecommunication markets, service providers and network operators have to reform their marketing and service delivery strategies. The Fixed-Mobie Convergence (FMC) is an evolution from both the technological and network provision point of view. FMC can generally be achieved at the intelligent network level. Supporting both fixed and mobile services on the intelligent network architecture, will bring a number of benefits to operators and customers. In this article, we propose Fixed-Mobile Converged Intelligent network architecture between fixed network and mobile network via existing ADSL(Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) technology. This article consists of convergence trends, IP access architecture, mapping mechanism for IP over other technology, 3GPP user plane protocol architecture, and technology forecasting.