NGN
Multimedia Services in NGN Environments

NGN Service Categorization

In parallel with standardization processes in the area of NGN architectures, the working groups of standardization institutions concentrate their work also to standardization activities in the area of new multimedia services and applications, like:

ITU-T Service Categorization

In the FGNGN WG1 Services and capabilities document the NGN services and applications categorization structure is introduced [11]. Actual set of services defined by ITU-T is introduced in this document:

1. Interactive-based services

2. Non Interactive-based Services

3. Both Interactive-based and Non Interactive-based Services

4. Network Services

5. Regulated Services

ETSI Service Categorization

1. IP multimedia services

2. PSTN/ISDN Emulation services

3. Regulated services for both IP multimedia and PSTN/ISDN emulation