Last month I asked the question do communication protocols need to be Swiss Army Knives or penknives. I also asked the same question in LinkedIn Answers. The (almost) unanimous answer I got was penknives. The best part of it was actually getting two great acronyms to use for that do-it-all protocol: Steve Michelson suggested GPPTDE: General Purpose Protocol That Does Everything Cedric Mauvielle suggested SAKF: Swiss Army Knife Protocol Cedric believes a SAKF (or a GPPTDE)
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | August 4th, 2008 | Filed under Protocol stacks
Last week, Paul Jones explained on VoIP Survivor the basic concepts behind AMS. The name might ring a bell to those familiar with IMS, but there is no real connection (besides the unfortunate use of a similar acronym). While IMS is an ongoing work, AMS is just beginning. There are many people out there engaged today in one way or another with IMS. They come from different companies and participate in various organizations (IETF, 3GPP,
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By Tsahi Levent-Levi | June 5th, 2008 | Filed under Standardization
[The ITU have started working on a standard called the Advanced Multimedia System, or AMS. It is a communications protocol intended to solve some of the issues that plague today's protocols and also enable functionality that is not easily achievable with current systems. I have asked Paul Jones, the rapporteur for the AMS expert group to provide some of his insights on this "standard under construction."]One of the exciting things about the technology industry is that technology is constantly changing
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By guest | May 22nd, 2008 | Filed under Standardization
