CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere 
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation   
 4     Abbreviations 
 5     Conventions    
 6     Overview 
        6.1     Introduction to IMS          
        6.2     Use of IMS in NGN          
 7     Functional entities          
        7.1     Call session control function (CSCF)      
        7.2     Media gateway control function (MGCF)
        7.3     Multimedia resource function controller (MRFC)
        7.4     Breakout gateway control function (BGCF)         
 8     Internal reference points 
        8.1     Reference point MGCF – CSCF (Mg reference point)     
        8.2     Reference point CSCF – MRFC (Mr reference point)     
        8.3     Reference point CSCF – CSCF (Mw reference point)     
        8.4     Reference point CSCF – BGCF (Mi reference point)      
        8.5     Reference point BGCF – MGCF (Mj reference point)     
        8.6     Reference point BGCF – BGCF (Mk reference point)     
        8.7     Reference point CSCF or BGCF – IBC-FE (Mx reference point)
 9     IMS external reference points    
        9.1     Reference points with entities in the transfer plane          
        9.2     Reference point CSCF – UE (Gm reference point)          
        9.3     Reference points with the user profile     
        9.4     Reference points to application servers   
        9.5     Reference points to the charging environment      
10     Reference points to external networks  
       10.1     Reference points with the PSTN/ISDN   
       10.2     Reference points with other IP-based service components         
11     Mapping between 3GPP IMS functional entities and NGN functional entities  
Appendix I – Relevant IMS specifications in the context of the NGN functional architecture    
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