Push Mail: A Real Case of IP Convergence in NGN Networks

The IP multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is a network functional architecture that is seen as a promising solution for facilitating multimedia service creation and deployment, as well as supporting interoperability and network convergence. The aim of this paper is to present the overall IMS architecture and protocols, as well as the related stakes. Section 2 deals with IMS architecture and IP services. Section 3 gives some developed applications and elucidates push technology and why it has been used in developing mobile email application. The final section presents an outline and the structure of developed Push email application.