[VOIPSEC] 4G Issue Map: signaling complexity

[Dan Wing]

Bill Flanagan wrote:
> ATM people were more closely aligned with the IETF than the FR people,
> who tended to be closer to telcos (with some shared representatives).
> SIP is a reinvention of SS7, using a verbose text-based syntax rather 
> than the "bit setting" approach of the ITU.  However, the job to be done
> (controlling calls) is unchanged, so the complexity is going to be
> there, although my impression is that the IETF folks, not being familiar
> with telephony internals, didn't fully appreciate that complexity.
> 
> What would work for me is a new group with telephony experience to
> create a signaling protocol for IP networks, comparable to FR vs. ATM. 
> The TLV approach makes sense.  Where would it's home be?

Would H.323 be different from what you are describing?

-d