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Convergence-Analysis of the Internet and the Telecommunication Architectures Jens Andersson, Shabnam Aprin and Maria Kihl Department of Communication Systems, Lund Institute Of Technology, Sweden email: {jens.andersson, shabnam.aprin, maria.kihl}@telecom.lth.se Abstract. The convergence of the Internet and Telecommunication Architectures is a key issue in today’s telecommunication world. It is foreseen that future versions of UMTS will be all-IP based, and therefore the interest in this area is increasing. The focus in this paper is to show how to access IN-services from the Internet and other IP-based networks. Previous research of the interworking between PSTN and IP-networks will be discussed. The respective advantages of different architectures are presented and some solutions of building a bridge between the protocols used in these networks are described. Further, this paper presents some of the performance problems that may occur in such systems. 1. Introduction Today, both mobile networks and the Internet are widely used and the applications offered are increasing. The present versions of UMTS are based on the GSM system. When a UMTS/ GSM user makes a call the user gets connected to a base station. Via some additional steps it is then possible to connect to the PSTN. This is the reason why we today have access to regu- lar PSTN-services from mobile phones. Often, as an additional feature, the mobile operators are able to offer some additional services which are not reachable from the PSTN or from other operators network. However, future versions of UMTS are foreseen to be all-IP based, which means that telephony and Internet will become converged. This, together with the fact that there is an increasing demand for new services, has lead to