IMS - The Evolution in Telecom

Please watch a video presentation about IMS from Alcatel.


How to send an XML-RPC request using HTTP POST

by Mihnea Teodorescu

If you used XML-RPC for building server interfaces, you must probably have got into a very simple problem: testing your XML-RPC server. Since you may not want to use the apache XML-RPC client and librairies, I propose you a "quick and dirty" way to send an XML-RPC requests over HTTP POST in java. The only thing is that you must have the XML-RPC request already built before starting.
So, if I want to test my XML-RPC server running at http://www.mihneateodorescu.ro/RPC, using this XML request, I will use this java code.

Just compile the source code and you can use it right away!
The XML samples credit goes to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML-RPC.

The Dialogic SDK, or how to build an SS7 application

by Mihnea Teodorescu


I have started to play with the Dialogic SS7 stack a few years ago, while working for an NGN operator. I’ve been surprised to find out that they have released an SDK for developers wishing to build their own SS7-based products.

So, if you are a developer who wants to build an SMSC for example, you will only have to download the SS7 stack modules that you need and start coding! The stack also includes support for Sigtran (M3UA & M2PA) so you actually don’t need extra hardware for the development process.Here you can find a sample application for exchanging SMS’es over a Sigtran link.

There are multiple examples included in the SDK - ISUP, MAP, INAP, etc. Have a quick look on their website if you want to find out more about their SS7 products.

P.S. The SDK is available for C/C++ developers only.