Views unprecedented to the present and future next generation networks, services, and management in the telecommunications industry The telecommunications industry has advanced with a quick, significant, and unexpected into the twenty-first century. The main topics include: Opportunities and challenges of next generation telecommunications networks, services, and management Tri / Quad Play and IP-based networks and services Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) requirements Convergence and vehicles essential convergence, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) The next generation operating and network management architecture Ad hoc wireless and sensor networks and their management The next generation of standard operating and network management from a strategic perspective Seemed to define the future in this field This book will serve as a contemporary reference for the global community increasingly professional in the telecommunications and information industry, government, and academia.