| CPC H04L 65/1016 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1045 (2022.05)] | 19 Claims |

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1. A method of implementing an IP multimedia services or subsystem (“IMS”) within a communication network, the method comprising:
receiving, with an electronic processor via an integrated IMS function that executes a plurality of IMS network functions within a centralized architectural framework of the IMS, a request to establish a multimedia communication session for a user equipment (“UE”) device over the communication network, wherein the integrated IMS function includes a P-CSCF, an I-CSCF, a S-CSCF, a TAS/SCC AS function, a STIR-SHAKEN function, a BGCF function, and an IBCF as the integrated IMS function;
establishing, with the electronic processor via the integrated IMS function, the multimedia communication session based on the request; and
controlling, with the electronic processor via the integrated IMS function, the multimedia communication session for the UE device over the communication network.
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