Customised Applications for Mobile networks Enhanced Logic, or CAMEL for short, is a set of GSM standards designed to work on a GSM core network. They allow an operator to define services over and above standard GSM services. The CAMEL architecture is based on the Intelligent Network (IN) standards, and uses the CAP protocol. Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... Network Switching Subsystem is the component of a GSM system that carries out switching functions and manages the communications between mobile phones and the Public Switched Telephone Network. ... GSM services are a standard collection of applications and features available to mobile phone subscribers all over the world. ... The Intelligent Network or I.N., as it is more commonly referred to, is a network architecture for both fixed and mobile telecommunication networks. ... CAMEL Application Part (CAP) is based on Intelligent Network (IN) capability sets with enhancements specific to mobile domain. ...

Many services can be created using CAMEL, and it is particularly effective in allowing these services to be offered when a subscriber is roaming. Roaming is a general term in wireless telecommunications that refers to the extending of connectivity service in a location that is different from the home location you were registered. ...

See also

• Open Services Architecture
• IP Multimedia Subsystem