carrier-class infrastructure a platform provider’s perspective
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Carrier-Class Infrastructure A Platform Provider’s Perspective. Mike Twomey Excel Switching Corporation [email protected]. Objectives. To provide insight from the platform supplier perspective To share experiences we’ve seen and been a part of regarding this network scenario - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Carrier-Class InfrastructureA Platform Provider’s
PerspectiveMike Twomey
Excel Switching [email protected]
Objectives
• To provide insight from the platform supplier perspective
• To share experiences we’ve seen and been a part of regarding this network scenario
• To help guide developers out of the field and into the lab…There will be no sales if there is no product
Excel AnyGen Platforms
Word of the Day
Flexibility - Flex`i`bil´i`ty
1. the quality of being adaptable or variable;2. the ability to change or be changed to fit
changed circumstances3. the ease with which a system or
component can be modified for use in applications or environments other than those for which it was specifically designed
Flexibility…Let me count the ways
• Application(s) – Fixed & mobile, voice & signaling
• Size – <100 Channels to thousands
• Signaling - IP (SIP & H.323) & TDM (SS7/PRI/CAS)
• Architecture – IMS, SIP, Service Node
• Carrier-class and non-carrier-class – (I know this goes off topic, but as a developer you should be able to provide alternative architectures for an array of customers while minimizing your costs and their costs.)
App Developer Perspective
+ -SIP App Server
Low CapEx “Industry Standard”
– No media control– No TDM/H.323
Service Node
Flexibility - Multi-protocol Low OpEx – Single API, single vendor mgmt Dedicated media
– Hardware $– Hairpin increases OpEx
Multi-function Platform
Low CapEx & OpEx + Flexibility Fast to (new) market(s)No Hairpin of traffic
– Proprietary API
Deploying VoIP
More services…Fewer boxes……Better solution
T1
Tandem TandemACD
PSTN
Service
Node
T1 IPNetwork
G’way
Signaling G’way
SoftswitchSIP App Server
SIP Registration
Server
Softphone
Media Server
PSTN
Tandem
SBC
Excel
T1 IPNetwork SoftphonePSTN
Tandem
SBC
Deploying VoIP-based Prepaid
PSTN
IP Network
1. Multiple Vendor…Interoperability2. Difficult to add new services3. High CapEx and OpEx4. Perceived QOS
Application Server
Media Server
Gateway
Simplifying Your Network
PSTN
IP Network
More than just a gateway…1. Announcements 2. DTMF3. Conferencing4. Recording5. TDM-TDM + IP-IP
Speed time to market and reduce costs by leveraging flexible platform
Simplify…simplify…simplify
Service Provider Benefits 1. Fewer Vendors…Eliminate Interoperability Issues2. Pay as You Grow – Centralized/Distributed3. Carrier Grade Reliability4. Reduced Equipment, Spares & Training CostsApplication Provider Benefits 1. Single API +SS7/PRI + SIP/H.323 Support…
Easy/Low Cost to Add New Services2. Reduced ongoing support costs
T1
Egress Tandem
Open Gateway + Application
Soft Phone
PSTN
ATA + Phone
IPNetwork
SBC
Flexbility Within an Application
3G
2G Internet
IPNetwork
SCP/AS
SIP
SMS-C
Service Node
IPNetwork
VoiceXML
MRF
PSTN
H.248
MGCF
MG
SGW
IMG
IP
SS7PM
Multi-application Flexibility
IP
T1/E1
Multi-service Platform
SS7/C7
C7
Softswitch / SIP App Server
Softswitch / SIP Networks
Open new markets and reduce costs by leveraging a single flexible services platform
BSCMSC
2G Mobility Networks
WAGRNC
MSC Server (Softswitch
)
SIP
SIGTRAN
3G Networks
RTP
SIP Phone
WLAN SIP
Client
Media Gateway
VXML
IMG 1010
PSTN
IP-enabling TDM-based Service Nodes…TDM-
enabling IP-based Service Nodes
IP/WAN
PSTN
RTPH.323SIP
SS
7
T1/
E1
ISD
N
Service Provider
It’s more than the technology…Own YOUR customer…Get footprint and relationship
Conclusion
• For developers, there is no uniform or ideal architecture being adopted across the board by service providers, which therefore requires insight and innovation on your part
• Multi-function platforms can offer substantial benefits to service providers but ONLY if they truly meet the needs of the carrier
• As an app developer, your primary concern should be defining and exceeding your customer(s) needs while differentiating yourself and minimizing YOUR costs