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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
• 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 circumstances
3. 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
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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
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SIP App
Server
 Low CapEx
 “Industry Standard”
Service
Node
 Flexibility - Multi– Hardware $
protocol
– Hairpin increases
 Low OpEx – Single API, OpEx
single vendor mgmt
 Dedicated media
Multifunction
Platform
 Low CapEx & OpEx +
– Proprietary API
Flexibility
 Fast to (new) market(s)
No Hairpin of traffic
– No media control
– No TDM/H.323
Deploying VoIP
Service
Node
Tandem
PSTN
Tandem
ACD
T1
Tandem
PSTN
G’way
Softphone
IP
Network
T1
SBC
Signaling
G’way
Softswitch
Media
Server
SIP App
Server
SIP
Registration
Server
Tandem
PSTN
IP
Network
T1
Softphone
Excel
SBC
More services…Fewer boxes……Better solution
Deploying VoIP-based Prepaid
Application Server
Gateway
Media Server
1.
2.
3.
4.
Multiple Vendor…Interoperability
Difficult to add new services
High CapEx and OpEx
Perceived QOS
Simplifying Your Network
More than just a gateway…
1. Announcements
2. DTMF
3. Conferencing
4. Recording
5. TDM-TDM + IP-IP
Speed time to market and reduce costs
by leveraging flexible platform
Simplify…simplify…simplify
Egress
Tandem
PSTN
Soft Phone
T1
IP
Network
Open Gateway
+ Application
ATA + Phone
SBC
Service Provider Benefits
1. Fewer Vendors…Eliminate Interoperability Issues
2. Pay as You Grow – Centralized/Distributed
3. Carrier Grade Reliability
4. Reduced Equipment, Spares & Training Costs
Application Provider Benefits
1. Single API +SS7/PRI + SIP/H.323 Support…
Easy/Low Cost to Add New Services
2. Reduced ongoing support costs
Flexbility Within an Application
SGW
PSTN
SCP/
AS
SS7
PM
SMS-C
IP
Network
MGCF
Service Node
H.248
SIP
MG
IP
Network
MRF
Internet
VoiceXML
IMG
3G
2G
IP
Multi-application Flexibility
Softswitch /
SIP App
Server
Multi-service Platform
WLAN SIP
Client
SIGTRAN
SIP Phone
SIP
RTP
VXML
Media
Gateway
IP
Softswitch / SIP Networks
IMG 1010
WAG
MSC Server
(Softswitch)
RNC
C7
3G Networks
T1/E1
PSTN
SS7/C7
MSC
BSC
2G Mobility Networks
Open new markets and reduce costs by leveraging a
single flexible services platform
IP-enabling TDM-based
Service Nodes…TDM-enabling
IP-based Service Nodes
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