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Session Border Controllers
Though the session management market has largely been a one-company show (Acme Packet) for the past few years, the expected surge in growth over the first half of the current decade, which is heavily associated with the increase of IP-oriented session-based services on mobile networks, is attracting the interest of dozens of equipment makers. The lure of billions of IP-based sessions across mobile networks and the continued convergence of different types of core networks is causing session management equipment makers to contemplate dozens of configuration and deployment scenarios in order to get an edge on the competition.
One of the key technology and deployment options equipment makers are facing in the coming years is the well-documented debate between standalone approaches and distributed or embedded approaches. The use of dedicated hardware vs. open systems is another question facing session management equipment makers and eventually their customers. Finally, both equipment makers and operators are likely to spend considerable consternation over the next few years in figuring out the optimal location for transcoding capabilities.
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Acme Packet Net-Net 4000 Series |
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| Even while dominating the standalone SBC market for the past few years, Acme Packet has been positioning its product portfolio for the future. As a result, Acme Packet is in a strong position to lead competitors in the mobile VoIP market. (2/2/2011) |
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Alcatel-Lucent IP Borders |
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| While Alcatel-Lucent’s IP Borders solution gained modest traction in 2010, the company will expand the deployment flexibility of its SBC with the introduction of an integrated configuration of the platform in early 2011. (2/2/2011) |
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Cisco Unified Border Element (Service Provider Edition) |
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| Though Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) software is available on the popular ASR 1000 Series, Cisco’s policy of not breaking out session border control activation makes it difficult to rate the company’s positioning in the overall market. (2/2/2011) |
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Ericsson Session Border Gateway (SBG) |
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| The Ericsson SBG session border control continues to offer market-leading capabilities in performance and deployment flexibility. Traction, however, continues to be an issue, with the product finding only a handful of new deployments in 2011. (2/2/2011) |
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GENBAND S3 |
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| GENBAND has revitalized its S3 SBC by porting the software to the ATCA-based GENiUS platform. The new form factor significantly expands the S3’s performance and deployment flexibility. (2/4/2011) |
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Huawei SessionEngine2600 |
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| The Huawei SE2600 is among the most powerful SBCs in the market. Huawei, however, needs to promote the advantages of the SE2600 in comparison to previous versions by highlighting commercial deployments. (4/21/2011) |
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Nokia Siemens Networks CFX-5000 Border Controller |
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| NSN’s session management offering is a reflection of the company’s willingness to engage partners to create a solution, as the NSN CFX-5000 Border Controller is paired with a border gateway from either Acme Packet or Juniper Networks. (2/14/2011) |
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Sonus Network Border Switch |
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| With the 2010 introduction of the NBS5200, Sonus Networks has improved its positioning in the SBC market, adding the ability to offer a variety of form factors and configuration options to meet the specific requirements of operators. (2/2/2011) |
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Sections
- Current Analysis Perspective
- Product Strengths & Weaknesses
- Product Metrics
Session Border Controller Product Metrics
- Metrics
- Configuration Flexibility
- Routing Intelligence
- Load Balancing
- NAT Traversal Session Control Functionality
- Media Transcoding (G.729-G.711 or Other)
- IMS Strategy
- Support for GSMA IPX
- Emergency Services Support
- Lawful Intercept
- Service Assurance
- Bandwidth Management
- DoS Prevention
- Topology Hiding
- Access Control Lists
- Support for Encrypted Traffic
- Calls Per Second
- Concurrent Calls G.711/G.729
- Support for IPSec Tunnels
- Call/Session Admission Control
- Scalability Using Multiple Systems
- Latency (Media/Signaling)
- Protocol Support
- Call Detail Records
- Product Design
- Rack Unit Height
- Server Brand/Type
- Operating System
- Maximum Power Requirements
- High Availability/Redundancy
- Standards Group Activity
- Date of Availability
- Other Members of Same Product Family
- Customer Information
- Ratio of deployed systems: Access/Interconnect
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