Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Switching Solution
A dominant position in CDMA combined with one of the strongest MSCs continues to threaten the competition. With some competitors, however, delivering greater capacity figures, the glitter may be eroding somewhat from Alcatel Lucent’s MSC. (4/15/2009)
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Huawei CSOFTX3000
Huawei’s CSOFTX3000 sets new standards for CDMA MSC vendors, yet questions about capacity and scalability detract from an otherwise market leading product and competitors can still best the vendor’s packet performance. (4/15/2009)
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Motorola Mobile Switching Solution
Given a limited offering with no circuit switched expertise to point to, Motorola’s CDMA mobile switching solution remains vulnerable to competitive offerings; many of which are more recent portfolio additions, offering higher capacity. (4/15/2009)
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Nortel Mobile Switching Solution
Nortel can still point to a strong CDMA market position. Its CDMA MSC, on the other hand, doesn’t look to have been upgraded in some time – growing increasingly vulnerable as competitors introduce platforms with much higher scale. (4/15/2009)
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- Sections
- - Current Perspective Rating
- - Product Strengths & Weaknesses
- - Product Buying Criteria
- - Product Metrics
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- Buying Criteria
- Capacity
- Reflects the switched call capacity in Erlangs, call setup rates, and packet data capacity.
- Mobility and Call Feature Support
- Reflects the extent of support for mobility protocols and services. This includes standards supported, supplementary services, and other aspects of mobility-specific support.
- Deployment Flexibility
- Provides information on the ease of deployment for the MSC. The number and types of different interfaces are evaluated along with architectural strengths and weaknesses.
- Customers and Field Experience
- Identifies the main customers of the equipment vendor. It reflects on the maturity level of the MSC product offering.
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- Product Metrics
- Circuit: Architecture & Attributes
- Solution Description
- Cabinet Dimensions
- Power Requirements
- Mobility Architectures Supported
- Internal Switching Capabilities
- HLR Support
- Hardware Redundancy
- Software Redundancy
- Circuit: Capacity
- Max Active Mobile Subscribers
- Max Erlangs
- Max Busy Hour Call Attempts (BHCA)
- Max Active HLR Subscribers
- Circuit: Mobility Services
- Voice Codecs
- Core Telephony Services Supported
- IN Service Support
- Pre-paid Sub Support
- Circuit Data Services
- US E911/Location Positioning
- CALEA Support
- Other Supplementary Services
- Circuit: Signaling Support & Interfaces
- PSTN Signaling Protocols
- Multimedia Signaling Protocols
- WIN Protocol Support
- Integral STP/SCP Support
- Interfaces: Radio Access Network
- Interfaces: PSTN
- Interfaces: Data Network
- Circuit: Other
- Deployments
- Packet Migration
- Product Availability
- Miscellaneous
- MSC Server: Architecture & Attributes
- Solution Description
- Media Gateway Controller
- Media Gateway
- System Dimensions
- Power Requirements
- Mobility Architectures Supported
- HLR Support
- Hardware Redundancy
- Software Redundancy
- MSC Server: Capacity
- Max Active Mobile Subscribers
- Max Erlangs
- Max Busy Hour Call Attempts (BHCA)
- MGC-to-MG Ratio
- MSC Server: Mobility Services
- Voice Codecs
- Core Telephony Services Supported
- IN Service Support
- Pre-paid Sub Support
- Circuit Data Services
- US E911/Location Positioning
- CALEA Support
- Other Supplementary Services
- MSC Server: Signaling Support & Interfaces
- MGC Protocols: PSTN
- Mc Protocols
- Nc Protocols
- Nb Protocols
- MGC Interfaces: PSTN
- MGW Interfaces: Radio Access Network
- Mc Interfaces
- Nc Interfaces
- Nb Interfaces
- WIN Protocol Support
- 3GPP Camel Support
- MSC Server: Other
- Deployments
- Product Availability
- Miscellaneous
- Product Class Ratings
- Capacity
- Call Features
- Deployment
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