Core Network

Vendor

Equipment/Solutions

Details

Ciena

6500 Family

The 6500 converges packet, OTN, and flexible WaveLogic Photonics in a single platform to streamline operations and optimize footprint, power, and capacity. And, with off-board software tools you can automate services from creation through orchestration and delivery, boosting differentiation—and your bottom line

Waveserver Family

The Waveserver® family of stackable interconnect platforms delivers more capacity and lower power for high-performance Data Center Interconnect (DCI), with massive scale to meet the bandwidth needs of the most demanding cloud applications and data services

5400 Family

The 5400 family offers multi-terabit packet-optical switching platforms that transform networks into scalable, flexible, cost-reduced, service-enabling infrastructures to meet today’s monumental traffic growth challenges

Ericsson

5G Core

Core Network preparation will provide new capabilities to evolve existing services and create new services. It will significantly expands the possibilities of mobile broadband and opens-up a new dimension of use cases and business models. It will enable users to introduce 5G quickly and effectively while protecting existent services

Infinera

Core Network

Optical Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE) puts more bits into a single fiber while using a fraction of the space and power of other industry solutions

Mavenir

Voice Core

VoLTE

Software-based networking solutions that enable mobile service providers to deliver high-quality internet protocol (IP)-based voice, video, rich communications and enhanced messaging services to their subscribers. Mavenir’s focus and competence is not limited to a single, vertical services domain, but rather stretches more broadly across all SIP-based IMS applications and services, as well as IMS session control functions. Mavenir has proven expertise and a complete portfolio of IMS products across several key segments including Converged Telephony, Converged Messaging, Rich Communications and IMS Multimedia Session Control. Provides Converged TAS (Telephony Application Server). IMC (IP Multimedia Core), SBC (Access/Interconnect-Session Border Controller), ApplicationGateway for Ut interface.

VoWi

The VoWiFi Calling Solution is utilizing standard IMS compliant components which provide the benefits of utilizing the same solution for VoLTE and VoWiFi. VoWiFi Calling can be therefore seen as a natural step of the network transformation for the next generation, IMS-based services and allows operators to implement this service at any time, irrespective of the introduction of VoLTE services.

DRA/DEA

The Diameter Routing Agent is the heart of the Diameter signaling network – the core Diameter routing element that eliminates mesh connectivity issues, simplifies management, balances load and provides special routing for HSS, OCS, and PCRF, reduces testing, resolves interoperability problems, and enables centralized control. The Diameter Edge Agent supports LTE Roaming between 4G Mobile Networks and between 4G networks and GRX/IPX hub networks. Coupled with the DEA, the IWF provides multi-generation Interworking to support roaming between 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. Virtualization/NFV, Routing on Any AVP, Access network agnostic, Eliminate hardware dependencies, Congestion Control, Control traffic distribution for optimal server response, Mitigate Signaling Storms,  Simplified Provisioning & Testing, Rapid scalability.

Signaling Firewall

SS7 signaling technology is used by a vast majority of mobile network operators and until recently it was practically impossible to obtain access via an unauthorized remote host. Now though, newer signaling transport protocols have been developed extending SS7 to run over IP. This inadvertently exposed the underlying signaling services to the public domain. The result is that an intruder with adequate technical skill can exploit mobile networks and their subscribers. Mavenir offers the industry’s most advanced Network Security and Fraud Management Suite, a unique platform built with AI/Machine Learning & Big Data Analytics providing Real-Time Network Protection and Fraud Prevention. The model for mobile network economics includes protecting revenues from continuous and growing security and fraud threats. To protect the mobile operator’s revenue, security solutions utilizing Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning for Enhanced Messaging firewalls and A2P managed services are required. Mavenir’s Signaling Firewall supports, SS7, Diameter, SIP connectivities’ vulnerability.

Packet Core

vEPC

Mavenir® vEPC is an innovative Evolved Packet Core (EPC) specifically designed from the ground up for virtualized environments. Organized in independent slices of the control, user, and management planes, Mavenir vEPC is free of the architectural restrictions posed by traditional, physical node-based packet cores. Running on Intel x86 servers, it can efficiently support networks of any size and scale.
As a result, operators can experience the benefits of a fully virtualized EPC implementation.
Lower total cost of ownership; Greater business agility; Adaptiveness to multiple deployment use cases (fixed LTE, private LTE, public safety LTE, NB-IoT DCNs); Stateless control plane architecture; Carrier-grade high availability; Linear scaling; Stateless control plane architecture;  Intel DPDK-enabled data plane; Full duplex line-rate performance; Cloud-ready innovative design; Multiple hypervisor support: VMware ESXi, KVM.
Integration with cloud tools: OpenStack, VMware vCenter, VMware vCloud Director, Cloudify TOSCA-based orchestration; Commercial cloud-ready: AWS, GCE, Microsoft Azure; and Supported on Intel x86-based general purpose servers

PCRF

Cloud Native PCRF. 3GPP Release 14 based standard interfaces; Integrated load balancer provide single system view, no external load balancers and Diameter routing agents required; Modular architecture significantly reduces infrastructure deployment costs; On-demand scalability optimizes resource usage and increases business agility; High performance and highly scalable integrated SPR; Versatile policy composer supports a range of policy control use cases; VoLTE support with Gx-Rx session binding; OCS integration for quota control and spending limits management; Pre-defined and Dynamic policy rules application; Enables Quality of Experience use cases; APN, Location, Device, IMSI/ISDN based policy application; Elegant policy composer GUI; LUA scripted policy creation; Mavenir CloudRange ETSI NFV Architecture-based design provides the building blocks for full lifecycle management

MME

Virtualized MME; User Authentication; S/PGW selection; Bearer Activation/deactivation; Tracking area List management; Idle Mode UE tracking and Paging; LTE t 2g/3G mobility management.; Various 3gPP Interfaces.; MME Pooling; CSFB; SRVCC; Emergency Beraer for IMS; Roaming Support; SGW, eNB, HSS Restoration; APN and Access Restrictions; Multi PLMN ID Support.

5G Core

The 3GPP-defined 5G Core (5GC), with the introduction of Services Based Architecture (SBA) and Control and User Plane Separation (CUPS), is designed to support the different throughput, latency, reliability and mobility requirements of each service category. The 5GC enables network slicing, provides web-scale architecture, offers deployment agility and reduces opex and is dsigned for converged access, making it possible to handle multiple access technologies (inc Wi-Fi, Fixed Wireless and Wireline) within the same architecture. Mavenir’s Approach to 5G Core , is an integrated service-centric framework – which is critical for high granularity, scalability, elasticity, dynamic control, and orchestration. It is designed to support high bandwidth (e.g. 20 Gbps peak downlink throughput per sector), Massive IoT connectivity and ultra-low latency (ULL) applications as well as local offload to the enterprise edge. The promise of 5G can be realized by implementing the service based 5GC architecture. Introduction of this new paradigm in packet core network design necessitates careful thinking for continuation of existing services in unison with insertion of new 5GC functions for new services. The 5G Core changes the way the mobile core network is implemented today, so it’s important to consider various insertion options before beginning the transition. Multiple options are possible, depending on combinations of different generations of access and core, such as Standalone (SA) using only one radio access, and Non-Standalone (NSA) combining multiple radio access technologies. Mavenir’s 5GC consists of web-scale, cloud-native, micro-services based Network Functions (NFs) running on containers under Kubernetes orchestration. These functions are built on top of web-scale IT infrastructure that has matured over years for cloud-enabled services. Moreover, this solution enables all the adjacent functions to run on a common platform to support disparate use cases such as IoT Gateway, AR/VR applications, enabling reuse of the foundational capabilities and services layer. This approach yields dramatic capex and opex savings rather than continuing to invest in proprietary, hardwarebased infrastructure. Mavenir’s packet core supports all the migration options from 4G to 5G, while also supporting integrated 4G/5G functions. Service based interfaces are isolated from legacy reference point interfaces, like Diameter, by creating the interworking functions

Nokia

5G Core

Cloud-native products and solutions that rapidly and cost effectively deploy diverse services across a range of access technologies. Our comprehensive portfolio supports the 5G Core with expanded service capabilities, scalability, agility, and new core network functions. It supports the full range of 3GPP Release 15 5G Core functions and eases migration to the service-based architecture

Circuit Switched Core

Rel-4 modernization, Ease migration to VoLTE and cloud-based voice services by deploying a Nokia circuit-switched core; Rel-4 voice solution enables to reduce OpEx and improve the customer experience by efficiently supporting 2G and 3G voice and ensuring a disruption-free migration to VoLTE

Cloud Native Core

The AirGile cloud-native core network delivers the flexibility, scalability, and performance needed for mobile broadband, IoT/MTC services, and the 5G programmable world. The company’s software products and solutions make core network more flexible, efficient, and open. They help you reduce costs, add agility, and meet the demands of future communications services; The AirGile solution is based on new, modular software architecture built with cloud capabilities and technologies to achieve improved cloud redundancy and software overload protection

Cloud Packet Core

Seize new mobile broadband and IoT/MTC opportunities and evolve to a 5G Core

VoLTE/VoWiFi core

Protect profitability while enhancing communication services offer; Meet demand for rich voice and video communication services with our comprehensive IMS/VoLTE portfolio; Products and solutions provide all the tools needed to deliver high-quality VoLTE, VoWi-Fi, and multimedia services while maintaining a profitable network

Samsung

Mobile Packet Core

Combines the functionality of the LTE Mobility Management Entity (MME) and the 2G/3G Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN), which collectively manages control plane traffic, including user authentication, session, and mobility management

IP Multimedia Subsystem

Provides a complete communications and services platform for the delivery of HD Voice service, as well as a wide range of multimedia services for both wired and wireless access networks

AdaptiV EPC

Provides operators the flexibility they need to manage the flood of IoT and user device traffic that is predicted to grow 10-fold between 2014 and 2018

Sterlite Technologies

Neox Softswitch

Next-gen communication platform for TSPs

UTStarcom

mSwitch IMS Platform

The mSwitch IMS solution is an end-to-end IP Multimedia Subsystem platform for efficient delivery of IP-based multimedia services to various client device types over any access network

mSwitch iSG6400
SSTP Platform

The mSwitch Signal Transfer Point & Signaling Gateway enables service providers to use inherent intelligence and flexibility of Signaling System 7 (SS7) to deliver enhanced services to IP end-points

ZTE

5G Cloud ServCore

ZTE’s Cloud ServCore core network ZXUN CSN already has the main features of the 5G core network, and is 5G Ready

Packet Core

ZTE EPC packet core network products can use virtualization (NFV / Network Functions Virtualization) technology, to achieve EPC system virtualization, but also support the traditional telecom network element form. Virtualized EPC products can run in a common cloud environment, free from dedicated hardware platforms, accelerate new business on-line speeds, build open ecosystems, improve business innovation, and reduce equipment procurement and O&M costs

IMS&CS

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) product, based on an architecture where access, control, and service are separated, implements unified control for fixed and mobile users and provides basic communication services and enriched multimedia services for these users

UDC – User Data Convergence

UDC stores all the user data, avoids data redundancy on different NEs to conserve resources, and simplifies data configuration and management, to ensure data consistency, reliability, and safety. It facilitates integration with current systems to reduce OpEx and accelerate service innovation