Cloud-native Nokia Session Border Controller sets benchmark for performance and security in fixed, cable and mobile networks
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
2 November 2017
* Nokia's field-proven Session Border Controller (SBC) software enables
service providers to deliver secure, high-quality voice and video services
in hybrid and virtualized network environments
* Enhanced SBC robustly defends against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
attacks and unauthorized access without impacting the customer experience
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced its next-generation Session Border
Controller software, offering service providers dramatically higher levels of
performance and security for their cloud-native deployments.
Nokia SBC acts as the gatekeeper at the edge of the network, preventing cyber-
attacks, IP-bandwidth overload and unauthorized access attempts launched against
communication interfaces from devices and other peer networks. The version
announced today provides enhanced capabilities to help customers better manage
and protect media and signaling streams within and across their networks,
ensuring high-quality, uninterrupted delivery of voice and video.
New features and capabilities of the latest Nokia SBC software release include:
* Built-in Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring to alert the operator to
quality issues
* Lawful interception enhancements to meet different regional regulatory
requirements
* Cloud scaling automation with Nokia CloudBand Application Manager (CBAM)
* Support for Optimal Media Routing (OMR) and Session Recording Protocol
(SIPREC)
Extensive testing by Miercom, the leading independent organization specializing
in networking and communications product testing, revealed that Nokia's newest
cloud-native SBC delivers performance on par with hardware-based SBC solutions,
and far surpasses that of other comparable cloud-based products the firm
previously tested. Key findings from Miercom's testing report revealed that
Nokia's new SBC software:
* Delivered carrier-grade performance for the most demanding signaling and
media plane use cases when implemented as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
* Provided complete mitigation of DDoS attacks without any degradation in
voice or video call handling and quality
* Delivered high-density transcoding, encryption, decryption and other
compute-intensive tasks, ensuring high-quality, private connections for
voice and VoIP calls
* Demonstrated high resiliency in failover tests under a high call load (800
calls per second with Transport Layer Security) with 100 percent successful
handover of established calls
* Supported the highest per-VNF capacity for software-based media and
signaling compared to other pure-cloud SBC competitors
Rob Smithers, CEO of Miercom, said: "Nokia's cloud-based SBC software
demonstrated impressive levels of performance, security and scalability in our
testing, delivering high signaling and media plane performance, powerful
encryption/decryption capabilities, strong DoS and DDoS protection, and more. It
offers service providers a safe, reliable and affordable way to migrate their
session border controllers to a cloud environment."
Bhaskar Gorti, president of Applications & Analytics at Nokia, said: "All
service providers deploying IP-based communications services need session border
control to protect the network at the boundaries. We're the only vendor to offer
a cloud-native SBC solution that is field proven in large communication service
provider networks with tens of millions of subscribers. The validation by
Miercom underscores our ability to deliver world-class products that help
customers ensure the safety, reliability and performance of their IP networks."
Nokia SBC enables communication service providers to cost-effectively control,
secure and manage access, peering, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), VoLTE and
over-the-top (OTT) applications within a single software package, and helps
deliver a high-quality voice and video experience for end users. Designed for
cloud deployments, Nokia's SBC software is fully virtualized and supports
OpenStack and VMware telco-cloud environments, and is currently used by more
than 90 service providers globally, including 12 of the top 25 mobile network
providers.
Availability
Nokia new Session Border Controller release 18.0 is expected to be available at
the end of November 2017.
Resources:
* Miercom Report: Cloud-based Nokia SBC Performance Testing and Function
Validation
* Website: Nokia SBC
* Website: Nokia SBC Data Sheet
* Website: Nokia SBC Brochure
* Website: Nokia CloudBand
* Webinar: Migrate SBCs to the Cloud
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Datum: 02.11.2017 - 09:00 Uhr
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