The goal of maximizing revenues and reducing costs is driving wireless service providers to consolidate networks, adopt next-generation technologies, define new services and offload existing legacy networks. These actions require a multi-faceted migration involving a SIP or IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) service network, integration of WiFi access and femtocells for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), deployment of 3G and 4G mobile broadband radio access networks (RAN) and consolidation of all services on a single IP backbone transport network.
As mobile service providers navigate this migration they face many challenges in the delivery of IP voice, video and data services and applications. These challenges span the areas of security, service reach maximization, service level agreement (SLA) assurance, regulatory compliance, and revenue and cost optimization.
Products
Acme Packet’s Net-Net® product family offers two products for overcoming the technical challenges to delivering services over IP wireless access and FMC networks:
Session border controllers (SBCs) — The Net-Net Session Director (SD) controls the secure, high-quality delivery of SIP/IMS voice, video and multimedia sessions across wireless IP network access borders. It secures service infrastructure, maximizes service reach, assures SLAs and regulatory compliance, maximizes revenues and minimizes costs.
Multiservice security gateways (MSGs) — The Net-Net Security Gateway (SG) securely connects 2G, 3G and 4G subscribers to their mobile voice and data services via femtocells or WiFi access networks. It establishes and controls IPsec tunnels to secure connections over the Internet and supports both UMA/GAN and SIP/IMS architectures.
Solutions
The specific wireless access and FMC solutions that Acme Packet’s Net-Net product family can enable are:Acme Packet solutions deliver multiple benefits to mobile service providers as the voice and messaging services evolve, including:
