SIP Multimedia-Xpress

Net-Net® SIP Multimedia-Xpress (SMX) combines core session control with leading session border control functions to reduce the complexity and cost of delivering high-value, revenue generating SIP multimedia services. Net-Net SMX can be used to deliver a broad range of SIP services including residential or business voice, GSMA-defined Rich Communication Suite (RCS) services and fixed mobile convergence (FMC) for small subscriber populations or initial service rollouts.

Net-Net SMX is an alternative to an expensive, fully decomposed IMS infrastructure for voice, video, messaging, multimedia and more; yet it also delivers on the key benefits of IMS including:

• Centralized subscriber database for all services
• Core network independent of access technology
• Integrated mobility for all network applications
• Faster deployment of new services based on standardized interfaces
• New multimedia communications services such as presence, messaging and videoconferencing
• Evolution to combinational services such as instant messaging and voice

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Net-Net SMX minimizes upfront cost and risk while providing seamless evolution to standards-based IMS architectures. Leveraging the feature-rich session border control functions of Net-Net SMX, upfront investment can be preserved if an IMS network is deployed in the future.

Net-Net SMX adds core session control functions to Acme Packet’s Net-Net access SBC to create an integrated, single system delivery solution. The solution reduces the cost of RCS and IMS-equivalent service delivery infrastructure to approximately $2–3 per subscriber for as few as 100,000 subscribers. While Net-Net SMX is ideal for initial service roll-outs or small subscriber populations, it can also be scaled to support larger subscriber populations based upon service success.

Compared to a decomposed IMS architecture, Net-Net SMX simplifies the network architecture resulting in lower capital and operating expenditures. New SIP communication services can be deployed with three primary components: Net-Net SMX, a subscriber database and one or multiple application servers. With fewer systems, Net-Net SMX streamlines the signaling model and is easier to operate, maintain and troubleshoot. With this simplification, Net-Net SMX accelerates the time-to-market for delivering SIP multimedia services over mobile and fixed line networks.