Oracle Helps Communications Service Providers Become More Agile and Profitable, Rapidly Launch New LTE Services with Oracle Communications Core Session Manager
Provides an Immediate Entry Point to Transition to NFV-based Innovation and Efficiencies
Redwood Shores, Calif. – May 19, 2014
News Summary
Communications service providers (CSPs) face many obstacles as they launch new services and embrace next-generation technologies. To help CSPs respond to these challenges and become more efficient though the implementation of network function virtualization (NFV) technology, Oracle has launched a new release of the Oracle Communications Core Session Manager.
News Facts
· To give CSPs a new way to design, deploy and manage complex networking services and embrace next-generation technology, Oracle today announced the general availability of a new release of the Oracle Communications Core Session Manager.
· This latest release provides CSPs with an immediate entry point for NFV efforts, allowing them to realize immediate benefits associated with network virtualization – including increased service agility and improved network resource sharing.
· Additionally, CSPs can rely on Oracle Communications Core Session Manager to virtualize and consolidate their network infrastructures, helping reduce equipment costs and simplify new service creation and innovation.
Product Details
· The latest Oracle Communications Core Session Manager release provides CSPs with functional enhancements to further support NFV innovation. Specifically, the new production-ready, 3GPP-compliant product:
o Supports the rapid roll-out of new, secure network services, including VoLTE and RCS, via enhanced core session control functionality – such as IMS roaming and interworking – to register subscribers for new services; coordinate signaling between applications, subscriber databases and policy servers; as well as route signaling between network access and edge elements
o Easily scales from one to many data centers, meeting the requirements of both small and large CSPs, thanks to the solution’s enhanced dynamic network load balancing support, which is aligned with NFV’s elastic scalability principles
o Enables support for multiple subscriber database and authentication options – including Open Standard for Authorization (OAuth) and the 3GPP-based IMS Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) – for IMS, pre-IMS and OTT-based network topologies to help maximize network flexibility without compromising security
o Improves interoperability with SIP-based infrastructure elements in IMS and non-IMS environments – including application servers, media servers, media gateways, session border controllers (SBCs) and other call session control functions – to help quickly deploy, scale and repurpose network infrastructure assets
o Improves integration with Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager to help enhance network monitoring and support efficient network element upgrades to reduce costs
o Increases deployment flexibility, as the solution is built to support Oracle Virtual Machine as well as other popular hypervisors
· Oracle Communications Core Session Manager complements the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller, and can be jointly deployed to leverage the SBC’s field-proven security, reliability, interoperability and regulatory compliance features.
Supporting Quotes
· “Oracle Communications Core Session Manager enables CSPs to easily migrate to a fully virtualized IMS core, benefitting from the service agility and flexibility provided by NFV environments, while offering the interoperability, manageability and support CSPs need to be profitable,” said Nancee Ruzicka, president, ICT intuition.
· “NFV represents a huge opportunity for service providers to consolidate network infrastructure, lower costs and open their networks to new players. Oracle Communications Core Session Manager provides immediate access to NFV functionality, while offering leading edge core session control capabilities to help protect network borders,” said Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications.
Supporting Resources
· Oracle Communications Core Session Manager
· Oracle Communications Session Delivery Manager
· Oracle Communications Session Border Controller
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