Configuring and sizing HP OpenCall signaling portfolio

Banibrata Dutta June 2nd, 2008

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2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice

OpenCall Signaling portfolio overview

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Key benefits

Operate and converge with a single, more flexible environment

CDR

Signaling blueprint for solution developers

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Rich set of APIs Future proof today and tomorrows connectivity Fast time to revenue Streamline operations & lower costs

mobile charging messaging video voice games

NEP applications

Key capabilities

Real-time Application Server

OC USP-M OC SIP OC DIAMETER

Full featured Unprecedented scalability, performance and reliability Proven with worldwide networks coverage
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OpenCall signaling developer platform

IP-STG
SS7 TDM/IP

SNS
SIP/Diameter IMS

OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform

Products overview
M2PA, M2UA, M3UA, SUA

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Proxy, Registrar, Redirect, SIP Loadbalancer

TCAP, ISUP, SCCP, MTP

OC SS7 API:

C/C ++ API

JAIN SIP API

C/C ++ API

JAIN like API

OC IP-STG
NSL, HSL, ATM

OC SNS
OC USP SIP

OC USP
OC IP-STG

OC USP SIP

OC USP Diameter

Box offering

Developer offering = OC USP

+ Suite of Services spanning: evaluation, development, deployment and operation

OpenCall USP: solid foundation to consolidate your network and build nextgen solutions
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OpenCall USP and legacy signaling: SS7, SIGTRAN

HP solution includes:

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High Availability and Scalability

High availability, scalability and performance with Developer platform with N+1distributed architecture, geographic dispersion TCAP, ISUP, SCCP, MTP3, Grow as your traffic evolves M3UA APIs, a.k.a. the Back-End IP-STG as the Front-End Service Provisioning that hosts the SS7 E1/T1 On-demand service provisioning, faster time to market connectivity Intelligent routing and traffic load-balancing serving the Off-the-shelf servers and multiple services operating systems (HP-UX, LINUX) Security Network Consolidation Proven and certified connectivity, easy evolution for existing services, provides new connectivities to prepare for the future
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OpenCall USP and nextgen signaling: SIP, DIAMETER

HP solution includes:
SIP DIAMETER
Run on operating systems: HP-UX and LINUX

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HP OpenCall USP SIP

State-of-the-art SIP stack, 3G/IMS ready (privacy, reason header, IPv6 support, security)

HP OpenCall USP Diameter

Triple-A play. Accounting Credit Control Application and On-Line / Off-Line charging Play for Application Server, HSS, and CSCF with support of Cx, Dx, Sh for Authorization, Authentication

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OpenCall signaling network element: IP-STG

HP solution includes:
Signaling Gateway
ITU, ANSI, CHINA protocols NSL, HSL, ATM connectivity - quad span E1/T1 board (4 ports)

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Signaling Access Point or Front End by providing SIGTRAN and MTP2/SAAL HSL connectivity multiple Protocol conversions ANY-TO-ANY

Edge-STP
Full STP routing capabilities at the edge of the signaling network Easy integration with core network STPs Cost reduction with signaling backhauling over IP

SIGTRAN: M2PA, M2UA, M3UA Intelligent routing: MAP, IS41, TCAP OpCode, other

Intelligent router
Intelligent Router to dissociate the services layer from the network layer signaling hub to load balance traffic in a weighted way to next generation services

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OpenCall nextgen network element: SNS

HP solution includes:
SIP Load-Balancer
Load-Balancing Proxy, Redirect, Registrar Intelligent routing

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High service availability and scalability Operational integration with the OpenCall Media Platform: enables platform load-driven or weighted load-balancing and forceful/graceful shutdown Works as a layer 7 load-balancer

Proxy, Redirect, Registrar

Provides advanced SIP and Diameter Proxy, SIP Redirect, SIP Registrar functions in addition to load-balancing capabilities when needed by the network

Intelligent routing
Enables new service introduction and a hierarchical topology of the services by routing on any SIP field or combination of SIP fields with complex criteria Easy scripting and customization through OpenCall RO

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OpenCall USP-M architecture

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USP-M architecture (1/2)

BE:

distributed architecture

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Supports both PARISC and Itanium, with HP-UX Supports Proliant X86_64 (AMD and Intel), and c-Class with Linux RHEL No need for SS7 H/w in pure SIGTRAN platforms

User Developed Applications

OCSS7 APIs

N+1

ISUP SCCP TCAP M3UA/SCTP/IP

FE:

an M3UA Gateway
N+1

IP-STG provides high traffic processing capacities IP-STG provides high scalability with N+1 distributed architecture and geo-dispersion with unique PC Mated-pair configuration with C-link available
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Signaling Front-end IP-STG M2PA SS7 boards

SS7 IP network

SS7 TDM network

USP-M architecture (2/2)

Connectivity to SS7 TDM network BE/MW
TCAP TCAP SCCP SCCP ISUP ISUP M3UA M3UA SCTP SCTP
IP IP

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Connectivity to IP sigtran network BE/MW

FE = IP-STG
NIF NIF MTP3 MTP3 MTP2 MTP2 MTP1 MTP1 SS7 SS7 Network Network

TCAP TCAP SCCP SCCP ISUP ISUP

M3UA M3UA SCTP SCTP SIGTRAN IP IP IP IP Network Network

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M3UA M3UA

SIGTRAN

SCTP SCTP IP IP

IP IP Network Network

OpenCall USP-M configurations

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OCUSP-M possible configurations and Fault Resilience, for 1 Point Code

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User Applications User OCSS7 APIs Applications User Applications OCSS7 APIs User Applications OCSS7 APIs OCSS7 APIs

Deported APIs: N+1

BE
Simplex

User Applications OCSS7 APIs ISUP SCCP TCAP IPSP M3UA AS/SG

Or

Duplex MW

User Applications User Applications OCSS7 APIs OCSS7 APIs ISUP SCCP TCAP M3UA/SCTP/IP ISUP SCCP TCAP M3UA AS/SG IPSP

ISUP SCCP TCAP M3UA ISUP SCCP TCAP AS/SG IPSP IPSP AS/SG M3UA AS/SG

FE: N+1

Signaling Front-end IP-STG STN DNBE1 boards

Signaling Front-end IP-STG STN Signaling Front-end DNBE1 boards IP-STG STN DNBE1 boards

Signaling Front-end IP-STG STN Signaling Front-end DNBE1 IP-STG STN boards Signaling Front-end DNBE1 boards IP-STG STN DNBE1 boards

SS7 IP network

SS7 TDM network

SS7 IP network

SS7 TDM network

SS7 IP network

SS7 TDM network

Entry Level Platform

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HA Duplex Platform

Fully distributed Platform

BE: Back-End ; MW: Middleware ; FE: Front-End

OCUSP-M Possible Configurations, with several Local Point Codes

USP-M

BE (Back-end cluster)

IP-STG

FE (Front-end cluster)
Appli 1 LPC Y

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Appli 1

Appli 2

Appli 1 Central. OAM

Appli 1 Central. OAM

Appli 1 LPC Z

Central. Central. OAM OAM

LPC X LPC X LPC Y LPC X LPC Y IP-STG as a separate network element, routing traffic to several Applications In this case, as each element has its own PC, no centralized OAM is available from USP-M to configure/monitor IP-STG

Seamless USP-M (BE and FE) cluster Share the same platform, same servers BE and FE LPC are shared between BE and FE: Centralized OAM from each BE is available to manage IP-STG
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IP-STG as FE of different Applications on different USP-M BE clusters LPC are shared between BE and FE: Centralized OAM from each BE is available to manage IP-STG

Note: Maximum LPC on one BE cluster is 4, and 26 on one FE cluster

OpenCall USP/IP-STG licensing policy

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IP-STG configuration
Hardware Options
Rack-mounted c-Class SS7

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Proliant DL380, DL360 IA32

Blade Proliant BL460c, BL465c

E1/T1 quad board (4 trunks): Up to 124 links according to server throughput or 4 x 2 Mbits High Speed Links

ATM

board: 2 ATM over E1 or T1 trunks

Software licensing Options

One SGP license per node Link based license

Performances

10,000 TCAP TPS = 20,000 TCAP MSU/sec per server

SS7 IN-OUT, Sigtran IN-OUT, SS7 IN + Sigtran OUT

4,000 TPS for High Perf board 2,000 TPS for Entry Level board
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OpenCall IP-STG configuration

SGP license: Signaling Gateway Process

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1 SGP license per server independently of # PC played by each server/platform SGP Licensing Scheme: 4 different licenses SGP Lite
For single SGP gateway only Not scalable with additional SGP on 1 GW

SGP Distributed Entry Level

From monolithic (single) to distributed gateways Allow to scale additional SGPs on 1 GW Valid if <= 16 links per SGP

SGP Distributed High-End

Same as Distributed Entry Level Valid if > 16 links per SGP

SGP Upgrade from Entry Level to High-End

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OpenCall IP-STG configuration

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link/connectivity licensing scheme: 3 licenses

SS7 narrowband legacy Link

Classic 64/56 kbps SS7 links 1 license token per TDM link, independently of the number E1/T1 of trunks

SS7 High Speed Links (HSL)

2 Mbps unchannelized or ATM HSL 1 license per HSL trunk

Additional protocols: M3UA capability (for IP-STG SFE gateway only)

Add the M3UA capability to a SUA gateway 1 license per node, independently of the # of equivalent links/traffic

M2PA/M2UA capability
Add the M2PA capability to an IP-STG 1 license per node, independently of the # of equivalent links/traffic
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USP-M configuration
Connectivity Option: MTP (Back-End + Front-End)
FE

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= IP-STG distribution & Fault resilience based on CPU

BE:

Connectivity Option: M3UA (no Front-End)

IP-SP or ASP mode connected to third party GW (Back-End w/o IP-STG Front-End) Capacity: 25-TPS LTU, same price than an USP/IP-STG low-speed link Distribution & Fault resilience: based on CPU

Performance

up to 28,000 TPS for Integrity MW server and 42,000 TPS for Proliant G5 MW server

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OpenCall USP-M Licensing summary

Licensing is two-fold: Back-end and Front-end

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Back-End:

Front-End:

Per CPU LTU, independently of platform topology (simplex, duplex, distributed) TPS based license, in case of direct connectivity to IP SIGTRAN network SGP LTU per server:

Connectivity LTU:

SGP Lite: limited to single server, not scalable SGP distributed Entry-Level: up to 16 links, available for single and distributed configurations SGP distributed High-Perf: >16 links SGP Upgrade: upgrade from Entry-Level to High-Perf SGP Per NSL link Per HSL link M2PA LTU per SGP

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Example Sizing Calculation

APJ Size IP-STG for Prepaid Charging application, given:Software Bootcamp 08

Subscribers = 1.0M BHCA = 2.5 (per subscriber) Avg. call duration = 90 sec TCAP Txn/Call = 2.5 Max Link Loading = 0.4 Erlangs Avg. TCAP msg. size = 200 octets Total CAPS = (BHCA * Subs) / 3600 = 2.5 * 10^6 / 3600 ~= 694 Total TPS = (Total CAPS * Txn-per-Call) = 694.44 * 2.5 ~= 1736 Assumed, TPS handled/NSL = 23 TSP/NSL (assuming 0.4Erl, 200oct MSU) No. of NSLs required = 1736/23 ~= 76 NSLs ( <=1 quad-port E1 card) Thus, we need 1 IP-STG with 1 quad-port E1 card, for carrying traffic, and due to N+1 architecture, need 2 IP-STGs for redundancy.
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Calculation:

OpenCall USP DIAMETER architecture

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OpenCall USP Diameter

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Diameter Base Protocol: implementation of the IETF specification RFC 3588 Diameter AAA: Authentication, Authorization, Accounting defined by the 3GPP consortium for the IMS environment

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OC Diameter 1.3 licensing drivers

Bundles Price Bundles Bundles

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Run-time for the base-protocol: volume base pricing

of 100-TPS licenses are available (15x, 30x, 45x) can be split between servers or blades are available for the standby license per TPS decreases as the bundle comprises more 100-TPS licenses

Run-time for AAA: per server basis

Authorization/Authentication fee per server Accounting fee per server

Right to develop license

Fee for the right to develop license

Evaluation license

Temporary free-of-charge evaluation license available

Delivery

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Web delivery

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OpenCall USP SIP architecture

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OpenCall USP SIP

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Transport layer is the implementation of the IETF RFC 3261 A comprehensive set of additional RFCs supported for transaction, call handling, parser, etc

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OC USP SIP 1.4 licensing drivers

Run-time: volume base pricing
Base

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license is 10-Transactions per second (10-TPS license). of 10-TPS licenses are available (5x, 10x, 100x)

A transaction is defined by the SIP RFC 3261

Bundles

Right to develop license

Fee for the right to develop license

Evaluation license

Temporary free-of-charge evaluation license available

Delivery

Web delivery

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