FRAFOS ABC Session Border Controller
- 1. FRAFOS ABC Session Border Controller
- 2. FRAFOS ABC Session Border Controller Combining Security and Media Services With the ABC SBC operators deploy a scalable border control solution that was designed to secure peering with other operators as well as establish a secure access point for the operator‘s subscribers. The ABC SBC is not only offering secure border control, signaling mediation and call routing but also advanced media server applications. This makes the ABC SBC the perfect tool for addressing the rapidly changing business and network requirements of VoIP and NGN operators. The need to support different and often contradicting customer requirements has led FRAFOS to develop the ABC SBC as an open and powerful framework that enables the easy adaptation of the ABC SBC according to the exact needs of our customers. With the knowledge that no solution fits all scenarios, the ABC SBC is designed as a customizable platform that achieves its performance not through specialized hardware but by efficient implementation. The ABC SBC is the first SBC that was designed to scale horizontally as well as vertically by either scaling the performance of the used hardware or the number of used installations. STRONG SIP INTEROPERABILITY Standards compliant with highly configurable SIP normalization options. The ABC SBC can mediate between different flavors of SIP on the SIP transaction and session level as well the transport level. OPEN INTERFACES PRE-PAID ABC SBC MEDIA RELAY SIP B2BUA SEMS TRANSCODING AUDIO CONTROL ABC SBC + Topology hiding + SIP mediation + Transport mediation + Billing support + Session control + Call routing + Secure peering + Announcements and recording + Open interfaces + Hardware independent + Software based transcoding SIP MANIPULATION SECURITY ABOUT FRAFOS FRAFOS offers highly scalable SBC and media server solutions for VoIP and NGN providers. FRAFOS was established May 2010 in Berlin, Germany, by a team that has strongly contributed to the VoIP revolution in Germany while being part of the Fraunhofer Fokus in the late nineties SECURE BORDER CONTROL OPEN APPLICATION PLATFORM High level of secure peering and border control through topology hiding on signaling and media layers. The ABC SBC provides DoS protection through rate limiting, call rejection and SLA monitoring. The ABC SBC provides a built-in programmable and open media server platform for supporting recording, announcements and real-time web applications. These applications are highly programmable and offer open interfaces to enable a seamless and rapid integration with the operator’s service delivery platform. SCALABLE DESIGN To accommodate the various needs and performance requirements of operators of all sizes the ABC SBC was developed to be deployed over different hardware platforms. This enables FRAFOS to offer the SBC as an integrated piece of software running over a mini router running at a customer’s premises. For higher performance requirements the ABC SBC runs on top of high end hardware platforms. SIMPLICITY OF DEPLOYMENT ABC stands for simplicity of deployment that hides complex network aspects. In three steps, it is possible to formulate the policies for A) handling inbound traffic, B) routing it and C) handling outbound traffic. BILLING AND PRE-PAID The ABC SBC can be integrated seamlessly with the operator’s billing infrastructure. Call detail records are collected and sent to the operator’s billing infrastructure. For pre-paid customers as well as administrative purposes, the billing infrastructure can also instruct the ABC SBC to terminate calls over an open interface. CUSTOMIZABLE POLICIES Different peering partners will have different requirements in terms of used transport protocols, media codecs, SLAs, SIP signaling and session control. The ABC SBC enables the operator to customize the peering behavior of the SBC in accordance with his own policies as well as those of his peering partners. Prinzessinnenstr. 19/20 Betahaus 10969 Berlin-Germany / mail@frafos.com / WWW.FRAFOS.COM
- 3. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS SUPPORTED PLATFORMS PROTOCOL SUPPORT • Linux • SIP • RTP, RTCP • UDP, TCP, SCTP • Translation between transport protocols • Per source/destination transport layer mediation • SNMP, NTP, SSH • DNS • DIAMETER SIGNALING FEATURES • SIP RFC compliant • B2BUA • Per source/destination configurable SIP header manipulation • Local registration information • Multi-part body support MEDIA SERVICES • Software based transcoding (G711u/a, G726, GSM, iLBC, L16, G722, Speex; on request: G729a, G729a/b, AMR) • Dynamic jitter control • NAT/NAPT on media • Audio codec relay • Video codec relay • RTP inactivity monitoring • Codec filtering SECURITY • Signaling topology hiding • Media topology hiding • RTP DoS protection • Call rejection under DoS • Call rate limitation HIGH AVAILABILITY • Active/Hot Standby redundancy model MEDIA APPLICATIONS REFERENCE HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS • Call recording • Announcement services • Ring-tone and Ring-back tone services • Conference bridge and Voice mixing • CPU: 2x HexaCore with HyperThreading • RAM: 48GB • HDD: RAID-10 with 4 disks, 15K RPM • Network interfaces: • Management ports • Two (active/standby) 10/100/1000 Ethernet RJ-45 ports • Media/signaling High availability Ports • Four 1 Gbps Ethernet RJ-45 MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES • GUI based configuration and monitoring • Secure embedded web-based GUI • SSH access • SNMP V2 status and logs • Local logging of alarms, events and statistics CALL ROUTING • Call blocking and filtering • Embedded routing engine QOS CONTROL • Bandwidth limitation and management • Call admission control per peering partner/trunk Prinzessinnenstr. 19/20 Betahaus 10969 Berlin-Germany / mail@frafos.com / WWW.FRAFOS.COM