Comprehensive 3G LTE Product Suite
Comprehensive 3G LTE Product Suite
16th September , 2009
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US : A new suite of 3G LTE Products were launched by Bridgewater Systems which comply with 3GPP Release 8. The company confirmed that a number of trials are underway for the 3G LTE Product Suite with a number of major telecom players.
The 3G LTE Product Suite comprises : Bridgewater Home Subscriber Server and Policy Controller Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker Further details of the two above products can be found below.
The 3G LTE product suite is available in several flexible deployment options:
- The Bridgewater EPC 500 is an integrated system which includes the Bridgewater Home Subscriber Server and Policy Controller on a single hardware platform. It allows service providers to quickly and cost-effectively engage in lab trials and limited network deployments and can scale as services grow.
- The Home Subscriber Server and the Policy Controller are available as stand-alone, single purpose systems that can easily integrate with other components of an EPC network. It enables service providers to: - Implement smart subscriber, service, and policy controls to manage the complexities of exponential mobile data traffic growth, and millions of subscribers, devices, and applications;
- Rapidly launch LTE trials and early deployments using a fully integrated and tested EPC system which includes both the HSS and PCRF; - Ensure seamless network evolution through centralized control across all mobile access technologies including LTE, GSM/HSPA, CDMA/EVDO, WiMAX, Wi-Fi and Femtocells.
This allows service providers to optimize and seamlessly offload mobile data traffic and applications across different networks, as well as enable service portability; and - Introduce LTE-ready controls in 3G networks to ensure a smooth evolution. David Sharpley, Senior Vice President, Bridgewater Systems "Bridgewater's standards-based and multi-vendor approach to the LTE Evolved Packet Core, and our deep experience in control plane transformations, is truly unique in the industry.
The combination of the Bridgewater Home Subscriber Server, Policy Controller and Inter-working capabilities, coupled with our flexible deployment options, allows service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively trial, launch, and scale LTE deployments." - The Bridgewater Home Subscriber Server (HSS), a master repository that contains subscriber and device profile and state information, and manages subscriber identities, service profiles, authentication, authorization, and quality of service in real time.
The HSS federates data from existing Home Location Registers and other databases for service parity and network migrations. It is undergoing extensive interoperability testing with leading Mobility Management Entity (MME) solution providers. - The market leading Bridgewater Policy Controller (PCRF) provides smart network, application, and subscriber policies that allow service providers to manage mobile data growth and deliver personalized services. Extensive interoperability testing with leading Servicing and Packet Data Network Gateway solution providers is underway. - Inter-working with non-3GPP networks such as WiFi, EVDO and WiMAX is supported by an optional Authorization,
Authentication and Accounting (3GPP AAA) module. It ensures seamless mobility and service portability across different networks. - Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker provides a common subscriber data management platform that brings together rich, dynamic subscriber data with the sophisticated tools to broker that data to multiple systems and applications to personalize services.
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