Product Brief

Overview
Mobile data traffic is booming, in large part due Other CSP LTE Roaming Hub SS7 Network
to the explosion in powerful, low cost IP-ready MME V-PCRF MME V-PCRF HLR
devices like smart phones, e-readers and tablets.
Embedded DEA
Functionality
Ulticom DSC Ulticom DSC Ulticom D7G
MNOs are deploying advanced policy control Edge Router Edge Router Diameter SS7 Gateway
together with charging technologies to create Mobile Network
P AAA Server
new service offerings and maximize profitability I/S CSCF EIR
HSS
CSCF HSS with Embedded
all based upon the Diameter signaling protocol. Load Load Balancer Functionality
Balancer
In fact, these networks make extensive use MME Ulticom DSC
MME
of the Diameter protocol in many key areas MME Central Router HSS
including policy control, converged charging, GGSN
authentication, subscriber location, and GGSN SGSN
OCS/OFCS
PCRF
Ulticom DSC
subscriber data management. Load
Balancer
Load Balancer Policy
Router

Ulticom DSC
MME Central Router
SGSN
The Evolved Diameter Signaling Network is PDN GW
PCRF
OCS/OFCS
critical to the operators success. Effective P
CSCF
I/S
CSCF Serving GW
Policy
Router

management of the network is essential for PCRF with Embedded

Regional or Vendor Specic Equipment
Regional Equipment Pools
continued revenue growth. DRA Functionality

Central Management of congestion and overload The Evolved Diameter Signaling Network
are important requirements driven by the explosion
of IP-ready devices.

Ulticoms Diameter Signaling Controller (DSC) allows operators to grow their network according to demand, tracking investment with
realizable revenue. The DSC addresses the manageability requirements for the Evolved Diameter Signaling Network, enabling incremental
centralization of control for routing, secure interworking with other networks for roaming, and management of congestion and overload for
critical resources such as policy servers, home subscriber servers, and online charging.

To contend with unexpected requirements for security and interworking, Ulticoms DSC provides a sophisticated and efficient scripting
environment. Scripting enables planned and ad hoc response to special routing needs and interoperability challenges.

Service-Oriented Routing Dynamic Diameter Signaling Network Scalability

3GPP DRA and GSMA DEA functionality Loosely Coupled Clustering for High Availability
Benefits

Dynamically Scalable High Performance Powerful, Efficient Scripting

Congestion Management and Overload Protection Routing Rules and Topology Hiding

Advanced Load Balancing Centralized Telecom-Style OA&M

 Policy Control Routing
Key Capabilities

Complies with the 3GPP DRA specification (3GPP TS Service-Oriented Routing

29.213) Routing Rules
Supports session persistence persistence for Diameter Topology Hiding
charging interfaces like Ro, Rf and Gy Ulticoms Service-Oriented Routing goes beyond the typical primary-backup
reliability strategy used with fully meshed connectivity for Diameter signaling.
Edge Agent Functionality
Service-Oriented Routing creates pools of servers that can support a service
Complies with GSMA PRD IR.88 and 3GPP TS 29.305 acting together as a single logical entity. The Ulticom DSC invisibly optimizes
specifications for Diameter Edge Agent (DEA) load across the server pool while dynamically compensating for congestion and
failures in the server pool.
IPSEC and TLS encryption, white and black lists for security
Traffic capacity limitation (for SLA enforcement)
Load Balancing and Congestion Management
and CDR generation
When deployed as a cluster the Ulticom DSC remains
Load Balancing and Congestion Management available in server failure scenarios
Complies with IETF Diameter agent specification including A Diameter peer can be configured with a backup peer in
Relay and Proxy Agent case the primary fails
Diameter realm based routing using either prefix or postfix Service-Oriented Routing - Diameter peers can belong to
matching a Service-Oriented pool and all traffic will be load shared
Supports several load balancing techniques for different among the available pool members with server failure invisibly
deployment needs compensated, minimizing impact on the operational network
High-performance context aware session routing Configuration and operational data can be replicated for
Scripting automatic recovery
Easy to use Lua scripting environment Software Solution
A Lua script can be deployed in the data path and modify The Ulticom DSC is provided as a software package
routing decisions based upon Diameter message content running on the Red Hat 5 and 6 and CentOS 6 Linux
Lua scripts can be used to address interoperability issues by operating systems
modifying Diameter message content It has been verified on a number of commercially available
Telecom OA&M platforms as well as virtual environments
Centralized OA&M with web GUI as well as a CLI interface An Ulticom DSC cluster can be configured with as many
Alarm manager is part of the GUI in addition to the traffic processing instances as demand requires
Ulticom DSC providing a SNMP interface A software solution gives customers the flexibility to choose
The OA&M infrastructure is based upon the NetConf which hardware platform is appropriate, and most cost
protocol which provides an easy programmatic interface to effective for each deployment, enabling integration into
the product provisioning and status network service solutions such as PCRF, HSS, and OCS.

Central control and management of diameter signaling; Service-oriented, subscriber,

Central Router
and content-based routing; simplified operation

LTE and 3G Roaming; Diameter interworking with external networks and service
Edge Router
bureaus; Based upon DEA standard defined by GSMA
DSC Use Cases
PCRF (policy manager) routing and load balancing; Based upon DRA routing
Policy Router
requirements of 3GPP standards

Subscriber database, Roaming, and Charging server Load Distribution and Dynamic
Load Balancer
Service Scaling

About Ulticom
Ulticom is a leading provider of software and technology for the Evolved Signaling Network. The companys international customer base
includes Mobile Network Operators, IPX/GRX Hub Providers, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers, and Systems Integrators. The Ulticom
Diameter product family includes the Ulticom DSC (Diameter Signaling Controller), the Ulticom D7G (Diameter SS7 Gateway) and the
Ulticom Diameter protocol stack. For more information visit www.ulticom.com

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