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Mastering Network Technologies Nash Technologies Communication Solutions Mastering Network Technologies Company Profile » Nash Technologies provides vendor-independent solutions in software and communications: embedded, high-available, and real-time. » We serve telecommunications, automotive, transportation, and other industries. » Our company is based in Germany, in Nuremberg, Stuttgart, and Cologne. » Spin-out of Alcatel-Lucent in 2008 (Nuremberg) and 2010 (Stuttgart) » Approx. 150 engineers » Revenues: approx. €20m in FY2015 » Global presence via partnership with Harvey Nash (professional recruitment and IT outsourcing), incl. off-shore capabilities via offices in Ho-Chi-Minh City and Hanoi (Vietnam) May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 2 Mastering Network Technologies Our History Nash Technologies 1980 1992 1996 2006 2008 2010 2015 Nash Technologies GmbH Philips Kommunikations Nürnberg Industrie AG TeKaDe Nürnberg Stuttgart Standard Electric Lorenz AG Alcatel SEL Nash Technologies Stuttgart GmbH May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 3 Mastering Network Technologies Our References Telecommunications Automotive Transportation Industry May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 4 Mastering Network Technologies Our Positioning: Services & Solutions We help you transform your network to All-IP PHY / Ethernet / IP/MPLS Layer Application & Service Layer (IMS, OTT, Fixed, Network Management Mobile, Voice, Video, etc.) • Consulting & Network Architecture Definition • Consulting & Network Architecture Definition • Consulting & Network Architecture Definition (incl. Optimization) Simplification, Consolidation, NFV, SDN Centralized Subscriber Repository and Signaling & Routing • Requirements Management • Requirements Management • Requirement Management • Solution Design & Network Planning Support • Solution Design • Solution Design • Product Selection, Recommendation, Training • Product Selection, Recommendation • Application & Tool Development • Application & Tool Development Linux kernel based, programmable data plane (Netlink, eBPF, XDP, …) • Project Management • Project Management • Project Management • Installation, Commissioning, Customization • Installation, Commissioning, Customization • Installation, Commissioning, Customization • Data Migration & Provisioning, incl. Tools • Data Migration & Provisioning, incl. Tools • Data Migration & Provisioning, incl. Tools • System Integration • System Integration • System Integration • Proof of Concept (PoC) • Proof of Concept (PoC) • Proof of Concept (PoC) • E2E Network Verification, Test Environment • E2E Network Verification, Own Test Environment • Support & Maintenance • Support & Maintenance • Support & Maintenance May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 5 Mastering Network Technologies Our Vision: Evolution of NFV & SDN » Emerging Network Functionality: – Virtualization & Sharing of new & legacy networks, Open Source, Telco Cloud Service Orchestration & Chaining (on the fly) – Simplification & Evolution of addressing & traffic management, Optimization of subscriber profile access & policy control » Emerging Signaling Functionality: – Network Wide Signaling & Routing with single controller & execution distributed across the network, Centralization and Harmonization of Network Databases, User-Defined Networks – Extend signaling & control plane capabilities for SDN, real-time network-wide resource state control, Open Service APIs, – Independent from infrastructure and software vendor, simplified & optimized signaling – Ultimate Goad: Real-time User Defined Services via VNF Forwarding Graph » Service Chains (entirely created, activated, provisioned & configured in SDN Control Plane, based on signaling transactions with DIAMETER, etc.) could become the revenue engines for the Next Generation Network. Examples: VPN, shared data plans, mobile advertising, sponsored data usage, M2M services, media packages, BYOD, WebRTC based services May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 6 Mastering Network Technologies Open Source Telco IP Networking Investigating potential and realities with a Linux based prototype for a vRGW service » Towards an access agnostic, programmable IP/Ethernet edge built on commodity servers with open source software » Proof-of-Concept: Virtual Residential Gateway Service (vRGW) on top of Linux servers – plumbing the capabilities and limits of open source networking – scalability, programmability, reliability, performance, stability, networking features » Cloud ready, distributed architecture – scale-out of control and data plane – fine-granular functional disaggregation – networking micro-services May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 7 Mastering Network Technologies Centralized Signaling & Routing (CSRD) Centralized Signaling & Routing Database (CSRD) Solution – the very heart of networking: » … is the pre-requisite to drastically simplify the network during virtualization (NFV), resulting in OPEX reduction, increase network reliability, shorter time to market for new services, increases service revenues » … relieves congestion, simplify & harmonize network databases and their management via OSS / BSS: a single point of provisioning » … facilitates migration of legacy to IP networks including the necessary interworking during the transition period: SIP, Diameter, C7/SS7, SIGTRAN, RADIUS, DIAMETER, ENUM, HTTP, DNS, etc. (multi-protocol support) » … facilitates fixed mobile conversion and migration to IMS / OTT » … enables efficient network scalability driven by rising broadband traffic » … implements both intra- and inter-network signaling & routing rules » … enables protocol-based applications such as number portability and personalized services » … enables seamless multi-protocol signaling firewalls May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 8 Mastering Network Technologies Traditional Network Architecture BSS/OSS SLF HSS EIR SCP MNP HLR Cx,Sh,S6,SWx/ S13/ Traditional Implementation of Logical Gf/MAP CAP, INAP INAP Diameter Diameter MAP Dx,Dh,SWx/ AAA Reference Functions into physical appliances Diameter Swa,SWm,SWx/ Diameter Diameter MAP, CAP, INAP results in DSC Dh,Sh,Rf,Ro/ IWF STP MAP Rx,Gx,S9,Sh,Sy/ Diameter Packet » unnecessary complexity with too many Diameter Radius (T)AS Core different types and instances of MAP, INAP DNS DNS/ ISUP, INAP, PCRF Cx,Dx,Rf/ ISC/SIP SIP CAP, MAP network elements and interfaces Diameter ENUM Ro,R5,Sy/ CS/ Diameter » CAPEX & OPEX increases Cx,Dx/ DNS DNS ISUP Diameter PLMN Ma/ Mi/ Rx/ S- SIP SIP » longer service implementation times OCS Diameter Mw/ SIP CSCF BGCF Mi/ » reduced network reliability Swa,SWm,S6,S13,Gx,S9/ SIP Mj/ Diameter I-CSCF SIP Mw/ Mg/ Mx/ » lost revenues. SIP Mw/SIP Mi/ SIP SIP EPC SIP Logical Reference Functions must be grouped E-/P- Mi/ MGCF Gm/SIP LRF/ Mx/ IPX SIP SIP Ici/ for practical reasons: CSCF RDF SIP SLg/ Mx/ » All signaling, routing and subscriber Diameter SIP IBCF Le/ database services (highlighted in blue) SOAP should be consolidated using a CSRD GMLS LoC-DB SIP SS7 platform Diameter Radius DNS Other (H.248, …) May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 9 Mastering Network Technologies Consolidation & Virtualization BSS/OSS Consolidation of all signaling, routing and TAS (subscriber) database services into a CSRD PCRF solution results in a platform supporting: HLR SCP MNP SLF HSS ENUM EIR AAA DNS LoC Etc. Packet » Interworking with multiple protocols, incl. Core SIP real-time message adaptations OCS SS7 Diameter » Fast introduction of new services and CSRD H.248 Radius CS/ business models, dynamic service chaining PLMN » Evolution to next-generation signaling DNS SIP Etc. networks EPC » Number Portability and other personalized MGCF services within a single common database E-/P- CSCF » Simplification of OSS/BSS, network design, implementation, migration & management IBCF IPX » Simplified network & service verification GMLS » Customer defined service logic » NFV integration & SDN SIP SS7 Diameter Radius » Improved security DNS Other (H.248, …) » CAPEX & OPEX savings, increased revenues May 2017 Copyright Nash Technologies – All rights reserved 10 Mastering Network Technologies Consulting Capabilities Disciplines: System and Network Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Definition of System Architecture, Requirements Engineering, Use Case Analysis Systems / Robustness Tests Concepts, Configuration, Rollout, Introduction and Migration Options Deliverables: • Function Specs comprising the technical concepts covering security, interoperability, etc. • Reliability and Stability Requirements, concepts of the system / network functions comprising fault tolerance and recovery options • Design principles / criteria, distribution models, decomposition view into building components /subsystems / layers / modules • Usability, Supportability and Operational Concepts considering: Installation and Update / Upgrade concepts/ Migration strategy and concepts • Performance and Traffic Models • Verification Strategy and Test Concepts / Methods • Business case considerations, Risk analysis Methods & Tools Design Methods: e.g. Top down, bottom-up, domain driven, test driven, modularization. design patterns- elements of reusable software, pattern oriented software architecture Methods and patterns for the evaluation of software architectures Development methods: e.g. continuous integration Agile, Scrum, Kanban; OOA / OOD; Meta Data Modelling, UML, V-Model, Waterfall, Incrementally,