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Nash Technologies

» 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)

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

Telecommunications

Automotive

Transportation

Industry

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

» 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

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

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

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, …)

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

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, Spiral Standards, Telecommunication protocols and TCP/IP protocols: 5G, IEEE-, IETF-, 3GPP standards. Intelligent Networks. Technologies, Virtualization, Software Defined Networks. Cloud Technologies: Linux & Linux networking. Directories: LDAP and X.500. Domain knowledge: OpenStack. Management protocols: SNMP, etc. Proprietary OEM Platforms: EWSD, S12 & MGC, etc.

Programming C, C++, C#; Java; XML, HTML5, XHTML5; Xtext, XbaseJ, Xtend; VHDL; Python, Ruby; Ajax; JavaScript; PL/1; Perl; Assembler; Shell (Unix, Languages Bash, …) Development Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ; Static-Code-Analyser (Coverity), Debugger (cpp); SWT, RCP, JFace, OSGi, Junit, Jenkins / Jira; ClearCase, Git, Environments GitHub, Confluence, TeamForge, Nexus, Puppet, Chief, Ansible; Apache Subversion (SVN); IBM Rational Team Concert, Rational Architect; GNU Tool Chain; Dell Toad for SQL; RPM Package Management; Monitoring Tools (Nagios, Check MK, Wireshark) Methods & Agile, Scrum, Kanban; OOA / OOD / UMLM; High Availability; DOORS; Design Patterns; Standard Template Library; DLP, MOP; SysML; Tools Jenkins Continuous Integrations; Multi-Threading; MatLab; V-Model XT, Waterfall, Incrementally, Spiral Certificates Professional SCRUM Master, Prince2, PMP, ITIL Foundation, IREB, ISTQB, Linux Professional SPIC-1, Juniper JNCIA, Cisco CCNA, CMMI

Platforms Unix, SunOS; Linux, RedHat Enterprise; SR-IOV; iOS, Android; Windows; Qt, wxWidgets; Wind River VxWorks; VmWare, XaaS; Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL; Cisco IOS XR; Open vSwitch, VRF; Xen Communication SDN, NFV, OpenStack, OpenContrail, OpenFlow; VoIP, IMS, EPC, 2G, 3G, UMTS, LTE, 5G Systems SIP, RADIUS, Diameter, LDAP, HTTP, SOAP, REST, BGP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, SMTP, NTP, FTP, POP3, STUN, TURN, WebDAV, MP-BGP, Syslog, IMAP, MVPN, SSH, RTP, RTSP, WebRTC, 6PE/6VPE, XMPP IPv4, IPv6, EGP, GRE, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, IGRP, NAT, IPsec, L3VPN, VXLAN, L3 ECMP, PIM, SCTP, TCP, UDP, SSL, NFS, TLS 802.3 Ethernet incl. switching & trunking & QoS, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, MPLS, MPLS TE-FRR, LACP, L2TP, PPP, PPTP, STP, VLAN, EAP, VPN, VPLS, EVPN, L2 ECMP ITU, 3GPP, IEEE, IETF, ISUP, MAP, INAP, CAMEL, BSSMAP, DTAP, SCCP, TCAP, MTP, ATM; Proprietary OEM Platforms: EWSD, S12 & MGC, etc.

Centralized Signaling & Routing Enable efficient voice bandwidth trading via centralized routing solution integrated in MGC cluster Single & coherent solution for PSTN and VoIP / IMS addressing & routing, including data migration Subscriber Migration: PSTN to IMS Develop subscriber migration concept for Tier 1 operator: Overall Strategy and Process design (mass data) Service and Tool development, Verification in Own lab environment for EWSD / hiS, S12 & MGC System Test UC Cloud Service Definition and execution of system test of multi-vendor Unified Communication (UC) cloud solution IMS, RCSe, UC, Messaging, W-CDMA, Enterprise Supplementary Services IMS / VoLTE / VoIP Robustness Design, execution & documentation of test cases, regression testing, incl. solution proposal for failed tests, Testing Migration of the existing fixed/mobile network incl. subscribers to IMS architecture: VoLTE, VoLTE WiFi, VoIP, RCSe, HSS, etc. PSTN Network Consolidation Customer-specific consolidation strategy development & overall process design Service & tool development: dimensioning, simulation, data migration, PoC in own lab NMS Configuration & Deployment Extension of legacy Network Management System (NMS) at low cost Development of functional extensions, improvement of system security, and migration to new hardware Network Management Care Recovery solution: hardware replacement, software recovery, backup concept, new northbound interface Maintenance contract for L2&3, incl. 24/7, System optimization & tuning: EWSD, NetM, One-NDS, S12 & MGC, CMC IN Service Restore Multi-year Level 2&3 support: local onsite support with professional back-office support Competitive pricing within SLA parameters due to efficient service-oriented organization 24/7 Support for Level 1-3 Long-term and cost-effective assurance of service restore support 24/7 Hotline with fast response, offline defect isolation by means of own lab: EWSD, NetM, One-NDS, S12 & MGC, CMC, etc.

Management of One-NDS releases Consultancy, Management, Design, execution, verification and documentation of the One-NDS live network extensions and capacity extensions One-NDS Health Checks SW-Product: Automated checks (daily and weekly) of the sanity of the One-NDS configuration in the customer specific live network to prevent disasters. This includes the following services: • SW-Package: SW license, training and SW maintenance of the product • Rollout: adaption to customer configuration, installation, configuration and placing into operation • Development of customer specific features and comprehensive trainings Roadmap-Development and Release-Management of One-NDS Health Check Versions EWSD Health Checks Automated checks of the sanity of the EWSD network elements, to ensure that in case of problems all EWSD recovery functions will work One-NDS: Data Modelling Support SW-Product: Data Modelling Support. This includes the following services: • SW-Package: SW license, training and SW maintenance of the product) • Rollout: adaption to customer configuration, installation, configuration and placing into operation) • Development of customer specific features and comprehensive trainings Shared Data Layer (SDL) Concept evaluation, concept for availability and robustness, KPI verification and multi-vendor VNF-SDL integration and interworking testing. This includes in particular: • Architecture: Concept for State-full resiliency. • Architecture: Concept for data storage policies • Architecture: Concept for deployment strategy and options • Architecture: Specification of a traffic model • Proof of concept: Definition of the use cases comprising the abstract test cases • Proof of concept: Requirement specification comprising an overview of high level test setup

Working Models Working Places

Full compliance with national legislation Outsourcing Select & combine working models according to customer Offshore needs via collaboration partner Contract for in Vietnam Work Werkvertrag Onsite @Nash Technologies Germany: Metropolitan Areas of Onsite Employee Contract for Nuremberg & Stuttgart @Customer Leasing Service Arbeitnehmer- Dienstvertrag überlassung

Working Methods Certification FS 69251

Nash Technologies is a specialized partner:

» We are a vendor-independent provider of communications & software solutions » We serve telecommunications, automotive, transportation, and other industries » We support of broad range of wireless and wireline technologies » We handle projects of every size » We adapt to your in-house processes » We master business & mission critical complex infrastructures » We offer professional recruitment and IT outsourcing services » We combine customer proximity in DACH with off-shore development capabilities » We have a global presence via our partner network

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