opencall universal signaling platform datasheet v3

7/28/2019 OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform Datasheet V3

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The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform protectsoperators investments by connecting existing and future

applications to evolving telecommunication infrastructurIt allows application developers to design new innovativrevenue generating services that will be introduced andscaled easily into network infrastructure.

The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform is anintegrated, standards-based signaling platform on whicha wide range of advanced Telco-grade solutions aredeveloped and deployed. It provides comprehensive,

proven, worldwide SS7, SIGTRAN and 3rd GenerationPartnership Project (3GPP) IP connectivity, paving the wayto IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).

This highly reliable, multi-protocol and multi-standardplatform reinforces the HP OpenCall suite as the idealdevelopment environment for creating and deployingadvanced communication solutions in 2G and 3G networks.

Key features and benefitsThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform Offers a complete software development and deployment

environment supporting SS7 and Internet Engineering TaskForce (IETF) SIGTRAN, as well as 3GPP SIP and Diameter

Is based on advanced product design and certifiedsignaling technologies

Includes all necessary applications programminginterfaces (APIs), tools and procedures for rapid,cost-effective application development and operation

Offers N+1 scalability, high performance and reliab Simplifies service provisioning and growth by isol

the location of service execution from the complexthe network access

Leverages HPs expertise as a leading vendor ofsignaling-based platforms for 15 years. HPs tracrecord includes 4,700 installations in fixed and motelecommunication more than 100 countries.

Wide-ranging pressures are driving Network EquipmProviders (NEPs) and Independent Software Vend(ISVs) to look for a cost-effective, future-proof teenvironment that provides high levels of reliabilitperformance. These increasing demands include susthigh growth in telecommunication traffic, challengfixed and mobile network convergence, creation of nIMS/next-generation network infrastructures for advservices, the need to interconnect new networks with eones, and fierce competition in the service industry.The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform is innovative answer for the rapid development and edeployment of a wide range of signaling services itraditional and next-generation networks, to help ygain vital competitive advantages.

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HP OpenCall Universal SignalingPlatform: a solid foundation on theway to IMSHP OpenCall signaling platforms are used in 4,700installations with 25,000 servers in fixed and mobilenetworks in over 100 countries. Their scalability,performance and reliability meet the carrier-graderequirements of the telecom infrastructure environment.

HP combines the best of its signaling portfolio andexperience into a powerful integrated platform: the HPOpenCall Universal Signaling Platform. A compellingevolution of the HP OpenCall IN7 and SS7 products, thismodular platform is well suited for operation in both existing

TDM- and IP-based infrastructures.The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform offersfull compatibility with both HP OpenCall SS7 and HPOpenCall IN7; it also leverages their superior reliabilityand track records. It is based on state-of-the-ar t HP serversand a proven multi-tiered architecture designed for scala-bility, high availability and seamless evolution to IP.

The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform enablesexisting applications to evolve smoothly toward an all-IPinfrastructure and provides a strong, proven foundationfor building new solutions using any combination ofprotocols: SS7, IETF SIGTRAN (M2PA, M3UA, SUA),3GPP SIP and Diameter.

The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform allowvoice, data and multimedia services to run efficiently aconvergent telephony and data network infrastructThese applications include Free-Phone, Premium SePrepaid services, Media Platforms, Intelligent PeriphInteractive Voice Response, Home Location Register, Atication Center, Equipment Identity Register, MessServices, Location Based Services, Emergency ServMGC/VoIP Softswitches, VPN, Conferencing, RoaInternational Gateways and more.

The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform intenew advanced features such as Intelligent Routing aFiltering and edge-STP capabilities to permit netwoconnect services without costly deployments of addplatforms and complex network topology changes. Tallows many different services to span across a virtuunlimited number of servers, while the scalable fronmanages the networks complexity as well as the signtraffic load sharing and growth.

As part of HPs signaling portfolio, the OpenCall UnivSignaling Platform offers application developers aNetwork Equipment Providers shorter time to revenenhanced telecommunication services for service prov

HPs market-leading performancewith predictable scaling lifts you intotrendsetting leadership.


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Future-proof worldwide connectivityThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform supports

all combinations of SS7 and SS7 over IP protocols: SS7,IETF SIGTRAN (M2PA, M3UA, SUA), as well as 3GPP SIPand 3GPP Diameter. It therefore offers worldwide-certifiedconnectivity with all major networks. This allows existingapplications to smoothly evolve toward an all-IP infrastructureand provides a robust, proven foundation for buildingnew solutions using any combination of these protocols.

The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform includes: Ethernet cards for SIGTRAN M2PA, M3UA, SUA, 3GPP

SIP and 3GPP Diameter SS7 high-density and high-performance boards providing

E1/T1 NSL 64Kbps/56Kbps, High Speed Link 2MbpsClearChannel, 1.5Mbps ATM

HPs combination of servers and PCI-based quad-boardsignaling cards offering high-density and cost-effectiveSS7/MTP network connectivity

Solutions based on the HP OpenCall Universal SignalingPlatform benefit from HPs unique expertise and 15 yearsexperience as a leading vendor of signaling platforms.

Rapid, cost-effective applicationdevelopmentThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform offedevelopers a complete, proven development environmthat enables service providers to bridge all networtechnologies seamlessly. It includes all the necessapplication programming interfaces (APIs), carrier-functionality, tools and procedures necessary to liservices to the worldwide PSTN and IMS network

Among other features: Open C, C++ APIs,: TCAP, ISUP, SCCP, MTP3/M Open C, C++ and Java APIs for SIP and Diameter APIs transparency to access either full SS7 stack o

over IP stack. For ISUP, the definition of the ISUP message exch

between the network equipment and the platformdynamically loaded onto the platform, enabling deveto adapt applications quickly to countryor equipspecific variants of ISUP protocol.

Command Line Interface and SNMP agents are avafor operations, administration and maintenance (OAof the platforms. They support the development ofmanagement applications and integration with eximanagement applications and management system

igure 1.HP OpenCall Universal Signaling

latform offering.

HP services:consulting, development, integration, deployment, operation and support

M2PA, M3UA, SUA

NSL, HSL, ATM OCIP-STG

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OCIP-STGOCUSP OCUSP SIP OCUSP Diameter

HP developer offering = HP OpenCall USP


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Developers can take advantage of a complete set of toolsand services designed to improve the speed and qualityof application development. These include: Software Developers Kits (SDKs): The HP Opencall USP

SDKs are easily downloaded from the HP OpenCallwebsite. One month of free technical assistance isprovided for a safe trial.

Evaluation license. This license allows applicationdevelopment and testing involving the full platformfunctionality, including physical connectivity to SS7and IP networks.

Developer Assistance Services: these services includeonline or onsite technical assistance from HP OpenCallexperts, as well as training for development, platformadministration and operation.

Fast, flexible and secure deploymentThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform offersthe reliability, performance and high availability of HPOpenCall signaling platforms. In addition, it provideseven more scalability with the ability to extend a N+1architecture solution over multiple geographical sites.

Simplified service provisioning through distributedarchitectureThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform relia proven multi-tiered architecture where service exis kept separate from the complexity of network aNetwork access is served by the HP OpenCall IP-SignTransfer Gateway, used as a signaling access point. T

commercially available, off-the-shelf unit also manthe networks complexity.

One of the primary advantages of the Universal SignaPlatforms unsurpassed architectural flexibility is tsimplifies service provisioning and growth. This alsomany further benefits, including increased scalabihigh availability, trouble-free upgrades and shorter to-market, all of which contribute to a reliable andcost-effective solution.

Strong performance and predictable scalabilityThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform is extscalable, from both the hardware and the softwareperspectives. It allows smooth capacity expansion withany changes in applications. It enables NEPs and IShelp service providers keep up with the growth in temunication traffic, and to interconnect multiple netw

igure 2.HP OpenCall multi-tierednfrastructure allows operatorso deploy multiple services onny type of network.

Access to allsignalingprotocols

TCAP

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Service providers can start with an economical compactsolution and expand, by cost-effective increments, to verylarge systems when capacity demand increases. This canbe done using the same commercial off-the-shelf equipment,resulting in a cost-effective evolution.

Communications links, processing capacity, routing rulesand any new logical entity can be added to an existingconfiguration without any service disruption. Consequently,solutions based on the HP OpenCall Universal SignalingPlatform can easily adapt to varying user requirements.

Because they can transparently add new functionality anddynamically expand their existing base infrastructure,service providers experience a cost-effective, trouble-freeupgrade path without the expense of forklift upgrades.

Sizing of any telecom solutions is also straightforward: theplatforms overall performance is directly proportional tothe number of servers. The highly modular N+1 architectureallows the solution to scale according to user needs. Addprocessing power and network connectivity when needed,and get the full value of truly linear scalability for apredictable return on investment.

High availabilityThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform enableshigh availability of telecommunications services. Serviceproviders enjoy optimized uptime, a key asset in protectingtheir revenue and market share.

Like other products in the HP OpenCall signaling suite,the HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform offers atrue fault-tolerant model providing high reliability at alllevels: hardware architecture, software resiliency anddeployment model.

The platforms functions are distributed both logically andphysically in the HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform

cluster. This unique design enables high availability: There is no single point of failure. In the event of a component failure, all traffic is

automatically redistributed across all servers in theplatform cluster.

All data about the network topology and all platformentities is managed real time by an in-memorydatabase replicated on each server. A consistent viewof the network is always available; this helps prevedata loss and enables automatic recovery.

Failure of any platform function is handled efficientlno service disruption. In par ticular: Component failure:Fail-over to functioning compo

is automatic; further traffic is then processed by osubsystems of the platform. After the problem is s

the subsystem is integrated back into the platform interrupting the traffic. Similarly, new subsystems added as capacity requirements increase.

Link failure:the platforms front-end (IP-STG) remessages onto a backup link even if it is locatedanother server in the platform. A linkset can be shby several IP-STG servers; the linkset is always upif a server fails.

IP failure:Under normal operation, the IP trafficshared between redundant logical and physical elemFor example, if one of the two Ethernet buses failstraffic is routed on to the remaining Ethernet; whe

controller is operational again, the load is shareagain. In another example, SIGTRAN communicaare secured by multi-SCTP associations among the se

Failure at a geographical site and disaster recoveServices powered by a HP OpenCall Universal SignPlatform can run on several geographical sites. If a problem occurs at one of the sites, the overall seavailability is maintained. The reliability and robusthe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform havdeveloped and tested in collaboration with the worldmost demanding telecom operators.

Enhanced user experienceHP OpenCall signaling platforms offer service prova satisfying experience. Service providers can easilyconfidently deploy systems using HP OpenCalls advtechnology, which complies with industry standardssimplifies operations. This is all backed by HPs wclass services and support.

The combination of HP OpenCall technology andsupport gives service providers the confidence andability to consolidate, cut costs and expand, where tneed it, when they need it.


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Simplified development and deploymentThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform providesall the functionality necessary for networks and applica-tions to rapidly and easily develop and deploy services.In particular: The distributed multi-tiered architecture simplifies system

deployment and evolution. The application level is isolatedfrom the network connectivity so it is not necessary torecompile or test the application when the front-end evolves.Likewise, no changes to the back-end are required whenthe front-end is enriched with new features.

The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform handlesintelligent routing, filtering, and edge-STP capabilities.

With such unique, patented technological innovations,HP delivers more, and better serves the development oftelecommunications services.

With the HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform,companies can focus their resources on service develop-ment, and reap the benefits of a simplified deployment

and accelerated time-to-market.

Single platform viewThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platforms archprovides the user with a single, consolidated platfview, regardless of the number of servers in the platand geographical sites on which the platform is distrib

All servers share the same view of the networks topoland entities, thanks to the replicated in-memory infordatabase on each server. The platforms administratocan easily access and manage all platform entities throa single administration and trouble-shooting consconnected to any server on the platform.

Easy online operationsUsers can perform many operations on a live UniverSignaling Platform without interfering with services op Add new HP OpenCall USP servers and SS7 or I

boards to handle more signaling traffic Add new SS7 links, linksets and IP associations Add or remove application servers on IP and remo

destination and originating point codes on SS7 Add or modify Routing and GTT rules, etc.

igure 3.HP OpenCall facilitates theonsolidation of networks.

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These operations and more (for example, addition of newfunctionality) are transparently handled online, with nodisruption to services.

In line with this simplicity, the HP OpenCall UniversalSignaling Platforms licensing scheme permits to easilyupgrade your platform capacity with the licenses thatmatch its evolution. With this pay-as-you-grow approach,you purchase just the license that most closely correspondsyour needs, not more.

Freedom to deploy on separate geographiesThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platforms architecturebrings greater freedom to your deployment configurationscenarios and provisioning: Applications running the same or different services can

be deployed on different locations. Applications can be deployed on different locations

than that of the network connectivity. Also, network connectivity of the same or different types

can be deployed on separate locations.

The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platforms advancedprovisioning, routing and load-sharing mechanisms facilitateapplication distribution and geographical dispersion.

Mergers and acquisitions in the telecom industry haveresulted in market concentration around fewer, large serviceproviders. These service providers need to optimize theirnetwork infrastructure to increase operational efficiency.By achieving a simplified, consolidated view of mixednetworks, good service delivery to subscribers and efficientdisaster recovery design for business continuity, the HPOpenCall Universal Signaling Platforms geographicaldispersion addresses some of the main challenges serviceproviders are facing.Serviceability is not tied to a single equipment, technologyor site. This reduces risks by lowering geographical andhardware dependency, and radically broadens yourdeployment choices.For example, service bureaus that deliver prepaid,location based, emergency services and messaging foroperators can manage the application resources on HPssignaling platform back-end, which is 100 percent IT-based. The platforms front-end centralizes and isolatesaccess to multiple telecom networks with a flexibleinfrastructure.

Easy upgrades for existing customersThe HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform isbuilt on top of HP OpenCall IN7 and HP OpenCallSS7, and offers functional and architectural compatibilitywith both of these renowned products. This brings significantbenefits to companies using these products. For example,

they can expand the t raffic capacity of their curresignaling platforms or easily evolve to new-genernetworks, while retaining their existing infrastructurtranslates into higher reusability and a greater level investment protection.

The installed base is easily upgraded; customers canassured that they will experience a secure migrationas their network evolves.

Because they can safely leverage existing platforms, sproviders can take full advantage of painless capacitincrease or access to new connectivity. They also enshorter time-to-market for introduction of new serv

Global reachHP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platforms are faintegrated by HP. The result is fast and secure delivea fully functional signaling platform at your site.

The HP OpenCall Universal Signaling Platform comwith national and international industry standards avariants for SS7, SS7 over IP and IMS, including: ANSI, ITU, ITU-T Chinese (narrowband and HSL

band) and TCC Japan implementations of SS7 pro Hybrid stacks (ANSI TCAP over ITU SCCP/MTP)

hybrid stacks (ITU TCAP over ANSI SCCP/MTP) Multiple SS7 stacks running on a single platform IETF SCTP, M2PA, M3UA, SUA 3GPP SIP and Diameter

Application deployment is straightforward regardlesthe type of network and protocol(s) that are being u

As the application level is isolated from the netwoconnectivity, there is no need to retest or recompile serthat have already been deployed with a given netwoprotocol to comply with other networks and protocoaround the world.

Worldwide delivery and servicesIn addition to the platform capabilities, NEPs and ISbenefit from HPs wide range of services dedicated tdeployment and operation phases of the platform. Tinclude: Factory Integration Services for staging, configura

and testing of HP OpenCall Universal SignalingPlatform components and other software and hardwcomponents, including user-developed application

Worldwide logistics and shipment capabilities

Onsite installation and platform start-upIn the operation phase, HP provides support servicemeet the stringent requirements of telecommunicaservices. These services are delivered through a sipoint of contact backed by specialized support tea


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Increased profitability With HPs computer-based OpenCall Universal SignalingPlatform and its distributed multi-tiered architecture, operatorscan count on high availability and increased flexibility.

These benefits, combined with HPs comprehensive servicesand environment, allow a focus of resources on corecompetencies.

This is why major telecommunications players have beenrelying on HP OpenCall for many years to enable service

availability, accelerate time to market and generatemore revenue.

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