PR: Continuous Computing Announces Internet Offload Reference Platform Using Latest Intel Xeon Processor 5600 Series
By Continuous Computing | March 16th, 2010
Traffic Offload Capability Leverages Recently Upgraded FlexTCA 40G Platforms; Tight Software Integration Yields Higher Performance and Faster Time-to-Market
[ fac: shades of the late 1990s when dialup traffic overwhelmed end office switches necessitating IP traffic 'bypass' techniques ... ]
SAN DIEGO – March 16, 2010 – Continuous Computing, the global provider of integrated platform solutions that address the mobile broadband capacity challenge, today announced the availability of an innovative Internet Offload reference platform that leverages the superior capabilities of its recently upgraded FlexTCA 40G platforms. The complete solution includes an AdvancedTCA platform including a new high-performance Intel Xeon processor 5600 series-based single board computer (SBC), Trillium protocol software and core reference application functions to create radio access network (RAN) and core-based Internet Offload equipment. With this offering, Continuous Computing demonstrates how its industry-leading wireless and packet processing expertise can help a wide variety of network equipment providers quickly and cost effectively address the data explosion on mobile networks.
The mobile core is overloaded due to the ever-increasing use of smartphones, 3G-enabled laptops and netbooks, and the exponential increase in the volume of video traffic on the network. Despite widespread industry agreement on the challenges, there has been no true consensus on how best to address them. One short-term approach is to build out more core network capacity, but this is prohibitively expensive and leaves the door open for the problem to return if left unmanaged. Another possibility is the use of traffic shaping on the Gi interface (GGSN Internet link) to solve part of the problem, but this approach creates additional issues due to high cost and unmanageable backhaul requirements.
Instead, Continuous Computing’s Internet Offload reference platform enables network equipment providers to supply immediate network relief by offloading high-bandwidth, non-revenue-generating traffic at the edge of the 3G or Evolved High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) mobile core prior to reaching the Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) network element. Continuous Computing’s solution is especially effective when used in combination with Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) on the Iu interface to help identify traffic for offload and prioritization – and Continuous Computing also provides FlexTCA platform solutions for that function as well.
Key features of Continuous Computing’s Internet Offload reference platform include:
¦Carrier-class FlexTCA 40G and FlexTCA 10G integrated platforms, including
¦Chassis, switch, forwarding and CPU blades; scalable from 10G to 100G capacity
¦FlexCompute™ ATCA-XE80, a new Intel Xeon processor E5645-based SBC boasting two higher-performing 6-core 2.4GHz processors, 64GB memory and over 1TB of storage
¦Robust classification and traffic identification reference application software
¦Passive IuPS and related control plane / forwarding software that “sniffs” signaling messages prior to making hand-off decisions; ensures that network operation is not adversely affected
¦Field-proven Trillium Diameter software interfaces to policy servers
¦New switching configurations and capabilities that allow sessions to be re-established rapidly toward the Internet or SGSN as required
¦Optimized Trillium Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) and Trillium Generic Tunneling Protocol (GTP) that enable the system to deliver maximum performance
“Internet offload is critical for helping manage the enormous amounts of data that is starting to crush 3G core networks today,” said Manish Singh, Vice President of Product Line Management at Continuous Computing. “Continuous Computing’s strength and differentiation is our ability to combine unmatched wireless software expertise with an application-ready ATCA platform for a pre-integrated solution that helps our customers deliver a much cheaper alternative to a core network build-out – and delivers a faster time-to-market and a higher return on investment.”
“The Intel Xeon processor 5600 series is an excellent choice for high performance communications infrastructure applications,” said Frank Schapfel, Product Line Marketing Manager, Intel Performance Products Division. “With the enhanced processing power and improved energy efficiency of the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series, it is possible to deliver even more performance on AdvancedTCA platforms than just one year ago.”
Continuous Computing’s FlexTCA-based Internet Offload reference platform is available now and lead customers are already trialing the solution and sampling the XE80 compute blade. Strong deployment candidates for the Internet Offload platform include new companies introducing new network devices, edge router vendors, core network vendors, radio network controller (RNC) vendors and policy server vendors. A complete list of product features and sample deployment scenarios may be found at www.ccpu.com/telecom-expertise/internet-offload/.
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