SEGway™ IP-Edge

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Reduced Transport and Operational Costs
  
• Network Diversity
  
• Robust and Fault-Tolerant Network Architecture
  
• Accelerated Return on Investment (One Year)
  
• Proven Interoperability
  
• Hardware Investment Protection (Upgradeable)
  
• RoHS and NEBS Level 3-Compliant Chassis

IP-Edge Functionality

SS7 networks continue to grow and evolve to meet the demands of burgeoning wireless and next-generation networks. Connectivity to STP nodes for SS7 transport is a significant expense to network operators in both transport and link expansion costs. The SEGway™ IP-Edge allows carriers to cap these costs by positioning a small, compact, and robust carrier-grade device within local communities of interest, concentrate their SS7 traffic, and backhaul it to an IP-enabled STP over managed, shared-use IP networks. This deployment architecture provides the added advantage of increasing a network’s reliability, making it more robust and fault-tolerant.

Powerful Functionality with Small Footprint

Small, compact, and robust, these carrier-grade devices are positioned next to wireless or wireline network entities, such as Service Switching Points (SSP), Service Control Points (SCP), or Home Location Registers (HLR). These entities are connected with standard SS7 or ATM (TDM) circuits. The SEGway IP-Edge concentrates the SS7 traffic and transports it to a core network STP by using either the IETF’s standards-based M2PA via SCTP or the ATM High Speed Links, allowing carriers to reduce traffic backhaul requirements to STPs.

The SEGway IP-Edge gives operators the option to use standard MTP3 A-link routing to perform local routing of messages or to use the Advanced Routing function to route all traffic through the STP.

Reduce Network Transport Costs

Connectivity to STP nodes for SS7 transport is a significant expense to network operators both in facility and in link expansion costs. Carriers who use SEGway IP-Edge products can expect to realize a significant reduction in their signaling transmission costs when compared to dedicated TDM circuits. SS7 traffic from expensive TDM circuits may be offloaded onto shared-use private IP networks. Unused T1/E1 channels can be used for voice pass-through or cross-connect capability. Local A-Link routing reduces backhauled bandwidth requirements.

Carrier-Grade Product Offerings

Performance Technologies’ carrier-grade portfolio includes a wide range of modular, standards based platforms that provide customers with cost-effective choices based upon network growth and reliability requirements. As with all SEGway products, these robust carrier-grade offerings are designed by using Performance Technologies’ own high-quality software and hardware.

SEGway™ X401 STP

The SEGway X401 platform is Performance Technologies’ newest high-capacity carrier-grade platform, built with the company’s hardware components and software. With the ability to scale up to 400 SS7 links with HSL and up to 256 SIGTRAN M2PA links in a single compact system, the SEGway X401 offers a lucrative ROI for both wireline and wireless service providers who want to take control of their SS7 network. Ongoing lifecycle costs are well below those of any comparable product on the market today.

When configured as an STP node, the SEGway X401 offers all the standard features and functionality expected of an STP solution, including Gateway Screening and Global Title Translation, while also offering extended capabilities and features, such as Signaling Gateway (MP3UA/SUA) and Point Code Emulation™. With fourteen slots available for I/O and application server blades, the SEGway X401 platform offers unprecedented flexibility to interface with traditional SS7 (TDM, ATM) and next-generation (IP-SIGTRAN) networks, while at the same time offering the ability to incorporate purpose-built application servers integrated into a single platform.

Built on our 12U high-availability Advanced Managed Platforms™, the SEGway X401’s flexible interfaces include low-speed (TDM) and high-speed (IP-SIGTRAN, ATM) SS7 links that are scalable to meet the needs of medium to large service providers. Designed for five-nines (99.999%) reliability, the system includes redundant CPUs, switches, and shelf controllers, as well as dedicated processors with onboard storage for system management and OA&M features.

SEGway™ X301 Compact-STP

The SEGway X301 Compact-STP is Performance Technologies’ midsize STP solution, built to be scaleable to meet the needs of small to midsize service providers. With six payload slots available for low (TDM) and high speed (IP-SIGTRAN, ATM), the Compact-STP solution can be used to manage SS7 networks and connect with multiple inter-connectivity partners. The hardware architecture of the X301 offers the reliability and robustness required in service providers’ networks. Reduced SS7 Facility Leasing Costs and Connectivity Charges Customers who take control of their SS7 network by deploying a pair of SEGway STPs quickly realize significant savings on leased SS7 facility charges through traffic consolidation and local routing. Adding STPs also enables the carrier to deploy services like LNP, ENUM, or CNAM within their networks, thus further reducing costs for transaction-based services charged by the hub providers.

SEGway™ X201 and SEGway™ X101

Performance Technologies’ family of small platforms includes the SEGway X101 and SEGway X201. Built on a compact 1U form factor, these systems provide the flexibility to cost-effectively support carriers who require a smaller scale, budget-minded platform with the capability to operate within converged network environments. The SEGway X201 supports a maximum capacity of 64 SS7 links, and the SEGway X101 supports up to eight SS7 links. Both support TDM and IP-SIGTRAN links, while the SEGway X201 has additional support for ATM high-speed links.

Comparison Chart

Protocols

• GR82-Core (Telcordia)

MTP specifications:

• ITU-T Q.700 through Q.707
• ITU-T Q.703 Annex A - "Additions for a national option for high speed signaling links"
• ANSI T1.111-1992 Message Transfer Part

SCCP specifications:

• ITU-T Q.711 through Q.714
  • Connectionless - Class 0 and 1
  • Connection-Oriented - Class 2
• ETSI ETS 300 589
• ANSI T1.112

SCTP: RFC2960 RFC3309
M2PA: RFC4165
M3UA: RFC4666

Ordering Information

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