Solving Traffic Control Challenges in an Environment of Growth and Complexity with the Traffix Diameter Router (DRA)
Complex services, tiered charging, converged billing, policy control: telecom networks are only getting more and more complex, and complexity requires decisions to be based on business oriented decisions. As a result, LTE networks are likely to include a growing number of Diameter based network functionalities such as PCRFs, PCEFs, HSS, MME,OCS Application Servers and others – to support complex user-service connections. This requires real-time capabilities for almost any network functionality connection, i.e. messages from any network element can be routed to any network element.
Understanding this problem, 3GPP introduced a new entity into the network architecture, the Diameter Routing Agent (DRA). The DRA is a functional element that ensures all Diameter sessions established over Diameter interfaces such as the Gx, S9, S6a and Ro reference points for a certain session reach the same network functionality when multiple and separately addressable network functionalities have been deployed in a Diameter realm.
Traffix Diameter Routing Agent was developed in full compliance with IETF Diameter specifications, 3GPP Diameter Router Agent (DRA) standards, 3GPP Interworking Function (IWF) requirements and GSMA Diameter Edge Agent (DEA) guidelines for roaming, plus many more for further simplification and better control. The Traffix Diameter Router is the market first and most mature Diameter solution with dozens of live deployments.
Traffix Diameter Router serves as a smart Diameter-hub, connecting between various network entities, preventing the need for complex integration and customization, cutting costs, reducing time of implementation and increasing reliability and scalability.
When large networks with complex network architectures and multiple Diameter nodes require the network capability for central signaling management, visibility and routing, the Traffix Diameter Router can solve these difficult challenges and offers many more benefits:
- Reduced implementation time
- Central maintenance and management of routing and failover
- Routing based on any AVP content (Host, Realm, Rating, Service, QoS, Location)
- Contextual Subscriber and Service routing and guidance (e.g. IP-CAN session binding)
- Topology hiding
- Network visibility for real-time troubleshooting and reduced downtime
- Full IETF and 3GPP compliant Diameter Relay, Proxy and Redirect agent
- Gateway functionality for different Diameter network functionalities interoperability and legacy support
- Minimal risk in deployment of a field proven product
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