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Jörgen Tränk
Strategic Product Manager
Tieto Signaling
Diameter routing &
interworking in NFV
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CONNECTIVITY EXPERIENCE IN ALL DIMENSIONS
#1 Telecom R&D
In Europe
>25 years
of Signaling
experience
World-wide
customer base
>500 Signaling
experts
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TIETO ARE LONG TERM EXPERTS IN SIGNALING
World class
signaling
products for all
connectivity
needs
Full Range
of Professional
Services
Deep
signaling
expertise
Long term
commitment
and
partnership
Diameter routing in 4G/LTE networks
Diameter in 4G/LTE
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4G/LTE Network Signaling
Diameter Signaling Controller
LTEROAMING
V-PCRF
MME
DEA
DiameterEdge AgentGSMA IR-88
DRADiameter
Routing Agent3GPP TS 29.213
SGW
MME
PCRF
PGW
(PCEF)
GGSN
EIR
DiameterLoad
Balancer
DADiameter Agent
RFC 3588
SGSN
HSS
HOME MOBILE NETWORK
OCS
OFCS
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LTE traffic complexity and traffic explosion
Number of
devices
growth
Mobile traffic
growth
Number of
users
growth
Tieto
Virtualized Diameter Signaling Controller
Services
and legacy
integration
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Impact of NFV cloud on Diameter signaling.
Challenges for scalable Diameter routing in the cloud.
Diameter in NFV cloud
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• EPC/IMS functions (nodes) are considered to be Virtual Network Functions in the ETSI NFV architecture
• Dynamic use of resources and the ability toupscale/downscale VNF resources and resize”clusters” of VNFs must be transparent
• Multi vendor environment should be supported by the infrastructure
• Load balancers are components for building a cloudsolution
• Lower level of load balancers are part of the NFV infrastructure
EPC/IMS in NFV
VNF(E.g. PCRF)
VNFC
VNFC VNFC
VNFC
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• 3GPP defined control signaling protocols used in EPC/IMS (e.g. Diameter and SIP) are:
• Point to point protocols
• Multiple users share the same peer to peer connection.
• Users are identified by logical information within the protocols
• EPC/IMS protocol aware load balancers are essential for buildingand cloud solution
Handling control plane traffic in NFV
Session 1
Session n
…
Common peer connection
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• Diameter enabled VNFs require Diameter aware load balancers:
• Re-distribute load in a controlled way to support VNF’s dynamic behaviour
• Dynamically adding/removing peers to a VNF pool
• Perform topology hiding
• Session aware
• Provide essential security
Diameter Load Balancers in NFV
VNF
(PCEF)
VNF
(Diameter LB)
VNF
(OCS)
Orchestrator
VNF
(PCEF)
VNF
(Diameter LB)
VNF
(OCS)
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• Controllable from a Cloud Orchestrator
• Performs load distribution
• Provides input and statistics toorchestrator
• Protect peers from overload
• Provide an overview of networkstatus
Diameter Signaling Controller in NFV
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• Have the future architecture in mind whendesigning your network today
• Many of the Diameter load balancing and routing features arevery useful, regardless if NFV is used or not
• Early introduction gives you an opportunity to learn and provide feedback to suppliers that will benefit when movinginto the cloud
Be prepared!
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Diameter interworking and mediation use cases.
Diameter Interworking
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• Ensure monetization of existing network equipment
• Ability to adapt to any type of Diameter flavor
• Provide service continuity over network borders
• Enable roaming between operators/networks
Importance of Mediation & Interworking
DiameterMediation
GW
SS7
MAP/CAPSS7
LEGACY
OPERATOR HLR
EIR
SSF
WIFI
PROVIDER
RADIUS
LDAP
SOAP
HSS
3G/4G
OPERATORMME
OCS
PCRF
DIAMETER
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• 2G/3G subscriber with LTE device visiting an LTE network
• MAP-Diameter Interworking according to 3GPP TS 29.305
Case 1: Connection to 2G/3G HLR and EIR
MME
HLR
IWFMAP-Diameter Gateway
S6a+S13
Gr
EIR
Gf
SGSN
S6d+S13’
Diameter MAP/SS7
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• Provide WiFi access for 3G/4G subscribers
Case 2: Service continuity across networks
WLAN
Access
Diameter
GatewayRADIUS
HSS
Diameter
S6
Support
Server
SOAP
HLRMAP
Gr
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• Diameter is by nature extensible and causes issues
• Diameter Mediation solves this problem
Case 3: Diameter translation & mediation
DPIDiameter
Mediator
Diameter
Gx’
Diameter
GxPCRF
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• Common prepaid charging system for 4G, 3G and 2G • One single instance for prepaid charging
• Reduce charging traffic
• Less maintenance cost and complexity
• Simplified maintenance
Case 4: Multi-network charging
MSC
CAP-Diameter
Interworking
Diameter
Gy/RoOCS
SGSN
CAP/SS7
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• Support for multiple interfaces/protocols
• Ability to map and modify parameters between protocols
• Possibility to “chain” operations
• Easily and live configurable
• Easily adaptable to new situations/scenarios
• Carrier Grade solution
• Virtualization support (NFV)
Requirements for Diameter Mediation
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• ANY TO ANY protocol interworking
• Integration enablement WITHIN HOURS OR DAYS
• ADVANCED service logic
• WIDE RANGE OF IT, LEGACY AND DIAMETER PROTOCOLS
• POWERFUL flow creation environment
• Fully CONFIGURABLE INTERWORKING
• ON-THE-FLY updates
• NFV ready – running on COTS servers
Tieto Diameter Mediation Gateway
DiameterMediationGateway
Changing perspectives
Jörgen Tränk
Strategic Product Manager
Tieto, Signaling Products