04/01/2009 - Tatara Systems, the leader in SIP-based femtocell
convergence, today announced that it has partnered with Acme Packet®
(NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session border control solutions,
ensuring interoperability between Tatara’s Convergence Server and Acme
Packet’s multiservice security gateway and session border controller
(SBC) to deliver SIP-based femtocell solutions for mobile operators.
Tatara, Acme Packet and AirWalk Communications will conduct live
demonstrations of SIP-based femtocell network integration at the
upcoming CTIA Wireless 2009 event, April 1-3, 2009 at the Las Vegas
Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.
Femtocells have the
potential to extend the reach of a mobile operator’s network into
homes, and enterprises, positively impacting the customer experience
for millions of subscribers by enhancing coverage, and providing
capacity for bandwidth hungry applications. Tatara has staked out an
early leadership position in this market, as the first vendor to
deliver a SIP-based solution for femtocell network integration. As
noted by most industry analysts, IP-based femtocell deployment is the
only method that offloads the legacy mobile core infrastructure,
thereby providing the capacity needed for 3G service delivery and
enabling operators to recognize substantial cost savings through OPEX
and CAPEX optimization.
The Tatara Convergence Server (TCS)
solution enables the interconnection of femtocells and other advanced
technology IP-based radio network elements with the legacy macro
network, providing the full mobile voice, messaging and data experience
in an IP environment supporting both VoIP and IMS networks. The TCS
capabilities include authentication of the mobile subscribers, handoff
between femtocells and the macro network, emergency and supplementary
services, as well as delivering new IP-based applications to existing
mobile handsets without modifying or disrupting the macro network. The
TCS is available in a CDMA or GSM/UMTS variant.
A
demonstration of voice and data service delivery using SIP femtocells
will take place in the Acme Packet booth 5741. Within the
demonstration, Acme Packet’s Net-Net® Security Gateway (SG) and Net-Net
Session Director (SD) will connect SIP-based femtocells to an IMS/NGN
data center. The femtocell, a CDMA AirWalk EdgePoint, converts legacy
signaling and media to SIP and RTP for transport over broadband
Internet access connections. The Net-Net SG provides the femtocell
security gateway function for securely tunneling voice and data traffic
across the Internet using IPsec tunnels. Acme Packet’s Net-Net SD
session border controller provides SIP session control, including
denial-of-service protection, admission control, protocol normalization
and other cost and quality controls. Acme Packet’s SBC also routes
traffic to Tatara Systems’ Tatara Convergence Server (TCS) which
provides voice, messaging and supplementary services as well as active
session handover to the macro cellular network. AirWalk Communications
(booth 8127) and Tatara Systems (booth 8951) will also be demonstrating
the CDMA SIP femtocell solution.
“As our partner ecosystem
continues to grow, it helps to solidify our leadership in the femtocell
market,” stated Marc Cremer, executive vice president of operations for
Tatara Systems. “With key industry players embracing our SIP-based
femtocell convergence solution, it serves to increase the momentum
towards the delivery of new IP-based applications and the seamless
migration to next-generation VoIP and IMS architectures.”
“SIP
is the signaling protocol for next generation communications and 3GPP
architectures,” commented Seamus Hourihan, Acme Packet’s vice president
of marketing and product management. “It is critical to work with
leading vendors, such as Tatara Systems, to deliver proven
interoperable solutions in order to successfully expedite the
transition to SIP for femtocells and all voice services.
