Sandvine, a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, released its latest Service Delivery Engine (SDE) platform version with new Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) functionality. The new SDE which unifies and strengthens PCRF-PCEF interface complies to leading standards such as IMS, TISPAN and PCMM. The new policy infrastructure enables service providers to launch broad portfolio of next-generation IP services while engineering end-to-end network resource management and control of quality-sensitive services such as VoIP, streaming media, bandwidth-on-demand, photo upload and online gaming.
Sandvine’s SDE is LTE standards-compliant, conforming to 3GPP Release 11, and offers an open architecture that closes the gap between the control and data planes. Sandvine’s SDE is a fully-compliant PCRF product. It can work in conjunction with Sandvine’s Policy Traffic Switch (PTS) to provide a unified platform for network policy control in fixed, mobile and converged operator networks, or alternatively the SDE interfaces with third party Policy and Charging Enforcement Functions (PCEFs).
Unified Network Policy Control in Any Network, Source -Sandvine
“As mobile networks migrate from 3G to LTE, the need for universal service plans that bridge these technologies is critical,” said Don Bowman, CTO, Sandvine. “Sandvine’s latest SDE release builds on our existing foundation in the control plane and opens the doors for future developments in Software-Defined Networking.
