Sandvine, a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, Wednesday released an enhanced Service Delivery Engine (SDE), which adds Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) support to the company's Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF).
According to Sandvine, as a standalone PCRF, the latest SDE enhancements enable a number of specific VoLTE and VoWiFi use cases, including guaranteed quality of service (QoS). When deployed as part of a complete Sandvine network policy control solution, the additional network intelligence gained enables a number of additional use cases including, measurement of VoLTE and VoWiFi quality of experience (QoE) for both on-deck and over-the-top (OTT) services, as well as Single Number Reach, which permits use of a single phone number across multiple connected devices and access networks.
Sandvine said that the SDE is also the first PCRF with a drag-and-drop service creation GUI, known as ServiceDesigner that allows operators to rapidly define, modify, and deploy subscriber services to the network in minutes, resulting in shortened time to market and reduced implementation costs.
Don Bowman, CTO, Sandvine
VoLTE and VoWiFi deployments in 2015 and beyond will open a number of new service creation options for operators. With Sandvine, operators deploying VoLTE or VoWiFi can now achieve universal policy control with a single intelligent and access-agnostic PCRF.