Presentation given by Radisys' Grant Henderson, VP, Marketing & Product Management, MediaEngine Marketing, at the LTE Voice Summit 2016 in London: The era of truly open solutions, both hardware and software is upon us. Check out this presentation to learn how to avoid the 3 mistakes of the past when virtualizing data plane elements.

1. Beyond Basic
VoLTE Services
Avoiding 3 mistakes
of the past
Grant Henderson
VP MediaEngine Business
grant.henderson@radisys.com
LTE Voice Summit - October 11, 2016
© Radisys 2016

2. What if instead of this…

3. Your desk looked like this?

4. Why do we allow this to continue?
Voicemail
Prepaid/
Recharge
Business
Audio
Conference
Self Serve
(IVR)
CRBTTelevoting

5. Is this a talk about NFV and NFVI?
Proprietary Network Elements NFV Era Architecture

6. Resources are shared & reused
Agility and elasticity are paramount
Open is far more than lip service
Value add is more important than ever
In the emerging NFV/Dev Ops World…

7. IMS and Value Added Services
MGW
MRFP
BGW
FTTHPSTN 2G/3G DSL CABLE
User/Data
Plane
Session&
ControlPlane
Application&
ServicesPlane
…
MMTel
BTAS
UC-AS
CRBT-AS
MGCF
CSCF
MRFC
BGCF
VAS Service
Delivery
Transcoding
Service
Platform
Infrastructure

8. Problem 1: Service Nodes and Silos

9. Opportunity: True Multiservice MRF

10. “Open MRF” - Driving CAPEX and Opex down

11. Case Study – Tier 1 Incumbent (Europe)
One
Commmon
MRF
Business Audio
Conferencing
(Vendor R)
Fixed TAS
(Vendor E)
Next gen IN
(H-NA)
Next gen
Messaging
(H-NA)
SDP
(Vendor H-C)
Mobile TAS
(Vendor M)
SIP
MSML
SIP
MSML
SIP
MSML
SIP Netan,
VXML
SIP
MSML
SIP
MSML
Vendor,
Application,
& Protocol
Agnostic

12. Case Study – Asia Pacific VoLTE Greenfield
One
Commmon
MRF
WebRTC Services
(Vendor W)
Mobile TAS
(Vendor N)
Audio/Video RBT
(Vendor C)
ANY MEDIA
RICH
SERVICES
IPTV Video
Conferencing
(Organic)
IP Centrex/BTAS
(Vendor G)
SIP
MSML
SIP
MSML
SIP
MSML
SIP Netan,
VXML
SIP
MSML
SIP
MSML

13. The Impact of Contemporary Codecs…
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
RelativeComputationalComplexity
VoIP Era Today 5G Era

14. Is Even More Pronounced with Video/RCS
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Audio
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
H.261 H.263 H.264 VP8 H.265 VP9
Video
RelativeComputationalComplexity
RelativeComputationalComplexity
VP8
VoIP Era Today 5G Era VoIP Era Today 5G Era

15. Problem 2: SBC Design in the Virtual Era
Integrated
Signaling
Audio
Transcoding
RTP Packet
Processing
& Security
SBC or MGW with
integrated
media processing
Decomposed
Decomposed SBC
or MGW with
integrated
media processing
Signaling
Audio
Transcoding
RTP Packet
Processing
& Security
Adjunct
SBC or MGW
complemented
with
adjunct
media processing
Signaling
Multimedia
Transcoding
RTP Packet
Processing
& Security

16. Opportunity: Adjunct Transcoding (AMR-WB)
80k Sessions of
Signaling
17k Sessions of
Transcoding
5 X SBCs 1 X SBCs + 1 Adjunct Transcoder
Adjunct
Transcoder
63k sessions of Supplemental
Transcoding, additional HD Audio
and Video Codec Support
Keep complex
signaling capabilities
in the SBC and use
the excess signaling
capacity
OR
Comparative analysis of 80,000 AMR-WB transcoding sessions
Restricted to 17k
Sessions of Signaling
17k Sessions of
Transcoding

17. Even more pronounced with EVS
15 X SBCs
80k Sessions of
Signaling
5K Sessions of
Transcoding
1 X SBCs + 4 Adjunct Transcoder
X
5
Adjunct
Transcoder
75k sessions of Supplemental
Transcoding, additional HD Audio
and Video Codec Support
Keep complex
signaling capabilities
in the SBC and use
the excess signaling
capacity
OR
Adjunct
Transcoder
Adjunct
TranscoderRestricted to 5k
Sessions of Signaling
5k Sessions of
Transcoding
Adjunct
Transcoder
Comparative analysis of 80,000 EVS transcoding sessions

18. Case Study: Asian Operator OTT Service
LTE
Peer
IP Network
Adjunct
Transcoder
Opus
(VOIP)
AMR-WB<>Opus
AMR-WB
(IR.92)
AMR-WB
(IR.92)
SBC

19. Problem 3: OpEX and Openness

20. Opportunity: Truly Open/Modular Hardware
Rear Optical
interconnect With 4x
Blind Mate Conn.
Power Bus Connector

21. Case Study – Telco Datacenter
http://schd.ws/hosted_files/mesosconna2016/7a/Mesoscon_2016_cneth.pdf

22. How will you architect your vIMS/5G network?
Voicemail
Prepaid/
Recharge
Business
Audio
Conference
Self Serve
(IVR)
CRBTTelevoting

23. Thank You
Shared media processing can deliver up to 45% CAPEX/Opex savings
Virtualizing data plane elements needs to be considered carefully
The era of truly open solutions, both hardware and software is upon us

24. Incase you don’t know Radisys…

25. The Services Acceleration Company
• Experts in Enabling Technology
• 30 years of telecom excellence and experience from RAN to
Core
• Publicly traded on NASDAQ (Symbol: RSYS)
• Headquartered in Portland, OR, USA
• 700+ employee globally; 80% in Bangalore, India and Shenzhen
China
• Strategic focus on software and software-rich systems for
network transformation in the NFV/SDN and 5G era
• Software-Systems business
• 35% year-on-year growth in 2015
• 70%+ of total employees dedicated to the Software-Systems
business
• A leading player in initiatives such as On.LAB’s CORD,
Facebook’s TIP, and contributor of open source hardware to OCP
(CG-Openrack-19)
• Differentiated Products and Global Tier 1
Customers
• Software and systems products deliver disruptive solutions
required in next generation networks
• Strategically evolving from embedded applications to direct
engagements with service providers

26. Product Portfolio
Product
Lines
Radisys
Products
AppsStrategic
Focus
CellEngine TM
TOTALeNodeB (LTE)
Femtotality (3G)
Trillium Protocol Software
Small Cell Software
3G, LTE, Advanced-LTE
Enhanced Packet Core
Small Cell
SC
Mobility
Professional Services (Hardware, Software)
MediaEngine TM
MPX-12000 MRF
TRF-12000 Transcoder
vMRF and vTRF
VoLTE, VoWIFI, WebRTC
Conferencing, Transcoding
IMS and OTT services
Media Processing
MP
IP Communications
FlowEngine TM
TDE-1000, -500, -200
Intelligent Load Balancer
SDN, NFV, DPI,
Data Plane Load Balancing
Traffic Distribution
TD
Cloud
DCEngine TM
DCEngine
Radisys CORD
Central Office Rearchitected
As a Data Center
NFV Infrastructure
DC
Telco Data Center
Enabling Platform
EP
Next Gen Platforms
Embedded Products
T-Series, ComE, RMS,
Perfect Fit Hardware
Communications and
Medical Imaging
PS

27. Board of Directors
Ron de Lange – Chairman
Formerly CEO Tekelec, Sr. VP Oracle
Hubert de Pesquidoux
Formerly CFO Alcatel Lucent,
Chairman Tekelec
Dr. Niel Ransom
Formerly CTO Alcatel,
Bell South, Bell Labs
Dr. Mike Hluchyj
Formerly Founder & CTO Sonus Networks,
CTO Carrier Product Akamai,
Founder & CTO Verivue
Vince Tobkin
Formerly Chairman Tellabs, Global Telecom
Practice Leader Bain & Company, Partner McKinsey & Co
Scott Gibson
Formerly CEO Sequent Computer,
General Manager - Intel