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2. Today’s Speaker
About Today’s Webinar
• Is it time to update your AAA and Policy
infrastructure?
 Market drivers put new demands on the
Danielle Russell
AAA to deliver higher performance and
Alepo Marketing Director more sophisticated business plans.
Danielle.Russell@alepo.com
www.alepo.com
Twitter: @AlepoUSA • What market trends drive AAA and policy
#AAATransformation
evolution in IP data networks?
• What are the characteristics of a high
performance AAA and Policy solution?
• Real-world service provider examples of AAA
Ramiro Costa
Alepo Key Accounts Director, LATAM
Transformation.
Ramiro.Costa@alepo.com
+54 (11) 4711 - 8235
www.alepo.com
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3. AAA & Policy across the Core
Network
“Do I know this user trying
to access my network?”
AAA is a common
security framework for
computing networks. authentication
AAA is employed by
RADIUS & Diameter
signaling protocols.
accounting authorization
RADIUS & Diameter are “What network
widely used in IP-based resources or services
networks. is this user allowed to
consume?”
“How much of network
resources or services does
this user consume?”
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4. AAA & Policy across the Core
Network
Expansive Reach:
→ Security & Access
→ Service & Policy authentication
Control
→ Charging & Billing IP
Address
→ Subscriber Data
Management accounting authorization
→ Interworking,
Roaming OAM
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5. Market Trends Driving AAA & Policy
Evolution
Growing demand for IP connectivity,
subscriber growth
Device and CPE technology
enhancements
Differentiation of services and more
sophistication of business plans
Subscriber data shared across multiple
elements: PCRF, DPI policy tools
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6. Traditional Approaches to
AAA & Policy Updates
 Open Source or Homegrown
 Stopgaps, Patches, Workarounds
 Vendor Dependence
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7. Traditional Approaches to
AAA & Policy Updates
 Open Source or Homegrown
× Lack of advanced features
× Does not fully support end-to-end ISP needs
 Stopgaps, Patches, Workarounds
× Hinder performance and reliability
× Limit scalability
 Vendor Dependence
× Higher cost and time to bring new services
to market
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8. A New Approach to
“AAA Transformation”
A holistic network approach to evolving the AAA
and policy framework in a legacy core network –
AAA Transformation achieves:
• New levels of high performance and reliability
• Endless scalability as subscriber base grows
• Flexibility to launch new products and services
• Support for end-to-end business processes
• Greater integration and interoperability with
evolved network elements
• Advanced user handling and more
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9. CHARACTERISTICS OF
A PERFORMANCE-DRIVEN
AAA & POLICY FRAMEWORK
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10. Noise Management
Without Noise Mgmt
What do we mean
by “Noise?” Disturbing Users
Non-productive signaling Normal Users
load on AAA, from:
• Non-human traffic
# of Users AAA Signaling Messages
• Customer errors
• Abuse With Noise Mgmt
Burdens AAA and access
gateway (BRAS)
Disturbing Users
Normal Users
# of Users AAA Signaling Messages
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11. Real-Time Notifications & Alerts
• Ability of AAA & Policy framework to display
automatic messages to customers upon login
• Use Cases:
– Redirect customers upon repeated
authentication reject (noise)
– Dunning and aging
– Other reminders and important messages
• Facilitates automatic customer interaction
• Reduces OPEX for customer care, collections
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12. High-Performance Scripting
• Implement new business logic on the fly
• No vendor dependence or “dirtying” of source
code
• What to Look for:
– Industry-leading performance (<1ms latency)
– High performance at 1 million+ subscribers
– “Just-in-Time” compiler to optimize
performance and reduce latency.
– Human-readable, user-friendly scripting
syntax
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13. Innovative and Flexible Service
Creation Environment
The Flexibility to Support • Realize sophisticated, granular, and
Multiple Business Plans differentiated services
• Time based data packages
• Share single product and service catalog across
– Unlimited usage
– Pay as you go the entire service provider environment
– Based on time of the day
or on special days • New product and service offerings defined
• Volume based data packages with simple point-and-click configuration
– With / without overage
– Based on expiration date • New products made available instantly to end
– Usage based rates customers for purchase
• Speed based data packages
• Unlimited daily data package • Include all parameters related to:
with fair usage policy based
on volume cap – Quality Of Service
• Location-based packages – Charging And Billing
– Inventory Allocation
13 – Subscriber Segmentation

14. Real-Time Policy Control
Push vs. Pull-based • AAA and Policy Framework serves as a
Policy Control centralized policy decision point (PDP)
Pull-Based Policy • Realize advanced policy control functions
Request – Fair Usage Policies
PEP PDP
Policy – Bandwidth Downgrades
– Usage-based Policies
Push-Based Policy – Parental Controls
Policy • Push-based and Pull-based Policy Control
PEP PDP
Acknowledge • RADIUS or Diameter (PCRF) Environments
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15. Provisioning Optimization
• AAA and Policy Framework play central role in
provisioning and service fulfillment
• Messaging and Events Framework
– A unified method of queuing, processing and
executing event-based messages to and from
external systems
– Able to queue and execute asynchronous
events
– Non-Blocking architecture means you can
queue millions of messages with no impact
on performance
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16. Integration Framework
What’s in an Integration • Facilitates smooth, cost-effective integration
Framework?
• Essential for Best-of-Breeds networks
• Ground-up Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) • Must be a scalable, adaptable framework
• High-Performance Web
Services
• Enterprise Service Bus Enterprise
• A Rich Library of SOAP APIs Service Bus
Runtime Engine
• Open Industry Standards &
Best Practices Mediation
• IPv4 and IPv6 Support Routing
• Dual RADIUS / Diameter Stack Security
• Proven IOT Experience in Lab Integration
& Production
Standards Based
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17. ALEPO CASE STUDY
“AAA TRANSFORMATION”
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18. Alepo Case Study
Project Background
• In 2012, Alepo selected to replace a legacy AAA
and policy infrastructure in DSL network
• Required all functionality of legacy AAA, plus:
– More efficient, higher performing APIs
– Faster provisioning and fulfillment operations
– Greater network scalability and capacity
– More sophistication in service offerings
– Flexibility for new business rules as needed
– Integration with policy tools (PCRF, DPI)
– Easier, more intuitive management tools
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19. Alepo Case Study
“AAA Transformation” Solution
1. A High-Performance, Scalable AAA & Policy
Framework
2. Real-Time Notification Center
3. Alepo’s Integration Framework (APIs, Web
Services, ESB)
4. Real-Time, Feature Rich Reporting Engine
5. Alepo Service Enabler Framework (BSS / OSS)
6. Web 2.0 Portals for Customer Care Agents
and Web Self Care
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20. Alepo Case Study
Professional Services
1. Solution Design
2. Project Management
3. Data Migration
4. Systems Integration
5. Training & Knowledge Transfer
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21. Alepo Case Study
High-Level Network Architecture
3rd Party
DSL BRAS Internet
Policy Control
RADIUS RADIUS AAA RADIUS Accounting
E-mail Push-based Technical
Alepo AAA Layer
Server Policy Support
SMPP Alepo Service Enabler Alepo Web SOAP Billing
SMSC
Framework (BSS / OSS) Services CRM
Web
PoS
Space
Agent Portal Web Self Care Notification Center
Pull CSV Data File Data
Warehouse
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22. Alepo Case Study
Proven Results
• Increased AAA performance capacity three fold
Looking Forward
• API response time increased 100 fold, seconds
• Implement new to milliseconds
business logic and
products faster • Eliminated provisioning queue lag (hours to
• Low TCO and protect seconds)
investment • Total capacity increased, 3 million to 10 million
• 24 x 7 x 365 remote subscribers
support
• Seamless integration with a myriad of external
systems
• Successful data migration and network
integration with no interruption or disturbance
of existing services
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23. Summary: Your AAA Checklist
 Proven high-performance AAA & Policy infrastructure
 Industry-leading scripting engine
 Signaling Noise Management
 Notification Center Framework
 Flexible and scalable architecture
 Utilizes open standards and industry best practices
 Advanced features that work to optimize
performance, efficiency, and reliability
 A vendor with proven expertise in:
 Systems Integration
 Data Migration
 RADIUS/ Diameter Translation
 24 x 7 x 365 Support
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24. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Please Submit Your Questions:
On-Screen Comment Box
On Twitter - #AAATransformation, @AlepoUSA
Via E-Mail - Danielle.Russell@alepo.com
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25. Thank You!
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Maturity, stability, and innovation make Alepo a market-leading vendor
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