NextGen HSS, Our TADHacked solution - Javier Martin, Summa Networks. A fully featured 3GPP Release 12 HLR, HSS for LTE and HSS for IMS, including features such as EIR, Roaming Controls, and SIP Anchor. It is NFV compliant and software defined. It serves from a few thousands up to several millions of users using JAIN-SLEE on COTS hardware. Learn how we developed it, we’ll demonstrate that hacking the core components of a Telecom network and take them to a virtualized environment and the cloud is possible today with the right software engineering tools and skills is telco-grade. Presented at TADSummit, 15-16 Nov, Lisbon in Stream 5: Case Studies in Telecom App Development Part 2. Start-ups, enterprises and telcos are using telecom app development to build new lines of business and improve their existing operations. Though it may not have the sizzle of disruption or digital transformation; its where the bulk of the money us being made. This session will be a series of case studies on the practical application and business benefits of telecom app development.

1. Introducing the
Next Generation HSS-HLR
Affordable, complete, carrier-grade,
software-based (NFV)

2. A little story of disruption

3. PROVIDER
CARRIER

4. CARRIER
PROVIDER

5. But then TadHackers come in (guerrilla)
The Agile Telecom Manifesto
Changing the game in Telecoms
Rules and principles
•Happy customers over contracts
•Service fitting over strict roadmaps
•Pay as you grow over «extract all I can»
•Open roadmap for collaboration
The Agile Telecom Manifesto
Invented two nights ago over pizza (and beers)

6. Factors for a new era
Development techniques
Software eating Telco
Hardware prices falling apart
Cloud services
Is it not better
to play nice?
CARRIER
PROVIDER

7. Summa Networks story…
Voiceworks, MVNO in the Netherlands and now in Germany
Almira Labs, experts in JAIN SLEE development
Working together successfuly for six years
Voiceworks CEO, Tekelec replacement
Question asked. Can you build an HLR/HSS?
Answer: YES. Promised at TADSummit and Telestax 2015
Project started June 2015
October 2015: HSS for LTE
February 2016: HSS for IMS
September 2016: HLR fully compliant to 3GPP R12
Small team using JAIN-SLEE and our own development framework

8. Summa Networks

9. Shortcomings of HSS solutions
currently available
Too costly
• Big vendor market with expensive products
• Focused on tier-1 operators (> 1 million subscribers)
• Upgrade/migration from HLR to HSS involves high license cost, platform swaps etc.
First generation, not designed for multi-play, NFV, agility
Only basic IMS applications supported
Non-transparent on features, CR’s, expansion prices
Separate implementations/products for HLR and HSS
No flexibility for smaller operators and MVNO’s
Limited options for virtualization or cloud deployment
High-quality, carrier-grade alternatives are not available
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10. NextGen HSS
Opportunity in the Telecom Market
• HLR / HSS market unstable. Tekelec, Oracle, Huawei…
• Classical players slow movers, no skills, old models
• IoT, M2M, Automotive… changing networks needs and models
Summa Networks
• Build industry-leading cloud-based HSS/HLR solution
• Become the preferred solution for MVNOs, MNEs and M2M/IoT
carrier networks
• Be one of the pillars of the Cloud Telecom carrier, which will happen
within the next… X years?

11. Product functions
1. The Long Term Evolution-Home Subscriber Server
(LTE-HSS) serves as the primary database
repository of subscriber information within Evolved
Packet Core (EPC).
2. Home Subscriber Server function in IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS-HSS), serves as the central
subscriber database for Next Generation IP and
GSM networks.
3. The Home Location Register (HLR), serves as the
primary database repository of subscriber
information within GSM/GPRS networks.
Fully compliant
data-model with
3GPP Release
12

12. GoToMarket
HSS LTE/IMS + HLR in the same system
• Same DB, Seamless migration and growth
Joint Venture
• JAIN-SLEE development
• Voiceworks early adopter and expertise
• External sales channels: Broadforward, Datatronics, CAP
Gemini…
Flexible software
• Pay once, get all software, SUS to control TCO
• No overfeatured, no overcharged
• An HSS for everyone, from MVNOs to Tier-1
• Roadmap open for customers
Professional services on top
• Additional services
• VAS

13. In short…
- 3GPP compliant HLR / HSS
- Release 12
- Release 13 being implemented
- We will update as releases are public

14. Web GUI Management
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15. Carrier-grade, scalable
Deployable in load balancing and active/active paired
configuration combined with geo-redundancy, which offers
high availability and reliability
Database-level synchronization and replication adds a layer
of protection to ensure data integrity
State replication from node to node to recover from a server
loss. Transaction management to ensure consistency across
all nodes in case of failure
Automatic scalability using JainSlee features

16. Reference customer: Voiceworks
(Netherlands)
Voiceworks: leading provider of mobile telephony, fixed
telephony and data solutions for the B2B market in the
Netherlands & Germany
Tekelec HLR + Huawei HLR
>50k subscribers (business/premium market), growing
>30% each year
>30k subscribers in Germany
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“…In a traditional market with big vendors and expensive products, this is the first
time I see a Next Generation HSS providing a complete set of HSS and HLR features
in combination with an affordable price…”
CEO Voiceworks, Stijn Nijhuis

17. Other customers & partners
Partners:
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18. Prospects
Growing fast:
-Shortlisted for big European MVNO (December)
-Invited to MANX Telecom RFP
-Closing a deal with big UK MVNO (January)
-Two RFPs in Russia
-Sold into small Caribean carrier as OPEX model,
more to join
-M2M proposal together with CAP Gemini
-SIM storage solution proposal for two carriers in
Africa
-15 active leads
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19. ROADMAP

20. Roadmap accomplished
Beta Version (October 2015)
• HSS for LTE
• Database model ready for HSS and HLR
• Low level WebServices interfaces for management
Version 2.0 (Q1 2016)
• HSS for IMS and LTE
• Provisioning / Admin / Alarms / CRM interface (HTTP API, GUI, SNMP, etc)
• Extensive OAM tracing and debugging
• GA: February 2016 after compliance and performance testing
Version 3.0 (Q3 2016)
• Integrated HLR function
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21. Roadmap 2016
3.1 - November
• a. EIR
• b. Code refactor for improved performance
3.2 - December
• a. NFV compliance
• b. Customers requests on Roaming Controls and SoR
• c. Code maintenance. Readability, in-code
documentation.
• d. MMTEL transparent

22. Roadmap 2017
4.0 - Q1 2017
• a. MNP
• b. ENUM
• c. SLF
• d. Tekelec migration Script
• e. Roaming Controls improvements
4.1- Q2 2017
• a. CLI
• b. AAA for VoWifi
• c. XMPP / RCS Integration
• d. DNS

23. Roadmap 2017
4.2 Q3 - 2017
• a. IoT / M2M functions
• b. SIP Registrar
• c. SIP Relay
4.3 Q4 - 2017
• a. SS7 and Diameter Routing agent
• b. GBA
• c. SRVCC AS server

24. Final word…

25. Old Spanish Joke…
Imagine I told you the truth about our NextGen HSS…
Your truth: We did this with a 25 engineers team…
Contest: If you guess budget and team size… get a TapasTour!

26. Long live to Tad Hacking!
Are you ready to cope with the new truth?
TAD Hacking means:
Feasible for any Telecom system
Much lower investment needed, less intensive in developers
when using the right tools
Better extensibility, Easier maintenance
New pricing dynamics
Taking advantage of Cloud economies of Scale
Expanded market reach into new areas : Automotive, IoT, M2M,
the telco for non-telcos, dynamic SIM allocation
Having fun!
«It is not software eating Telecom, but TadHacking weaving the new
InternetCom»
Javier Martin, 2016 TAD Summit, Lisbon.
You heard it first here, please reference the source!

27. We are specially grateful to…
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28. Thank you!
go@summanetworks.com