QUANTiX DSC Datasheet - Genband

GENBAND QUANTiX DSC“Secure and Scalable Diameter Signaling Controller”ADVANCED DIAMETER LOAD BALANCINGThe DSC provides multiple, advanced Diameter bidirectional loadbalancing capabilities for any parameter (AVP) content combinationsuch as MSISDN, quality of service, rating, location, IP address, andothers. It uses the following load balancing methods:• Round robin• Weighted round robin• Contextual• Fast response time• Least-loaded• External policyEnhanced Security with a DEAThe QUANTiX DSC also offers an advanced DEA that extends itscapabilities in network signaling for tighter security and normalizedfunctionality in roaming, billing, and third-party content scenarios.The DSC’s DEA function provides:• Topology hiding• A normalization engine that ensures that only supported AVPsand content enter the network• High security and failover protection by masquerading thenetwork to prevent unauthorized access• Guaranteed accuracy of incoming and outgoing messages withmechanisms to either fix or reject the problematic messages• Network protection from overload as well as from a drain onnetwork resourcesDIAMETER GATEWAY – MESSAGETRANSFORMATION ENGINE• Interoperability and interworking between different Diametervendors• Translates legacy signaling protocols to Diameter and viceversa• Using flexible Diameter data dictionaries, the QUANTiX DSCprovides support for RADIUS, SS7, LDAP, SQL, HTTP, GTP’, JMS,and other protocols• Simultaneously support variants of the same interface found invarious releases of 3GPP standards and vendor software• Supports more than 50 Diameter interfacesCENTRALIZED MANAGEMENTREPORTING & ANALYTICSThe QUANTiX DSC’s Real-Time Message Manager (RMM) helpsservice providers ease administrative and management burdens byproviding centralized management of distributed DSC sites, reportingand analysis, monitoring, and fault management.• Centralized configuration for multiple DSC sites• Web-based management console and dashboard for viewingreports and analytics• Reporting and analysis for statistical analysis and in-depth trafficinspection• Statistics — collects statistics for different message flows(from, to) and statistical information about each messageincluding status, average round-trip time (RTT), andaverage size• Short-term tracing — provides a traffic tracingtool that records the whole message according to userpredefinedrules that are based on specific AVPs in theprotocol or message flow, allowing for deeper messageinspection for debugging purposes• System-wide reporting — control plane data ispresented through system-wide reports and graphs withoptional filtering for statistics or short-term tracing• Valuable statistics on users’ network usage can be used toinform and enhance marketing promotions and campaigns.Statistics collected per-instance:• Peer—Received/sent messages, pending requests, RTT,time-out (t/o), and more• Node—Concurrent sessions, average threads load• Flow—Selection/failure statistics, RTT, distribution ofrouting, and more• Routing—Selection/failure statistics, RTT, and distributionof transformation• Transformation—Selection/failure statistics, and RTT• Alarm types—Frequency and distribution• Testing and Simulation Suite - a comprehensive environment fortesting automation including validation of stress, load, stability,and scalability• Centralized system monitoring in real-time of hardware andsoftware states, performance counters, alarms, and syslogmessages• Built-in health monitoring to identify overload conditions or otherabnormal behavior of the remote Diameter peers, and then actsaccordingly