Arquitetura de Softswitch

Ivan Sandano
3Com do Brasil
Ivan_sandano@3com.com

O poder de um Softswitch

Confiabilidade
Escalabilidade
Qualidade de Servio
Sinalizao

Novas Aplicaes

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Circuit Switch
(50,000 chamadas)

Softswitch
(50,000+ chamadas)

July 03, Slide 2

A Rede Pblica de Telefonia

July 03, Slide 3

Relacionamento Tradicional
Redes de Voz e Dados

July 03, Slide 4

Relao entres Switches (C4&C5)

Transmisso da Voz
Transmisso de Sinalizao
SCP

SS7
Network

STP

Rede ATM

Voz

Voz

Cada Canal de Voz = 4000Hz de Banda

4000Hz Digitalizados = 1 PCM = 64kbps = G.711
July 03, Slide 5

Pontos de Sinalizao SS7

July 03, Slide 6

Redes CAS & CCS

July 03, Slide 7

Descrio dos Codecs de Voz

Padres ITU
WAVEFORM CODECS (menor delay, maior banda)
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G.711
G.726

PCM das frequncias de voz

ADPCM (Adaptative Differential PCM)

Analysis-by-Synthesis (Abs) CODECS (maior delay, menor banda)

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G.728
G.723.1
G.729

Low-Delay CELP(LD-CELP)
Algebraic Code-Excited Linear Prediction (ACELP)
Coder de voz a 8Kbps

G.729 Annex A
G.729 Annex B
G.729 Annex D
G.729 Annex E

(Reduz complexidade)

July 03, Slide 8

Descrio dos Codecs de Voz

Padres ITU
WAVEFORM CODECS
Padro
G.711
G.726

Banda
64Kbps
16,24,32,40Kbps

Delay
0.125ms
0.125ms

MOS
4.8
4.2

Delay
2.5ms
10ms
30ms

MOS
4.2
4.2
3.5

Analysis-by-Synthesis (Abs) CODECS

Padro
G.728
G.723.1
G.729

Banda
16Kbps
8Kbps
5.3,6.3Kbps

July 03, Slide 9

Descrio dos Meios e

Transmisso
Rede de Transporte -> Predominante em tecnologia ATM
1x DS0 = 1 PCM = 64Kbps = 1 Canal de Voz
OC level
OC-1
OC-3
OC-12
OC-48
OC-192
OC-768

Signal level
51.84Mbps
155.52Mbps
622.08Mbps
2.48Gbps
9.95Gbps
52.87Gbps

Sonet/STS
STS-1
STS-3
STS-12
STS-48
STS-192
STS-768

SDH/STM
STM-1
STM-4
STM-16
STM-64

DS0s
672
2016
8063
32256
129024
516096

July 03, Slide 10

Protocolos de Voice Over IP

July 03, Slide 11

O que VOIP ?
VOIP
VOIP==Voice
VoiceOver
OverIP.
IP.
Capacidade
Capacidadede
detransmitir
transmitirVOZ
VOZatravs
atravsde
deum
ummeio
meiode
detransmisso
transmissodo
dotipo
tipo
rede
redede
dedados,
dados,usando
usandoos
osprotocolos
protocolosdo
dopadro
padroTCP/IP
TCP/IP

Porque
PorqueUsar
UsarVOIP
VOIP?????
?????
--Reduo
Reduoda
daBanda
Bandade
deTransmisso
Transmisso(compresso
(compressoda
davoz).
voz).
--Melhor
Melhorutilizao
utilizaoda
dainfra-estrutura
infra-estruturade
detransmisso
transmisso(Voz,
(Voz,Dados
DadoseeVdeo).
Vdeo).
--Menor
Menorcusto
custode
deEquipamentos
Equipamentos eeInfra-estrutura.
Infra-estrutura.
--Integrao
Integraode
deAplicaes
Aplicaesde
deDados
DadoseeVoz.
Voz.
--Configurao
ConfiguraoSimplificada
Simplificadada
daRede
Redede
deTransmisso.
Transmisso.
--Menores
custos
de
Transmisso
(DWDM)
Menores custos de Transmisso (DWDM)

July 03, Slide 12

Modelo Telefonia em Rede

Componentes crticos do sitema de Telefonia em Rede:
1) Protocolos de Transmisso da VOZ.
2) Protocolos de Sinalizao.

Trans. Voz
VOZ

Sinalizao

VOZ

REDE de Dados

July 03, Slide 13

Modelo VOIP
Protocolos de Transmisso
RTP/RTCP

RTP/RTCP

UDP

UDP

IP

REDE TCP/IP

IP

Datalink

Datalink

Physical

Physical

RTP/RTCP: Protocolos de Transmisso em Tempo Real de Dados .

Trabalham sobre UDP (No Orientado a Conexo).
CODECs:
G711: 64Kbps / Modem, VOZ|, FAX
G729A: 9Kbps / Voz, Fax
G723.1: 5.3Kbps / Voz, Fax
July 03, Slide 14

Modelo VOIP
Protocolos de Sinalizao
H323, SIP, MGCP,
Megaco

H323, SIP, MGCP,

Megaco

TCP / UDP

TCP / UDP

IP

REDE TCP/IP

IP

Datalink

Datalink

Physical

Physical

Protocolos Ponto-a-Ponto:
- H.323.
- SIP.
Protocolos de Controle de Gateways (Mestre/Escravo):
- MGCP.
- H.248(MEGACO).
July 03, Slide 15

Evoluo das Aplicaes de

Comunicao

July 03, Slide 16

Padro H.323
Audio codecs (G.711, G.723.1, G.729, etc.) and video
codecs (H.261, H.263) compress and decompress
media streams
Media streams transported on RTP/RTCP
RTP carries actual media
RTCP carries status and control information

RTP/RTCP carried unreliably on UDP

Signalling is transported reliably over TCP
RAS - registration, admission, status
Q.931 - call setup and termination
H.245 - capabilities exchange
July 03, Slide 17

A Arquitetura do H.323

July 03, Slide 18

Gatekeeper Routed Call Signalling

(Q.931/H.245)

July 03, Slide 19

Session Initiation protocol (SIP)

Audio codecs (G.711, G.723.1, G.729, etc.) compress and
decompress media streams
Media streams transported on RTP/RTCP
RTP carries actual media
RTCP carries status and control information

RTP/RTCP carried unreliably on UDP

Signalling is transported over UDP
SIP messaging mechanisms for establishment of sessions
SAP Session Announcement Protocol.
SDP structured language for describing the session (Mbone based)

July 03, Slide 20

A Arquitetura do SIP

July 03, Slide 21

Elementos do SIP

User Agent
UA Client (cria as chamadas)
UA Server (aguarda novas chamadas).
Implementaes de Hardware e Software

July 03, Slide 22

Elementos do SIP

SIP Proxy Server

Relays call signaling, atua tanto como cliente e servidor
Statefull X Stateless

SIP Redirect Server

Redireciona as chamadas para outros servidores.

SIP Registrar Server

Aceita requisies de registro dos clientes.
Mantem informaes dos usurios relativo a localizao
(ex. HLR).

July 03, Slide 23

Arquitetura SIP
Proxy Server
SIP Proxy

SIP

SIP

RTP/RTCP
VOZ

VOZ

REDE TCP/IP

July 03, Slide 24

Funcionalidades Distribudas

July 03, Slide 25

Comparao SIP x H.323

Introduo

July 03, Slide 26

Comparao SIP x H.323

Escalabilidade

July 03, Slide 27

Comparao SIP x H.323

Facilidade de Implementao

July 03, Slide 28

Comparao SIP x H.323

Sumrio

July 03, Slide 29

SIP Phone A

SIP Phone to SIP Phone

SIP Phone B
SIP Proxy
Call Flow (Proxy Routed)
INVITE
INVITE
100 TRYING
180 RINGING

180 RINGING

OFF HOOK
200 OK

200 OK

ACK

ACK OK

2 WAY RTP CALL w/ SDP (ESTABLISHED)

ON HOOK
BYE
BYE
200 OK

100 TRYING
200 OK
July 03, Slide 30

Interoperando SIP e H.323

Protocol Mediator
H.323
Gateway

SIP Gateway

ProMedia

2 INVITE wo/SDP
4 100 Trying
183 Session Progress
7 180 Ringing
9 200 OK w/SDP

ACK w/SDP
20

Q.931 Setup wo/FS

Q.931 Proceeding

Q.931 Progress

8 Q.931 Alerting
10 Q.931 Connect wo/FS
11 TCS/MSD
12 TCS/MSD ACK
13 TCS/MSD
14 TCS/MSD ACK
16

18

15 OLC
OLC ACK

17 OLC
19 OLC ACK

Call established - RTP Packets Tx/Rx b/w GWs

July 03, Slide 31

Protocolos MGCP e MEGACO

July 03, Slide 32

O Modelo de Softswitch

July 03, Slide 33

Arquitetura do Softswitch

Feature/
Application
Server
SIP
H.323

SGCP

Signaling
Gateway

Softswitch

MGCP
MEGACO

Media Gateway

July 03, Slide 34

Open, Standard System

Proprietary, Closed System

Arquitetura Softswitch
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Arquitetura Proprietria

July 03, Slide 35

Implementaes de Softswitch

July 03, Slide 36

Implementaes de Softswitch

July 03, Slide 37

Implementaes de Softswitch

July 03, Slide 38

CommWorks Softswitch
Network-Centric
Back-End Servers

User-Centric
Back-End Servers

Session
Manager

1000s of
subscribers

Total Control 1000

SIP Proxy
H.323 GK

Application-Centric
Back-End Servers

Signaling
Gateway

NSM

100s of 1,000s
of subscribers

Service
Creation
Layer
Controllers
and Network
and Service
Management
Media
Processing
Layer

Total Control 2000

July 03, Slide 39

Sonus
Softswitch

July 03, Slide 40

Softswitch X Class 4&5 Switches

July 03, Slide 41

Circuit Switch X Softswitch

Escalabilidade
Densidade
# de DS0s
100.000
Switch Class 4
50.000
3.000
Softswitch
1.000
168
1998

1999

2000

2001

2002
July 03, Slide 42

Circuit Switch X Softswitch

Escalabilidade
BHCA
5 milhes
Softswitch
2 milhes
Switch Class 4
200.000

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002
July 03, Slide 43

Circuit Switch X Softswitch

Confiabilidade
BHCA
99.999%

Switch Class 4

99.99%
Softswitch
99.9%

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002
July 03, Slide 44

Comparativo Class4 x Softswitch

Exemplos

Switch Class 4
Nortel DMS-250
Lucent 4ESS

DSOs
2.688
2,688

BHCAs Reliability
800.000 99.999
700.000 99.999

NEBS3
Y
Y

Price(DS0)
$100
$100

Softswitch
Convergent ICS
Sonus GSX
Commworks

DSOs
108.864
24.000
50.000

BHCAs
1,5Mi
2Mi
1Mi

NEBS3
Y
Y
Y

Price(DS0)
$25
$25
$25

Reliability
99.999
99.999
99.999

July 03, Slide 45

Circuit Switch X Softswitch

Qualidade da Voz
MOS
5
Switch Class 4
4

QoS
Diffserv
MPLS

3
Media
Gateway

1998

1999

2000

IP
Network

2001

2002
July 03, Slide 46

Circuit Switch X Softswitch

Sinalizao
SIGTRAN
SCTP
SIP-T
Outros

July 03, Slide 47

Circuit Switch X Softswitch

Sinalizao
IMT CIC 1-24
IMT CIC 25-48
Telephone
LSET 0

STP C
PC=10-10-0

Link 0

SGPA

V.35

HiPerDSP
HiPerDSP

HiPerARC
HiPerNMC

SGP
PC=1-1-1

Link 1

Micro VAX

A-LINK

Dual LAN

CLSET0=LSET0
&LSET1

SSP E
PC=20-10-10

Link 2

SGPB

V.35

HiPerDSP
HiPerDSP

HiPerARC
HiPerNMC

Serial LAN

TCH #1

A-LINK

Telephone

STP D
PC=10-11-0

Link 3
LSET 1

TCH #N

Telephone
Micro VAX

SSP F
PC=20-10-11

Telephone

IMT CIC 1-24

IMT CIC 25-48

July 03, Slide 48

Circuit Switch X Softswitch

Novos Servios
Novos
Servios

Softswitch

Arquitetura
Aberta

Switches
Class 4 & 5
Arquitetura
Proprietria
1998

1999

2000

2001

2002
July 03, Slide 49

Exemplos Aplicaes Softswitches

July 03, Slide 50

Conferncia entre Dispositivos

July 03, Slide 51

Unified Messaging

July 03, Slide 52

Voice Instant Messaging

Redes 3G

July 03, Slide 53

Voice Instant Messaging

Support Services Subsystem

G-MSC
Server

MSC
Server

OSS

SIP

CORBA
SNMP

RADIUS

MRCF
SGW

Application
Database

NMS

AAA

NGN Control Subsystem

HTTP

NGN Core Network

SIP

Browser

ODBC

SIP

H.248
VIM
SS7

NGN
Control
Subsystem

ASF
SIP AS
SIP

Radio
Access
Network

Circuit Bearer

2G/2.5G
(Voice Channel)

SS7

MRCP

MGW

RAN

RTP
Instant
Messaging
Service

H.248

SIMPLE

SIP
SIMPLE

SIP
RTP

NGN Core Network

Audio
Attachment

July 03, Slide 54

A 3Com e o Softswitch

July 03, Slide 55

3Com VoIP Experience

3Com Carrier Leadership 3Com NBX Leadership
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1998-Entered market with AT&T

20 billion minutes carried for SP
Market leader in softswitch
Open, standard protocols
VoIP networks worldwide
China Unicom is among the
largest in geography (over
320 cities)
Reliable in heavy use:
AT&T is among the top 3 in
minutes of Use (over 13m
minutes per day)

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1998-1st to market with IP-PBX

Over 14,500 system deployments
Over 400,000 phones shipped
Operates on 3Com & 3rd-party
LAN/WAN infrastructure
Available in over 60 countries
40+ industry awards and growing
#1 or #2 IP-PBX systems share in
every quarter since category
inception

July 03, Slide 56

GK

DIR/PROV AS/BSS

3Com
SoftSwitch

TC1000
LEC

TC1000

IP
Backbone

Tandem
Switch

Calling
Party

LEC
Called
Party

Tandem
Switch

Local Network

Tandem
Switch

Tandem
Network

Local Network

Transport Network
July 03, Slide 57

ACCT DIR/PROV

PROXY

generation d

SIP

SIP

SIP

SIP

ENTERPRISE
GATEWAY

IP
Backbone

SS7 - GWY

10/100

SS7 - GWY

10/100

CW4007

SS7 - STP

CW4007

TC1000
Network/Local/International
Gateway

A-LINKS

IMT
T-I

CHICAGO

A-LINKS

SS7 - STP

IMT
T-I

HOUSTON

PRI/T-I
PRI/T-I

DMS100
Class 5

DMS100
DMS 250

DMS 250

Class 3

Class 3

DMS100

DMS100

Class 5

Class 5

Class 5

July 03, Slide 58

NBX Networked Telephony

PSTN

WAN
WAN

NBX 100 Communications System

PSTN

SuperStack 3 NBX
Networked Telephony Solution

July 03, Slide 59

3Com
Enterprise
SoftSwitch
A R C H I T E C T U R E
ACCT/BILLING
Back-End Servers

DIRECTORY/PROV
Back-End Servers

Application Creation
Back-End Servers

SoftSwitch

Call Control
& Signaling
Layer

FRAMEWORK
SIP Proxy

SIP Proxy

VOIP
PABX

Application
Creation
Layer

Management

Analog

Media
Access Layer

T1/E1/PRI

Media Access Gateways

July 03, Slide 60

Solues 3Com Telefonia IP

PABX em REDE
3Com NBX 100

At 200 portas de Voz

Pequenas e Mdias Empresas

Escritrios Remotos

3Com SuperStack 3 NBX

250 a 1500 portas de Voz

Mdias e Grandes Empresas

Multi-Site

July 03, Slide 61

Soluao Softswitch 3Com - VCX

Server Platform - Sun Fire V100

(supports up to 1500 calls)

Sun Fire V240 (supports up to

10,000 calls)

Sun Fire V880 (supports up to

50,000 calls)

July 03, Slide 62

VCX Gateways Corpotativos

Analog Media Gateway (supports fax,
modem, analog phones, analog trunks to
PSTN) - 2, 4, 8, & 24-port
Digital Media Gateway (T1/E1/PRI
connection to PBX or to PSTN) - 1,2,4,8,
and 16 span.
Supports QSIG basic call, ANSI NI-2,
ETSI Euro ISDN,CAS, and others.
PBX Media Gateway (station line
connection to legacy PBXs provides
VoIP integration) - 8 ports
July 03, Slide 63

VCX User Devices

IP Phones - NBX with dual loader code

3rd Party Phones - as needed

3Com Network Jack - Emergency Services

(auto-location), Security

July 03, Slide 64

VoIP Table Stakes

(Supported by 3Com)
9 Transport and Trunking

9 Conference Calling

9 Call Forward

9 Hunt & Trunk Groups

9 Call Block

9 Least Cost Routing

9 Caller ID

9 Web Based Provisioning

9 VPN Numbering Plans

9 Toll Free

9 Call/Station Restriction

9 911/411 routing

9 Call Transfer

9 CDR Extraction & Billing

9 Call Hold

9 Authentication/Rating

9 Call Waiting

9 Security

9 Call Park/Pickup

9 Music on Hold
July 03, Slide 65

Why 3Com?

Extensive Applications
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3Coms powerful, proven suite of IP applications

Easily managed centrally
Deliver individualized, job requirement-based
deployment throughout the enterprise
Improving productivity:
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Voice Mail
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Unified Messaging
User Mobility
Personalized Call Treatment
Find Me/Follow Me Services

July 03, Slide 66

Why 3Com?

Resiliency
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VCX technology delivers five-nines availability

Over 20 billion minutes served!
Customers include AT&T, one of the worlds most
demanding and highest volume SPs
Had a phone call recently with anyone in Florida, Texas,
Colorado or Pennsylvania? Had a mobile call with anyone
in Bejing or Shanghai? Youve probably experienced
reliable 3Com IP telephony.

Reliability is a key 3Com commitment

NBX Rated excellent latency and voice quality metrics in
2003 by Miercom

3Coms complete end-to-end high availability and

security solutions to suit every business need

July 03, Slide 67