Starent Networks Successfully Participates in IMS Interoperability Testing at MSF GMI 2006 Event.TEWKSBURY, Mass. -- Starent Networks, Corp., a global market leader in mobile packet core solutions, today announced it successfully participated in the Global MultiService Forum's global multi-vendor interoperability IP Multimedia System (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ) event on October 16-27, 2006. Starent Networks tested an IMS network element called the Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF P-CSCF Proxy Call Session Control Function ) operating on its industry leading ST16 Intelligent Mobile Gateway platform. Branded as the Starent Session Control Manager (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ), this solution can simultaneously support an IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) Proxy/Registrar, a 3GPP/3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol 2-compliant P-CSCF, and a Policy Agent. The Global MSF MSF Manufacturing, Science, and Finance (Union) Interoperability (GMI GMI Governance Metrics International (New York, New York) GMI Giant Magneto-Impedance GMI Global MSF Interoperability GMI General Motors Institute GMI General Mills, Inc. ) 2006 was a two-week event hosted by five of the world's top carriers, including British Telecom, Korea Telecom (KT), NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , Verizon Communications, and Vodafone. The worldwide trials were designed to test the interoperability of 26 leading network equipment manufacturers with the IMS standards. "The GMI 2006 event provided Starent the opportunity to highlight our expertise in SIP and IMS technologies and successfully confirm compliance of our solution to the standards," said Ashraf Dahod, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Starent Networks. "In developing our Session Control Manager and through our involvement in the mobile standards organizations, we saw a clear need to integrate SIP and IMS control functionalities onto our robust, multi-access platform." Starent's Session Control Manager successfully participated in testing with key interfaces, protocols, and procedures defined in MSF Release 3 Architecture, as well as 3GPP/3GPP2 IMS. An extensive set of test cases covering single-domain, multi-domain, home, and visited "roaming" network scenarios were used. The system provided simultaneous interoperability with MSF R3 and IMS User Equipment supporting Voice over IP (VoIP) and video sessions. It also supported simultaneous multi-vendor and multi-domain interoperability and provided critical Quality of Service (QoS) policy control with bandwidth management. About GMI 2006 GMI 2006 will bring together dozens of carriers and vendors to test the interoperability of IMS-based infrastructure components in a real-world setting. Providing a test-bed for the full spectrum of hardware, processes and services needed to assemble an effective next-generation delivery platform, GMI 2006 is designed to validate MSF Release 3 Implementation Agreements covering a wide range of topics including roaming across multiple network types (including cellular and WiFi), QoS issues (including session border control and bandwidth management), and interoperability with 3GPP release 4. Five of the world's top carriers - BT, KT, NTT, Verizon and Vodafone and a world class test facility UNH-IOL UNH-IOL University of New Hampshire-interoperability Laboratory - will host the event to provide world-class networked test facilities spanning 3 continents. Comprising a massive 'real network' trial of the MSF IMS-compatible (IP Multimedia System) Release 3 architecture, this event is critically important to any carrier or vendor committed to building or implementing infrastructure elements compatible with IMS. About the MSF The MultiService Forum is a global association of service providers and system suppliers committed to developing and promoting open architecture, multiservice networks. Founded in 1998, the MSF is an open membership organization comprised of the world's leading telecommunications companies. The MSF's activities include developing Implementation Agreements, promoting worldwide compatibility and interoperability, and encouraging input to appropriate national and international standards bodies. For more information about the MSF and its members, visit the MSF web site at http://www.msforum.org. About Starent Networks Starent Networks, Corp. designs and develops next generation intelligent mobile infrastructure equipment for mobile broadband wireless networks. Starent Networks' solutions provide high-speed packet data, packet voice, and multimedia capabilities to mobile operators, facilitating the delivery of unique services and a rich user experience. Starent Networks has shipped products to customers worldwide and now has over 60 operator deployments. The company is processing over 30 patents on its innovative technologies. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass. with offices globally in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. Starent Networks was founded in August 2000. For more information, visit www.starentnetworks.com. Starent and ST16 are registered trademarks of Starent Networks. Corp. |
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