To provide services such as roaming notifications, bill shock prevention and data bundles, Sandvine has released its latest Service Delivery Engine (SDE) platform version with new Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) functionality. This platform will help to roll out these revenue-generating services faster.
Sandvine’s SDE is LTE standards-compliant, conforming to 3GPP Release 11, and offers an open architecture that closes the gap between the control and data planes. Sandvine’s SDE is a fully-compliant PCRF product. It can work in conjunction with Sandvine’s Policy Traffic Switch (PTS) to provide a unified platform for network policy control in fixed, mobile and converged operator networks, or alternatively the SDE interfaces with third-party Policy and Charging Enforcement Functions (PCEFs).
Don Bowman, CTO, Sandvine, said, As mobile networks migrate from 3G to LTE, the need for universal service plans that bridge these technologies are critical. Sandvine’s latest SDE release builds on our existing foundation in the control plane and opens the doors for future developments in Software-Defined Networking.
SDM 7.0 features include 3GPP Release 11 standards compliance and extensive interface support for consistent network-wide policy control in any IP environment. It helps to lower the operational costs and ensures a future-proof deployment in an access technology.
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