Blueslice Networks, a multi-profile subscriber management solutions provider, announced today that it will introduce the world’s first fully-integrated 3GPP HLR, IMS, HSS, and WiMAX AAA server on its Converged Subscriber Platform (CSP) 3000™.
The CSP 3000™, which already provides support for 2G and 3G networks, will now act as a WiMAX Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server as well. It meets the WiMAX Forum Network Working Group (NWG) specifications and is compatible with both Fixed (802.16d) and Mobile (802.16e) WiMAX services. Users of existing AAA 3000 deployments will be able to upgrade their software to receive WiMAX support.
The CSP 3000™ will be able to coexist with the Next Generation Home Location Register (ngHLR) 3000™, Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 3000™, and SIP-AS 3000™ front-ends–other Blueslice subscriber data management products–on the same hardware platform, creating one back-end subscriber database. This way, operators can reduce costs and complexity by managing all subscriptions of a given subscriber in a unified fashion.
“Many WiMAX operators are in the process of deploying IMS, while also looking for GSM/HSPA partnerships as a fallback outside of WiMAX coverage,” said Frederic Bastien, Vice President of Products at Blueslice Networks. “With the siloed architecture of traditional AAA/HSS vendors, they must deploy three separate network databases. With the CSP 3000™, they are aware in real-time of the authentication and mobility context of their subscribers, across WiMAX, IMS, and 3GPP access networks.”
Blueslice Networks provides multi-profile subscriber management solutions to the Mobile, VoIP, FMC, and M2M markets. The company is currently working with several WiMAX access and core network vendors to deliver a fully integrated end-to-end solution for operators who want to complement their WiMAX operations wth an IMS service layer and infrastructure-based MVNO operations.
