nSignia eSTP is a turnkey IP-SS7 hybrid network element based upon proven STP capabilities and concepts derived from the world of routers, gateways, and firewalls. By placing nSignia eSTP at the edges of current networks, service providers create opportunities for new capabilities and new technologies by incrementally extending existing networks and business models. Current services can be optimized for greater performance, and problems associated with change can be mitigated before they affect the core network. Providers can create all-IP islands with remarkable cost and performance benefits or eventually even replace their core SS7 network with an IP-based signaling network – one surrounded by islands of SS7 where cost or operational considerations dictate.
nSignia eSTP bridges today's telecom networks with next
generation networks, bringing advanced features to the edge that maximize
service revenue while lowering network OPEX and CAPEX
What nSignia eSTP Does
nSignia eSTP can make advanced routing decisions as packets cross between networks or network segments based upon information not available in a traditional STP. It can differentiate services, optimize traffic flow, enable new hybrid services, control access, hide information, and more. Most important, nSignia eSTP can reduce costs and limit risk as networks evolve.
How nSignia eSTP Works
nSignia eSTP provides signaling packet routing between SS7 sub-networks, packet conversion between IP (IETF Sigtran) and SS7 as needed, selective packet filtering, content based packet steering, dynamic load distribution, congestion and overload management, packet screening, and more.
How nSignia eSTP Provides Security
Intrinsic to its role, nSignia eSTP provides security for the networks that it joins. Address translation, much like the Internet NAT function, as well as traffic screening and blocking of undesirable network elements, are also included.
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