Sonus Networks, a provider of IP-based network offerings, has unveiled a new NBS-5200 Network Border Switch as the first product on its ConnexIP platform.
The company said that NBS-5200 is a new Session Border Control (SBC) offering with integrated transcoding and media interworking, with native support for IPv6 and IPSec encryption.
The ConnexIP platform is optimised for connecting, managing, and securing IP session based communications and is a foundation for the NxG of IP based products from Sonus.
According to Sonus Networks, the new NBS-5200 Network Border Switch combines full SBC functionality including media interworking, advanced routing and policy engine, and multi-access security gateway functionality all in one single second generation SBC product. It combines session and transcoding density in 2U form factor and has a hardware for packet inspection/manipulation.
In addition, the new offering has IPv6 and IPv6-IPv4 interworking support, and supports features like IPSec encryption, and TLS (transport layer security). It also embeds PSX policy and routing engine, and can also be deployed in a network where a centralised policy and routing engine already exist.
Guru Pai, chief operating officer at Sonus Networks, said: First generation SBC products on the market have forced inevitable trade-offs between features and performance upon customers.
By combining related functions that are often deployed as two or three separate products today into a single, scalable and easy to manage network element, we’ve defined the next frontier in session border control and created opportunities for significant operational savings for our customers.
