Oracle Communications Session Border Controller - Solution Engineer Presentation Nov2021

Oracle Communications Session Border
Controller
L2 Training (Partners)
CGBU
November, 2021
Program agenda
1 Session Border Controller Value to Service Providers
2 Deployment of Oracle SBCs
3 Oracle SBC Functional Overview
4 Oracle SBC Licensing and Ordering
5 Summary and Key Takeaways
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Oracle SBC - Highlights
Product category inventor Widely deployed 19 of the Top 20 CSPs Leverage Oracle R&D
in 2000
20 years of experience fueled Over 2,200 customers Deployed in the world’s most Significant R&D resources backed
by innovation demanding networks* by strong financials from a
worldwide*
leading cloud company
* Figures include SBC and related products based on SBC Contract BaseQ4FY2020
Oracle SBC – Enabler of Real Time Communications Solutions
Cloud Vo5G Converged Business Interconnect

Evolution IMS Services and Roaming
SIP interconnect,
Virtualization, VoLTE/ VoWiFi,
SIP Trunking, VoLTE roaming,
Orchestration, NSA, SA, RCS, Video, Chat,
Consumer VoIP, Hosted UC, IPX interconnect
Public Cloud VoNR for 5G Hosted CC,
Smart Assistants,
SMSoIP, LI Recording,
Simplified IMS
Virtualized enablement with Network visibility, monitoring, and Centralized and unified
intelligent orchestration troubleshooting management
Why SBCs?
Because of Barriers to Delivering IP-based Services
• IP networks are inherently insecure • Bandwidth must be controlled
• Heterogeneous IP addressing and user • QoS may be mission critical for session
identity schemes delivery
• Multiplicity of codecs • NAT and Firewalls may interfere with session

delivery
• Many session protocol variants
• Regulatory compliance is a fact of life
The Original Session Border Controller
Oracle (then Acme Packet) Invented the Product Category in 2000
• Pragmatically help VoIP service • Integrated (signaling & media) design

providers address wide-ranging issues
• Over time, a “Swiss Army Knife”
• Used both purpose-built and off-the-
• Vendor neutral
shelf hardware
• Multi-faceted and versatile
• Based on standards
• Industry-leading feature/functionality
Session Delivery for End-to-End IP Communications
Ensures consistent experience across all services, devices and networks
Service Provider Session Delivery Portfolio
▪ SIP Application Execution Converged Application WebRTC Session Network Monitoring &
Server Controller Management
▪ WebRTC integration
Operations
Monitor
▪ Core Session Management
Core Session Session
▪ IMS C/I CSCF, BGCF Manager Router
▪ Session Routing Fraud
Monitor
▪ Edge Session Management Session Border Subscriber-Aware Oracle Session Delivery

▪ IMS P/E-CSCF, ATCF, AGW, Controller Load Balancer Management Cloud
ATGW, I-BGF
▪ Security, Quality, Interworking
Program agenda
SBC Deployment Options
HW Appliance Virtual Cloud

AP3900
AP3950
AP4600
AP4900
AP6350
Product Software, Unified across all platforms

Service Provider SBC Deployments
Service Service
Access borders provider Interconnect
Borders
provider
• Objective: Get user traffic into the network Interconnect

SBCs
• Features: security, scale through clustering, high

availability, interoperability, encryption SBC SBC
Access Borders
Interconnect borders SBC
Access SBCs
SBC
• Objective: Connect to other SPs for call

completion, long distance, roaming, etc. E-SBC
Fixed &
Enterprise Internet
Mobile
• Features: security, call routing, interoperability,
SLA maintenance, IPX certification
Access SBCs (A-SBC) PSTN IP peer IP peer Cloud
Telephony
(MS Teams/
Zoom)
• Connect end users to services

SBC SBC SBC
• Services and applications

• Converged IMS (VoLTE/VoWiFi, RCS, etc.)
SBC
• Consumer and Business VoIP (range of

architectures, access networks)
SR
• SIP trunking & hosted business services (Microsoft
Teams, Centrex, UC&C, conferencing, recording,
etc.), transcoding
Access Border
• Business value SBC SBC
SBC
• Service build-out and expansion

• Service infrastructure consolidation
• Service infrastructure protection
Business Mobile Residential
Interconnect SBCs (I-SBC) PSTN Cloud/ IPX/ Cloud
IP peer wholesale Telephony
(MS Teams/
Zoom)
• TDM to SIP migration use case

SBC
•
SBC SBC
Connect services to other services
Interconnect Border
• Services and applications
• PSTN termination or origination
• Bilateral bill & keep peering SBC
• Wholesale hosted & cloud services

• RCS & multimedia service exchange CSM
SR
• Transcoding, centralized routing, topology hiding
• Business value
SBC SBC
• Support for new services and IMS/IP evolution

3G/4G/5G Fixed 2G/3G
• Elimination of TDM-related costs
• Acceleration of TTM and partner base
Past, present and the path forward
• SBC Certified for

Microsoft Teams • Expansion of Direct Routing
SBC Certified Direct Routing
MILESTONE 01 • Microsoft Operator Connect
• SBC on Azure • Closer collaboration, referral &
Marketplace co-sell with MSFT Sales,
Partners & Channels (SBC & SD-
WAN)
calls API 2017
2010 2015 2016 2018 2021
SBC Certified
• SBC Certified for
MILESTONE 02 Microsoft Azure
Communications
Services (ACS)
What is Microsoft Teams?
• “The hub for teamwork in Office 365”

• Collaboration and communication inside or
outside enterprise org by chat and online
meetings, video and voice conferencing,
collaborative file storage, etc.
• Emphasis on workplace collaboration
• Teams is included in ALL Office365 packages
• Integrates Office 365 applications
• Telephony integration with external PSTN/PLMN
is available via MS Calling Plans / Direct Routing /
Operator Connect
• 100% cloud based communications solution
• Microsoft’s fastest growing product ever
MS Teams – PSTN connectivity options
Phone System with Microsoft Direct Routing – Enterprise model Direct Routing – Carrier model Operator Connect
Calling Plans Single tenant direct routing model Multitenant direct routing model Operator-managed service for bringing
Microsoft manages customer’s Single tenant E-SBC connects Teams to a A service provider Teams SBC connects PSTN calling
telephony integration standard SIP trunk. PSTN directly to MS Teams. Each SBC
serves multiple tenants
Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365

Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams
Phone System Phone System Phone System Phone System
Teams Admin
Center
Enterprise SBC
Carrier Teams SBC Operator-

Existing carrier managed SBC
A-SBC
PSTN PSTN PSTN PSTN
Microsoft Teams Direct Routing: Carrier Model
• Microsoft and Oracle have a close partnership and Oracle SBC was one of the first SBCs to be certified for Direct Routing
Carrier and Enterprise model both for media bypass disabled and enabled
• Service providers can serve multiple tenants on a single SBC providing interconnection between tenants, PSTN/PLMN
services, end to end call quality management, and fulfil regulatory requirements (emergency calls, lawful intercept)
• CSPs deploying a MS Teams carrier SBC can provide added functionality and potential additional revenue streams with a SBC
that can be managed easily without impacting existing tenant connections or the rest of the network
Teams Operator Connect
Example Solution Architecture
• Aims to further enhance and

simplify voice communications
• New marketplace with most

major carriers
• Requires service providers to

have SBC certified for Direct
Routing
• Oracle SBCs support Operator

Connect
Program agenda
Oracle SBC Software and Hardware Options
SBCs are deployable in multiple combinations of software and hardware solutions
• Basic core features for SBC functionality

Software • Advanced features important for specific use cases and customer segments
Physical Network
Function • Multiple hardware platforms optimized for SBC functionality
Hardware
• Add on hardware provides additional hardware-based functionality that would be
(purpose built) too slow to offer in software
• The vSBC runs on the same code release stream as the pSBC providing feature
Virtualized Software continuity between physical and virtual deployments
Network Function
Virtualization Private and Public Cloud • The vSBC runs on data center oriented hardware in customer private and public
Hardware clouds (OCI, AWS, Azure)
Oracle’s Cloud Native Operational Principles
Externalized
System Immutability Automate Everything Disposability
Configuration
Logs as Constant Delegated Independent

Event Streams Telemetry Governance Lifecycles
Active Community Participation Innovate in Open Source Cloud Offering
Evolution from Virtualized to Cloud Native
Network Function Cloud

Virtualization Native
Cultural shift
Methodology Rapid delivery of software
Reduced validation timeframes
Waterfall Agile DevOps CI/CD
Decomposed
Monolithic Built for auto-scaling
Complex scaling
Static service selection
Software Service registry and discovery
State and logic separation
Microservices Service Communication Proxy
CSP NFV-I
Platform / CSP CNE
Infrastructure
Virtual machines Containers
Why Cloud Native for SBC?
Business Optimization
• Microservices architecture enables flexibility, agility, and reuse across various
platforms.
CAPEX and OPEX Reduction
• Service-based architecture allows integration with the public Cloud to handle
overload capacity, offer new services with less development, and take
advantage of other 3rd party services such as analytics, machine learning,
and artificial intelligence.
Service Agility
• Common services can be shared by all network functions deployed on the
Cloud-Native Environment (CNE). Use of common services ensures all
network functions provide telemetry in the same framework, further
simplifying correlation and troubleshooting.
Accelerated Innovation
• Significantly shorten the software delivery times, and enable full test
automation, and operations with DevOps and Continuous
Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
What is 5G?
10-100 times faster than

Speed current LTE networks
Practically imperceptible latency

(around 1 millisecond)
Latency
100 times the number of devices in a

given area compared to LTE
Density
99.999% network availability

Reliability
90% less network energy consumption

Efficiency Source: Oracle
Industry direction
5G 5G
EPC
NGC NGC
EPC N3 N2 N3 N2 N3
S1-U S1-C S1-U LTE 5G 5G

Radio NR NR
LTE X2 5G
Radio NR UE UE
5G
EPC NGC
UE
Option 4a, 5G NR assisted, NGC Option 2, 5G NR, NGC Connected
Connected (NSA) (SA)
Option 3x, LTE-Assisted, EPC Connected
(NSA) N3 N3
N2
LTE Xn 5G
Radio NR
UE
Option 7x, LTE-Assisted, NGC

Connected (NSA)
Vo5G
Customer expectations are that a 5G mobile phone should have all the capabilities a 4G mobile phone has plus
new 5G capabilities. This includes the capability to make regular operator voice calls
5G will continue to utilize 4G voice architecture and the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) to provide voice services.
• For 4G wireless access we have LTE networks, and its voice service VoLTE
• The 5G equivalent to LTE is NR, and its voice service equivalent is Voice over NR (VoNR)
End users will expect seamless service continuity when changing between 4G and 5G
• Depending on the deployment model voice will be handled differently in 5G
SBC will continue to be an important Network Function for VoNR in IMS core
What is STIR/SHAKEN?
Caller Line Identity theft and spoofing is rampant. This is a threat to public safety and consumer protection and
governments and operators under increasing pressure to resolve these issues.
Robo Calls and Caller Identification Spoofing is the #1 complaint to the:
• FCC and FTC
• CRTC in Canada
• OFCOM and the UK ICO
IETF & ATIS standards organizations have proposed a solution

Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR)
Secure Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN)
STIR and SHAKEN are the frameworks used to combat the rise of spoofed calls. Authentication and validation of
calling party data is handled by Secure Telephone Identity Authentication Service (STI-AS) and Verification Services
(STI-VS) using a Personal Assertion Token (PASSporT).
STIR/SHAKEN framework
6. The SIP Identity header is compared to the
SIP INVITE message, comparing the public
key to the SIP Identity header signature and
the chain of trust is verified.
6 Certificate
3. The carrier queries the STI-AS to create STI-AS STI-VS
a SIP Identity header containing: calling
Repository
& called number, timestamp,
attestation level and origination
identifier 3 5 5. The INVITE is forwarded to the STI-VS to
obtain the digital certificate of the
originating telephone service provider from
the certificate repository
1 Originating Terminating
Service Provider Service Provider
2 4 7
7. The terminating provider may take action
4. The INVITE is forwarded to the destination
1. A SIP INVITE is received by the originating before completing the call
service provider
2. The carrier determines an attestation value
based on the call source and calling number
*Service provider use case shown. Enterprise use cases are

currently under review.
STI server protocols
The Oracle SBC supports two methods to perform STI AS and VS

queries:
• SIP
• Available in all current releases
• Does not require a license
STI Server
• Method consumes 2 simultaneous SIP sessions for the active call and
the STI query
• REST API
• Available in release SCz8.4.0p2
• Enabled by a STIR/SHAKEN license
• HTTP/2 & HTTP 1.1 supported
• Does not consume 2 simultaneous SIP sessions per call
Key Feature: VoLTE/VoWiFi Feature Set
Why is this important? What Oracle SBC delivers?
• Mobile operators continue to migrate users • On the access side, SBC incorporates P-CSCF, E-
to VoLTE CSCF, ATCF, ATGW, and IMS-AGW functions, as
well as transcoding, IMS AKA, and Lawful
• 3GPP defined IMS network architecture is Interception features
required for their implementation • On the interconnect side, SBC includes IWF and
IBCF functions
• SBC being placed at the border must • Provides the scale and toolset necessary for
incorporate IMS functions delivering VoLTE and RCS services
• Has been tested and deployed with a number of
IMS core and application server vendors
Oracle SBCs Deployed in IMS Networks
• Access and service delivery functions

• Signaling: P-CSCF, E-CSCF, EATF, ATCF
• Media: IMS AGW, ATGW, C-BGF (TISPAN)
• Policy: SPDF (TISPAN)
• Interconnect & roaming functions

• Signaling: I-BCF, IWF
• Media: TrGW, I-BGF (TISPAN)
• Policy: SPDF (TISPAN)
• Interfaces
• SIP: Gm, Mw, Ic, Iw
• Diameter/COPS: Rf, Rq, e2, Gq, Rx
• H.248: Ia
Oracle SBC: Part of a Complete
VoLTE Solution BRM BRM
(CDF) (OCS)
Rf Ro
Part of Oracle Portfolio
JSR 309 Sh
HSS
Ecosystem Partner Product MRF TAS &
SCC-AS Cx CAP
LI (e)MSC SCP
Mw IM-SSF
(IN SCF)
x123 ISC
ISC
Gm SBC Mw CSM SBC IP Networks
(P-CSCF) (I/S-CSCF) (IBCF)
Mj/Mi
WiFi Rx Mj/Mi
DSR PM ENUM
MSG (DRA) (PCRF) MGCF
WLAN RAN
(ePDG)
Gx IM-MGw
UE S2b EAGLE
(NP & NP
LTE RAN SGW P-GW CS Networks IWF)
(PSTN)
S5/S8
Reference
Oracle SBC’s IMS Access/Interconnect Functions and Interfaces
Oracle SBC – Access

Functions Oracle SBC –
Interconnect
Functions
Rx X1, X2
PCRF LI LI Server
Gm Mw
P-CSCF I/S-CSCF Mx X1, X2
BGCF LI LI Server
Ml/e2 E-CSCF Mx
LRF/CLF ATCF I-BCF
I5 EATF Mx Ici
Mx I-CSCF IWF Peering N/W
I2
MSC ATCF I-BCF
Rq
A-RACF SPDF Rq
A-RACF SPDF
X3
LI Server LI
Mb Mb
A-BGF X3
LI Server LI
IMS-AGW MRFP Izi
Signaling TrGW Peering N/W
ATGW MSC-GW Signaling
Policy IBGF
Policy
Media
Media
Key Feature: Virtualization
• Operators favor “software-ization” of • Offered as a VNF and certified to run on a

network functions that can run on COTS number of COTS platforms on a variety of
platforms and reduce CapEx hypervisors and I/O drivers
• More than 5 years of experience with live
• Virtualized network functions (VNFs) deployments
promise to bring agility and automation into
• Optimizes media processing
the operator network
• Multiple transcoding options
• On-premises and public cloud support
Session Border Controller as a
Security
Virtual Network Function ✓ DoS, DDoS Protection
✓ IMS-AKA for VoLTE
✓ Per-subscriber rate limiting
✓ BW policing & media firewall
✓ TLS, IPSec and SRTP support
Interworking
✓ IPv4/IPv6
✓ RTP/SRTP
Transcoding
✓ Software based
VoLTE
✓ Seamless handover between
LTE and 2G/3G networks
Management
✓ Configured and managed
by OSDMC
✓ Native REST API for
custom configuration and KPI
monitoring
Session Border Controller as a Virtual Network Function
Scalability Flexibility
Leveraged Experience ▪ Thousands of sw transcoded sessions ▪ Flexible core assignment
▪ Leading vSBC from 2013 per server – optional pool ▪ Choice of I/O mode
▪ Same sw release for VNF & PNF transcoding
▪ KVM, VMWare
▪ Several VNF deployments ▪ Horizontally Scale to Millions of
Subscribers ▪ OCI, AWS, Azure
Manageability Rich Feature Content Security

▪ OSDMC & OCOM ▪ Covers +99% of the PNF features ▪ DDoS core assignment
▪ Onboarding automation ▪ Protected investment: HMR, SPL, ▪ Oracle security expertise
▪ Openstack, REST APIs, Heat DMR… ▪ Same security features as PNFs
templates ▪ Fully virtualized VoLTE solution ▪ Fraud protection with OCFM
Same software for PNF and VNF covering all CSP and enterprise use cases
Oracle SBC Makes Virtualization Transition Easier
• Don’t rip-and-replace Virtualized SBC’s (VNF) Purpose Built Virtualized SBC
instead cap-and-grow
• Offload CPU intensive SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC
functions to purpose-built
platforms
• Complete feature-set
equivalency between SBC
and SBC-VNF
or or
• Hybrid orchestration Acme Packet
manages physical and Pooled Transcoding Resource SLB SR SLB SR
virtualized resources
Deploying Virtual Oracle SBC on a Public Cloud
• Increasingly, Enterprises and Carriers are looking to deploy mission critical

functions on Public Clouds:
• Enables deployments in areas with no Private Cloud presence
• Facilitates capacity planning (Cloud resources can be requested instantly)
• Provides a path to complete data center outsourcing
• Oracle supports major public cloud provider environments today:
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Microsoft Azure
• Each public cloud environment has its own technical requirements…
Status of Key Milestones for SBC Public Cloud Support
STAND-ALONE & Supported Supported Supported *

HIGH AVAILABILITY (S-Cz8.3.0) (S-Cz8.3.0m1) (S-Cz8.3.0)
* Stand-alone mode only
Cloud Versatility
• Support for VMware, KVM hypervisors

• Improved performance using Intel DPDK libraries
• Expanded software transcoding portfolio
• Expanded NIC support
• Support for 3rd party clouds
• Support for REST Configuration and Performance Management
• Simplified "zero touch" instantiation and configuration using HEAT templates for the provisioning of
entitlements, licenses, and TLS certificates
Key Feature: Orchestration
• Operators are deploying service • OpenStack Heat Templates Support

orchestration solutions from a variety of
• Oracle SBC REST API for compatibility with VNF-
vendors
Managers for full lifecycle management
• Virtualized network functions (VNFs) must
interoperate with incumbent orchestration • REST API key component used in conjunction
solutions for Lifecycle Management (LCM) with Heat templates for automated “Day 0
instantiation” and turn-up
Session Delivery Automation & Orchestration Strategy
1. Achieve NFV level 3 orchestration for

advanced automated deployment (HOT,
OVF, Later – K8s)
2
2. Expose REST APIs for integration with
cloud configuration environment
▪ VNFM/NFVO 1
▪ Config/Mgmt ecosystem in K8s

environment
Example: Service Configuration
via Oracle SBC REST API
SBC REST API can be used by external
VNF LCM
management systems to perform service
configuration of the SBC application.
EM
Function
3rd Party VNFM • For use with 3rd party / customer provided
systems that allow custom configuration of
running SBC systems
REST • For a VNFM either working in tandem with a

separate Element Manager (EM) or performing
SBC the EM function itself for new or existing SBC
• Environmental File
Config-drive • HEAT template
Guest O/S • VNFM can monitor VNF KPIs and instruct EM to take
actions (or vice versa)
KVM
Host O/S • VNFM actions are part of its role to provide VNF
Server
VIM Lifecycle Management (LCM)
Key Feature: Security
• IP networks are susceptible to Denial of • Comprehensive NetSAFE© hardware and

Service (DoS), eavesdropping, and other software architecture
malicious attacks • Protection from DoS and DDoS attacks
• Topology hiding
• Critical network elements such as voice • Dynamic rate limiting
application servers must be protected • SIP Digest and IMS authentication and key
agreement mechanisms
• Only fully authenticated and authorized • IPsec, TLS, SRTP for encryption and privacy
users must be allowed to use the service • Protocol validation to combat fuzzing and other
types of malicious attack
• Fraud Protection
SBC security – core principles
• Allow only validated traffic

SBC
• Hide core infrastructure topology
• Protect core against DoS and

signaling overload attacks SR
• Limit registration traffic to

prevent device overload
• Protects upstream
service infrastructure
SBC SBC
X
SBC
• Call rate limiting and call gapping
• Media and signaling validation

to protect against service fraud
Net-SAFE™ security framework
Protect the SBC, protect the infrastructure, protect the service
Fraud prevention SBC DoS protection

Protection against malicious and
Prevent misuse and fraud, and
non-malicious DoS attacks and
protect against service theft
overloads
Service DoS prevention Access control

Dynamic, session-aware ACLs for
Prevent DoS from reaching
signaling and media with wire
service infrastructure
rate packet filtering.
Privacy and confidentiality Topology hiding

Protect against reconnaissance
Accelerated encryption with L2
scans and targeted attacks
and L3 VPN separation
Security monitoring & reporting
• Monitors for security breaches
• Elements, users, activity
• Access control + DoS filters, counters, etc. recorded and viewable
• Notifies operations personnel of attacks and overloads
• SNMP traps generated for attacks, authorization failures, overload events
• Creates and maintains audit trails
• Packet capture of raw packets for analysis
• RTP media QoS measurements monitored + recorded
• Call detail records created and exported via RADIUS
• Security logging
• Secures management access
• Separate, external management interface with SSH, SFTP, HTTPS ACLs
• OSDMC – Single-pane-of-glass for management and monitoring
• Network Monitoring
• SBC provides integration with OCOM for network monitoring including
encrypted signaling and media flows
• Syslog can be integrated with third party tools for security incident
management
Key Feature: Interoperability
• Several different protocols are used for call • Transport level interworking: IPv6-IPv4, TLS-TCP, TCP-
signaling and address resolution, for example, SIP, UDP, TLS-UDP, SRTP-RTP, etc.
SIP-T, SIP-I, etc. • Dial plan interworking
• Different vendors implement the same protocol • Signaling interworking: SIP Header Manipulation Rules
differently (HMR) and Diameter Manipulation Rules (DMR)
• Codecs used for media may be different between operate on signaling messages on the fly; SIP → SIP,
different services, e.g., AMR in VoLTE vs. G.711 for SIP → SIP-I, Prack <-> No Prack, etc.
landline phones • Programmability: Session Plugin Language (SPL)
• Interworking between IPv4-IPv6 transport may be provides scripting for modifying default processing
required • Media interworking: transcoding between variety of
codecs
Oracle SBC Programmability Accelerates Solutions to Unique Challenges
SIP Header Manipulation (HMR) and Session Plugin Language (SPL)
New features Reduced software Accelerated Customized Investment

without upgrades testing cycle deployment solutions Protection
Operational benefits Strategic benefits
Leadership in Transcoding, Codec Management
Endpoint “Explosion” Underscores Importance G.729A G.711 G.723.1
• Highly scalable, modular design

G.729B G.728 G.726
• Broadest range of supported codecs –
wireline, wireless, narrowband, broadband
• Powerful transcoding policy design EVRC-B iLBC G.722
• Highly efficient DSP resource

reservation and utilization GSM-FR EVRC AMR-WB
• Enhanced features
• Fax and DTMF interworking
OPUS SILK AMR-NB
• Bandwidth optimization
• QoS reporting on transcoded sessions
• Transcoding on IPv6-IPv4 interworking Others…
Transcoding Methods
The SBC supports a variety of transcoding methods depending on the transcoding needs of the CSP
• Hardware
• Purpose built hardware SBCs can contain hardware DSPs and TCUs within the chassis to support the
transcoding needs of the SBC
• Software
• Virtualized SBCs can contain software based transcoding cores as part of the SBC VNF
• Pooled Transcoding
• Pooled transcoding enables customers to use their transcoding resources efficiently by enabling pools of
transcoding services that can be shared by multiple SBCs.
Key Feature: Performance & Scalability
• Making emerging IP services such as VoLTE available • Ability to cluster to increase capacity
to subscribers requires that the service be able to • A single IP address using an IP front end – using the
handle millions of simultaneous connections Subscriber-Aware Load Balancer in access and the Session
• Single platforms are not able to services so many Router in peering
users and hence several discrete functional elements • Handle up to millions of subscribers in a single cluster
need to be strung together as one • Mix and match different types of platforms in a single
• Create a cluster of SBCs capable to scale in-out would cluster
require a single IP front end • Grow and shrink the cluster dynamically by being able to
add and remove single elements without affecting
subscribers
SBC SBC SBC
Clustering Scales A-SBC to Reduce Cost, Simplify Operation,
Maximize Availability
• High capacity access SBC cluster enabled through Data Center

Subscriber-Aware Load Balancer (OCSLB)
Service Core
• Millions of subscribers per cluster
• Co-located or geographically distributed deployments Aggregation or Services Border
• Multi-service solution SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC SBC
• No restrictions on cluster composition (mix and match SBC

Cluster
SBC
Cluster
SBC platforms) SLB SLB
• Graceful cluster member addition and removal

• All SBC functions are preserved through OCSLB
Mobile access Residential access Enterprise BYOD
Key Feature: Interconnect & Roaming
• Interconnecting with other operators is important to • Incorporates all features important in connecting to other
be able to complete calls to subscribers in their networks including interoperability and least-cost routing,
networks QoS based routing, trunk group routing, multistage
routing, etc
• Roaming agreements are essential for your • Fully compliant with GSMA IPX proxy interconnect model
subscribers to be served by other operators and vice- • Implements 3GPP interconnect functions including BGCF
versa and IBCF
• Supports S8HR and LBO-HR VoLTE roaming models
Versatile Session Routing Delivers Cost Savings
While Paving the Way to All-IP
• Multiple routing modes

• Compatibility with external routing
databases as ENUM or high capacity LRT
• Extensive routing policies SBC
SBC
SBC SBC
• Powerful route provisioning

• IMS BGCF-compliance SBC
SBC
• Security at interconnect borders

SBC SBC
• Extension of service footprint

• CDR generation for billing
Oracle SBC MSRP Support
The SBC provides a NAT solution and topology hiding

for MSRP sessions between two end points. A SBC B
• The SBC is RFC 6135 compliant
MSRP SEND MSRP SEND
• Uses the COMEDIA mechanism in order to create
the MSRP transport connection (Success/Failure-Report=yes) (Success/Failure-Report=yes)
• Allows UAs behind NATs to negotiate which

MSRP 200OK MSRP 200OK
endpoint initiates the establishment of the TCP
connection to traverse the NAT
• Supports transparent handling of MSRP REPORT
between endpoints MSRP REPORT MSRP REPORT
• By passing the MSRP packets in a transaction

stateless manner the SBC is able to provide higher Provides NAT
capacity & topology hiding
Key Feature: Compliance
• CSPs have to fulfill strict government regulations such • Specific capabilities to configure local policies to allow
as emergency calling and for law enforcement unregistered UEs to make emergency calls
purposes
• Advanced and real-time location gathering and reporting
capability
• Emergency calling includes allowing unregistered UEs
to call, determining UE geographic location, and • Ability to enter warrant information from law
sending to nearest PSAP enforcement agencies, collect call-data and call-content,
and report back
• LI requirements include being able to take action on
calls made to or from certain numbers • Search for calls using various methods including IMSI &
IMEI device values
Regulatory Compliance
SBC
• Assure emergency session

prioritization at border (E-CSCF)
SR
• Enforce priority call handling

requirements at border
• Ensure emergency service calls success SBC SBC SBC
• Capture lawful
intercept traffic at border
• Reduce core traffic by capturing
intercept call at border
Key Feature: Monitoring and Management
Enhanced through specialized applications
• Proper monitoring and management is crucial to • Point of demarcation between access, interconnect and
rapidly troubleshoot and ensure correct and network core
adequate performance • Acts as a collection point for SIP and Diameter messages
• Gathers media metadata and measures quality indicators
• Collecting operating data to gauge usage helps in such as MOS and R-factor
spotting trends, offering new services, retain • Feeds raw messages to upstream applications – such as
customers, and improve experience Oracle Communications Operations Monitor
• Configured and managed by Oracle Session Delivery
Management Cloud
• Native REST API for service configuration and KPI
monitoring
Manageability and Support
• Defined access border demarcation point SBC
• Defines user to network and

network to network borders
SR
• Enables session validation at each border point
• Reduced number of devices
• Leverages distributed border to efficiently scale core
SBC SBC SBC
• Reduces core port count by normalizing

protocols at border
• Simplified troubleshooting
• Simplifies troubleshooting by creating
defined segments
• Enables protocols to be normalized within the core
Specialized applications for Oracle SBC management and monitoring
Session Delivery Management Cloud (OSDMC) Operations Monitor (OCOM)
• Provides a single pane of glass view across the Oracle • Multi-vendor end-to-end real-time monitoring tool
Communications Session Delivery product portfolio • Collects packets from network using OCSBC/SR/CSM/ECB
• FCAPS support for Oracle Communications Session Delivery embedded probes or standalone probes
products • Analyzes and stores call signaling information and media quality
• Offers an intuitive framework for creating customized KPIs and data
dashboard views • Provides device independent GUI for deep visibility into call
• Streamlines network functions upgrade using automated work progression through network
order framework • REST APIs for higher level dashboards or reporting applications
• Provides centralized local routing tables administration
Session delivery management and monitoring
On-premises SaaS
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Standalone
probe
Standalone
probe
Fixed & Fixed &

Enterprise Internet Enterprise Internet
Mobile Mobile
Tenant 1 Tenant 2 Tenant 3 Tenant n Tenant 1 Tenant 2 Tenant 3 Tenant n
Key Feature: Availability
• Reliability of telephony service is paramount and a • Can be deployed in pairs with one active and the other in
major design consideration standby mode
• The pair is fully synchronized with each other for
• Dropping calls leads to negative customer experience configuration and call states
and results in churn • Automatic failover in case of any failure preserving
registrations and active sessions
• Redundant power supplies can be fed from independent
sources
• Rich suite of SNMP based traps for notification of various
operating anomalies
Oracle SBC High Availability (HA)
Signaling, media and configuration-stateful failover

for non-stop service
• Configured HA pairs create active/standby systems

• “Checkpoint” overall system health plus
signaling/media/config state
• Constant, bi-directional during operation
• Standby node assumes active role
upon failure
• Power redundancy
• Distinct feeds into redundant supplies
• 1+1 protection with active load sharing
Key Feature: Policy and QoS
• Policy lookup and enforcement is an important part • Complete set of Diameter interfaces Rq, Rx, Gq, and e2 for
of providing appropriate service level to individual external policy servers
subscribers • Determines the services provided to individual subscribers
and its level (allowable video bandwidth, for example)
• Policy provides differentiated service offerings and is • For fix access, it uses these interfaces for Resource and
an important part of network monetization Admissions Control Functions (RACF) and Connectivity
Location Function (CLF)
• In VoLTE scenarios, PCRF is the key to provide QoS • For mobile access it works with PCRF to provision
with its interaction with its Gx interface with PGW requisite bandwidth and QCI for signaling and media
• SBC will act as the enforcement element for the provided
policies
QoS and SLA Assurance
• Assure core resources before admitting session

• Ensure border/core resource and SBC
bandwidth availability
• Leverage internal and external policy capabilities
• Codec re-ordering capability SR
• Enforce service levels

• Define QoS marking and mapping at border
• Prioritize traffic as it enters SBC SBC SBC
• Report actual session quality for SLA/admission control

use
• Maximize scalability/availability
• Balance traffic across multiple upstream resources
• Provide geo-redundancy by avoiding out of service
devices
Key Feature: CDRs & Accounting
• Call Detail Records (CDRs) provide valuable • Generates information rich CDRs
information about the session – for billing, QoS
• Includes byte and packet counts for media sessions for
reporting, fault isolation, etc.
reconciliation with peers
• A record of call flow for later reconciliation • Allows both internal and external storage of CDRs including
standard interfaces such as RADIUS & TACACS
• Flexible content addition capability allows insertion of

service specific data for non-call services such as IM, file
transfer, etc.
• Includes QoS information that is critical for SLA reporting
Key Feature: Platform Breadth
• Choice of platforms is important because one size • Ability to run on the complete Acme Packet purpose-built
does not fit all platform portfolio designed to maximize performance
• Acme Packet platforms provide choices in network

• Having a consistent set of features on platforms
interfaces and DSP modules for a custom solution
provides the extra flexibility in deployment
• Supported on COTS virtualized platforms with VMware
• Support for a variety of hypervisors and I/O drivers is
and KVM hypervisors and with a number of drivers to fit
necessary for different needs
different performance and deployment characteristics
Key Feature: Platforms, Scalability, Capacity, & Performance
Acme Packet Acme Packet Acme Packet Acme Packet Acme Packet Virtualized
General 3900 3950 4600 4900 6350 SBC
• Form factor 1RU 1RU 1RU 1RU 3RU Platform-dependent
• SMP purpose-built design Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
• Power supplies Redundant AC or DC Redundant AC or DC Redundant AC or DC Redundant AC or DC Redundant AC or DC Platform-dependent
Capacity, performance, throughput
• Max. Media Sessions 8,000 10,000 32,000 40,000 160,000 60,000*
• Encryption Low-Mid volume Low-Mid volume Mid-High volume Mid-High volume High Volume Mid volume
• Transcoding Mid volume Mid volume Mid volume Mid volume High Volume Low-Mid volume**
• Max. local route table entries 1 million 1 million 2 million 2 million 20 million 2 million*
4 x 10/100/1000 4 x 10/100/1000 4 x 10/100/1000
4 x copper/optical
• Network I/O (Ethernet) Mb/sec Mb/sec Mb/sec 4 x 10 Gb/sec Platform-dependent
1Gb/sec
2 x 10 Gb/sec 2 x 10 Gb/sec 2 x 10 Gb/sec
• Max. VoLTE Subscribers (IMS-
NA NA 250,000 NA 750,000 400,000*
AKA with TCP)
• Max. MSRP Sessions 2,000 5,000 16,000 20,000 80,000 12,000*
*VM configuration dependent

**Software transcoding;
Industry-leading Scale at Access and Interconnect Borders
• High-capacity, hardware-accelerated transcoding – required for VoLTE, fixed-mobile

interconnect, HD VoIP and other applications
• High-capacity, hardware-accelerated encryption – required for VoLTE, SIP Trunking and other
applications
• Multiple 10Gbps I/O – required for

next-generation bandwidth-hungry apps
• Integrated system simplifies, reduces cost
• Consistent software base eases transition,

reduces opex
Program agenda
Multiple Licensing Models: ISO, Network Wide, & Single Server
License attribute ISO Licensing Single Server Perpetual Network Wide Perpetual
Server/System locked? Yes No No
Can be used with HW platforms? Yes Yes Yes
Can be used with VNF? No Yes Yes
Poolable? No No Yes
Single Server Concurrent Network Wide
Metric 50 Concurrent Sessions
Session Concurrent Session
Minimum Orderable Quantity (MOQ) 1 50 50
System lifetime System lifetime Network lifetime
Usage measurement
high-water mark high-water mark high-water mark
Maintenance rate 5% 8% 8%
Pay after you grow? No No No
Program agenda
Oracle SBC – Unequaled Functional Depth and Breadth
Interoperability Configurations Mediation
Interworking Multi-protocol SLA assurance
Virtualization Security High availability
Regulatory Recording Management
Product Vision and Investment
Sets Oracle Communications Apart
• SBC development has spawned several leading

products:
• Virtualized SBC
• Subscriber-Aware Load Balancer
• Session Router
• Core Session Manager
• Complete portfolio of signaling products builds

upon session delivery leadership
• Integration with Oracle CGBU adds key
components – platforms, applications (DSR,
PCRF), OSS/BSS and others
Key Takeaways – Oracle SBCs
✓ Leverage an integrated architecture that combines leading software and hardware

function/features
✓ Are the cornerstone network infrastructure element used globally in IP real-time
communications services
✓ Are part of Oracle’s comprehensive portfolio designed to help CSPs attain revenue and cost
goals for future gen services
✓ Provides the delivery vehicle for CSP adoption of a fully virtualized, intelligently orchestrated
network
✓ Provides foundation for future services such as Vo5G
For More Information 1/2
▪ Product Documentation:
http://docs.oracle.com/en/industries/communicati
ons/session-border-controller/index.html
▪ On the Web:
www.oracle.com/industries/communications/prod
ucts/session-border-controller/
▪ Contact Us:
oraclecommunications_ww@oracle.com
For More Information 2/2 (OPN Partners)
Register and book opportunities via Oracle

Partner Store (OPS):
• Register Opportunities in OPS
• Register Your Oracle Account for OPS Access
• Partner Assistance Portal
Further Enablement info:
• OPN Learning Center for Learning Paths and badges
• Implementation boot camps available and planned
• Track and apply for Expertise on Expertise
Dashboard
• communications-enablement_ww@oracle.com for
Enablement questions
Further generic info at OPN PartnerHelp Portal or
contact your Channel Manager
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Oracle Communications Session Border

1 Session Border Controller Value to Service Providers

2 Deployment of Oracle SBCs

3 Oracle SBC Functional Overview

4 Oracle SBC Licensing and Ordering

5 Summary and Key Takeaways

Cloud Vo5G Converged Business Interconnect

Because of Barriers to Delivering IP-based Services

• IP networks are inherently insecure • Bandwidth must be controlled

• Multiplicity of codecs • NAT and Firewalls may interfere with session

Oracle (then Acme Packet) Invented the Product Category in 2000

• Pragmatically help VoIP service • Integrated (signaling & media) design

Ensures consistent experience across all services, devices and networks

▪ Edge Session Management Session Border Subscriber-Aware Oracle Session Delivery

1 Session Border Controller Value to Service Providers

2 Deployment of Oracle SBCs

3 Oracle SBC Functional Overview

4 Oracle SBC Licensing and Ordering

5 Summary and Key Takeaways

HW Appliance Virtual Cloud

Product Software, Unified across all platforms

• Objective: Get user traffic into the network Interconnect

• Features: security, scale through clustering, high

• Objective: Connect to other SPs for call

• Connect end users to services

• Services and applications

• Consumer and Business VoIP (range of

• Service build-out and expansion

• TDM to SIP migration use case

• Wholesale hosted & cloud services

• Transcoding, centralized routing, topology hiding

• Support for new services and IMS/IP evolution

• SBC Certified for

calls API 2017

2010 2015 2016 2018 2021

• “The hub for teamwork in Office 365”

Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365

Phone System Phone System Phone System Phone System

Carrier Teams SBC Operator-

PSTN PSTN PSTN PSTN

• Aims to further enhance and

• New marketplace with most

• Requires service providers to

• Oracle SBCs support Operator

1 Session Border Controller Value to Service Providers

2 Deployment of Oracle SBCs

3 Oracle SBC Functional Overview

4 Oracle SBC Licensing and Ordering

5 Summary and Key Takeaways

SBCs are deployable in multiple combinations of software and hardware solutions

• Basic core features for SBC functionality

Logs as Constant Delegated Independent

Active Community Participation Innovate in Open Source Cloud Offering

Network Function Cloud

10-100 times faster than

Practically imperceptible latency

100 times the number of devices in a

99.999% network availability

90% less network energy consumption

S1-U S1-C S1-U LTE 5G 5G

Option 7x, LTE-Assisted, NGC

• Depending on the deployment model voice will be handled differently in 5G

IETF & ATIS standards organizations have proposed a solution

*Service provider use case shown. Enterprise use cases are