[Update3] PCRF - DPI Compatibility Matrix

    

This time I am updating the table with information received from Redknee for their Policy Manager (PCRF).

Note that compatibility with Cisco may include one or more of Cisco's DPI solutions - SCE, CSG or Starent (ASR 5000) - all with some level of DPI.

Also, due to demand of MNOs to implement standards-based solutions, I am trying to isolate and present only "PCRF-DPI" solutions which are based on 3GPP standards (Gx, Gy, Gz and Gr). However, it might not be the case for all interoperability statements presented in the table, and it is very likely that some of the integration efforts were/are based on proprietary interfaces between the policy-server and DPI. See also "DPI + Policy Control = True" (by Jon Lindén, Vice President of Global Marketing, Procera Networks - here).

Related post -  "DPI Deployments (9): Orange France Selects Openet and Cisco for Parental Control and Tethering Prevention" - here.

PCRF Vendor	PCRF Product	Allot	Arbor	Cisco	Procera	Sandvine
724 (Mobixell)	X-treme Framework Platform (XF)	●		●
Bridgewater	Policy Controller/PCRF		●	●		●
Broadhop	Service Management Engine
Camiant	Multimedia Policy Engine	●	●	●	●	●
Comptel	Comptel Policy Control™			●	●
Ericsson	Service-Aware Charging and Control (SACC)
Flash Networks	POLICY MANAGER
FTS	Leap™ Policy Control	●				●
HP	HP Policy and Charging(IUM)	●
Huawei	Open Control & Charging Gateway (OCG)	●
Kabira (Tibco software)	Policy Server			●
Openet	FusionWorks™ Policy Manager			●		●
Redknee	Policy Manager (PCRF)			●		●
Starent (Cisco)	Policy and Charging Control
Telcordia	Telcordia® Real-Time Policy
Volubill	CONTROL-IT Policy Manager
ZTE	ZXUN RCP	●