[Update 71: Sandvine <-> RooX] PCRF - DPI Compatibility Matrix

Sandvine marketing informed me that they have completed an IOT with RooX' PCRF.

My DPI-PCRF matrix has been updated.

PCRF Manages VoLTE QoS: RooX Announces Interoperability ALU

 

RooX (covered - here) announced recently that its PCRF product ".. passed interoperability tests (IOT) with IMS hardware from Alcatel Lucent. Yota Lab performed interoperability tests of complex VoLTE solution based on IMS including transport network LTE from Huawei, IMS from Alcatel Lucent and PCRF from RooX. The tests were aimed to check the functioning of quality of service (QoS) complex control in VoLTE system. As a part of IOT, Yota Lab specialists initiated voice call between two IMS clients. RooX PCRF module was responsible for assigning dedicated stream with guaranteed QoS level in LTE transport network by online request initiated by IMS application server (P-CSCF) via standard Rx protocol".

See "RooX PCRF successfully passed IOT with IMS Alcatel-Lucent" - here.

Certainly a new domain for PCRF control, where QoE expectations are the highest, and QoS polices must be in place to meet these expectations.

See also "Alcatel-Lucent IMS- and 4G LTE-based network supports over-the-air VoLTE demonstration using pre-commercial smartphones" - here.

The slides below are taken from an ALU presentation, by Maria Palamara - "VoLTE for Public Safety Broadband Networks" - here.

[Update22 - Roox] PCRF - DPI Compatibility Matrix

    

I am adding today the youngest vendor in this space - Roox. Based in St.Petersburg, Russia and founded in 2009, the company offers a "Smart Traffic Management" solution (here) including a PCRF product:

"RooX PCRF is a centralized policy decision point in the network of a service provider. It enables flexible configuration and control of QoS parameters of the provided services, optimizes network resources usage and provides information for charging the services according to the provided level of QoS. RooX PCRF allows making policy decisions based on the following parameters:

• Subscriber device (Mobile, iPad, TV, PC),
• Subscriber application and protocol (Skype, P2P),
• Content type (Video, MP3),
• Time and date,
• Accumulated usage (per day, week, month),
• Network parameters (e.g. congestion level),
• Subscriber location (home, roaming, specific cell),
• Subscriber profile and enabled services"

There is no indication as for the supported DPI devices.

PCRF Vendor	PCRF Product	Allot	Arbor	Cisco	Procera	Sandvine
Alcatel-Lucent	5780 Dynamic Services Controller (DSC)
Aradial Technologies	Aradial Mobile/APC	●		●
BandWD	BwDRC - Dynamic Resource Control	●		●		●
Bridgewater Systems	Policy Controller/PCRF	●	●	●		●
Broadhop	Quantum Policy Server	●	●	●
Comability	ComAbility neXus			●
Comptel	Comptel Policy Control™			●	●
Cisco (Starent)	Policy and Charging Control
Digital Route	MediationZone Policy Control
EliteCore – NetVertex	Netvertex (PCRF)
Ericsson	Service-Aware Policy Controller (SAPC)
Flash Networks	POLICY MANAGER
FTS	Leap™Policy Control	●		●		●
HP	HP Subscriber, Network and Application Policy	●
Huawei	Open Control & Charging Gateway	●
Kabira (Tibco software)	Policy Server			●
Mobixell (724)	X-treme Framework Platform (XF)	●		●
Nokia Siemens Networks	PCS 5000	●		●		●
Openet	FusionWorks™ Policy Manager			●		●
Orga Systems	Next Generation Control Point
Redknee	Policy Manager PCRF)			●		●
Roox	Smart Traffic Management
Tekelec (Camiant)	Multimedia Policy Engine	●	●	●	●	●
Telcordia	Telcordia Bandwidth Manager
Volubill	CONTROL-IT Policy Manager
ZTE	ZXUN RCP	●