Look at the application of soft exchange technology in the Next Generation Network

The Softswitch technology is quite common, So I studied the application of soft exchange technology in the next generation of networks. Here I will share with you, hoping to be useful to you. As the core technology of the Next Generation Network, Softswitch has become one of the most important topics in the telecom field, whether it is telecom operators, equipment manufacturers, or business developers dedicated to this field, they all hope to use Softswitch technology to promote and develop the telecom service industry, consolidate their own market position, and obtain direct economic benefits.

Taking the actual status of China's telecom industry as the basic point, we analyze the rational positioning of Softswitch technology based on the characteristics of market needs. From the perspective of business support and user coverage, provides some ideas for the construction of SoftSwitch.

Support all applications

The concept of the Open Architecture of Softswitch technology has been widely recognized by the industry. telecom operators hope to use this system to promote new businesses more flexibly and quickly at a lower cost, to achieve fast network deployment and flexible coverage. Equipment manufacturers are aiming at the broad market prospect of the Next Generation Network. The introduced Softswitch systems fully reflect their interpretation of this future-oriented open architecture.

With the support of the ideal IP bearer network, the complete softswitch system will be able to support all traditional telecom services. At the same time, it uses an open architecture and rich and flexible IP network application resources, new services can be supplemented continuously. Multimedia services and new services of various non-traditional telecom services will play a key role in promoting the development of the new user market. However, due to the mature and stable traditional services, the stable network operating income can be ensured, this part of business capability has become the basic requirement for most operators when considering the construction of Softswitch networks, the key to successful construction of a softswitch system is how to provide more services to a wider user group.

There are different opinions in the industry regarding the inheritance and support of traditional services. The operator's consensus is that traditional services are mature and stable. If the softswitch system can support a complete traditional telecom service, the system provides complete inheritance capabilities and protection for all traditional users. At the same time, the provision of new services also ensures the absorption of new access users by Softswitch, and ensures the core competitiveness of the entire network through service diversity and the penetration of new and old services to users' success.

Today's Softswitch technology can cover all potential users at the network level. They are "potential user groups", and different consumption concepts, regional distribution, and interests among potential user groups, as well as the existence of various uncertainties such as different business needs, it means that there is no single "killer application", so the focus should be adjusted to the softswitch system that provides the business.

The ideal softswitch system should not only provide specific services, but also have flexible organization methods in terms of business support, and be quite independent and open. It can quickly create new businesses based on actual conditions and market needs, and quickly invest in the market. The key idea is to establish a Softswitch service network dedicated to various services, independent of the call control layer of softswitch, and create a support platform through open services to centrally support various specific business application systems, its functional flexibility and business scope can be fully guaranteed, resulting in a wide range of resource guarantees and a short development cycle, which can provide operators with a broader market operation space.

Telecom Network

With the maturity of Java, Parlay and other technologies and the gradual formation of the business developer market, the factors that constrain the development of business content are only the imagination and creativity of business needs, and a set of scientific business creation modes between operators, business developers, and equipment suppliers. Looking at the development trend of the next generation network, the network structure of the whole IP address will ultimately govern the entire telecom industry, and the Softswitch technology will also overwrite users.

When using the Softswitch technology to cover IP network users, you must also consider another issue, that is, how to ensure that data users and voice users in the same IP network can obtain the required IP network resources without interfering with each other, this problem involves the design of the user access network and user management and business control. Due to the diversity of user environments and available technologies, the construction of the entire Softswitch Network is relatively complex, the current IP network technology can provide a variety of solutions.

As the core technology of the Next Generation Network, the softswitch network undoubtedly lays a solid foundation for the construction of the Next Generation Telecom Network for operators, but it also poses severe challenges to operators. The construction of the softswitch network should strictly follow the Next Generation Network NGN) definition of its architecture, especially for the uncompleted parts of the standard, such as interface protocols ), careful selection should be made to ensure the openness of the entire system.