Seminar “NGN Vision & Reality”

May 18 -19, 2006, Bled, Slovenia.

The SINTESIO prepared a unique two day seminar NGN vision and Reality with outstanding speakers. More than 90 participants and experts from Slovenia, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Bosina and Hercegovina and Greece representing NGN equipment vendors, fixed and mobile operators, and research institutions, government bodies and universities attended the seminar. The participants evaluated the seminar as extremly valuable in terms of scope, technical content and the quality of the presentations presented with the top experts.[dt_divider style=”double-gap”/]
 

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I wanted to thank SINTESIO colleagues very much for the privilege of participating in the first SINTESIO seminar on NGN Interoperability in Bled last week. Your event organization and kind hospitality were superlative, and my first impressions of Slovenia and the interoperability programs was very positive – and hopefully will serve as a starting point for a much longer journey in 2006/7.

Leo Nikkari, Executive Director, MobileIgnite

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The NGN Vision and Reality seminar brought together professionals from across the NGN value chain (standardization bodies, NGN equipment vendors, network operators/service providers, system integrators, and research and development institutions). The goal of the seminar was to illuminate the area of next generation networks, its standardization, implementation and deployment options from different points of view backed up with real life experiences.

The seminar covered the transformation of the traditional business and network architecture model from multiple vertical networks (single service networks for fixed, mobile, WLAN, internet communications) towards a single multi-services horizontal network model.

Special emphasis was given to the development and use of NGN open standards and specifications where presenters will review current state-of-the-art of the NGN standardization, with the emphasis on ETSI TISPAN NGN Release 1 and ITU-T SG11 standards, and will outline the standardization roadmap to future releases.

Different presenters were share their experiences and visions from the standardization bodies, operators, vendors and research institutions’ points of view.

The panel session Interoperability and Testability in NGN held to review the main interoperability challenges and testing criteria in NGN networks. Panelists were presented approaches to functional, conformance, interoperability and performance testing. Experiences gained from MSF interoperability testing events, the Technopark NGN project, and the SINTESIO NGN interoperability test event running in parallel with the seminar will be reviewed and discussed.

SIP-I interoperability test

Bled, 15-19 May, 2006, Slovenia

 

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SINTESIO Testlab hosted the 1st NGN Interoperability event PSTN/ISDN Emulation Services Scenarios under endorsement of ETSI (European Telecommunication Standardization Institute) and supervision of TISPAN technical body.

The scope of the interoperability event was preparation and execution of network integration tests (NIT) for the following NGN migration scenarios:

  1. NGN Emulation scenario, by means of SIP-I based PES (PSTN/ISDN Emulation Subsystem) with either Softswitch or Core IMS implementations:
    • Partial PSTN/ISDN replacement of the transit exchanges with Softswitches/IMS platforms;
    • Whole PSTN/ISDN replacement of the local and transit exchanges with access gateways and Softswitch/IMS platforms.
  2. Interworking between NGN Core and PSTN/ISDN Legacy network:
    • Interworking SIP/ISUP Profile A and B according to draft ATS test specification ETSI DTS 6014-4
    • Interworking SIP/ISUP Profile B according to draft TSS/TP test specification ETSI TS 6012-2 (the extent of the test will depend on availability of ETS implementation of the draft standards)

The aim of the event was preparation and execution of well structured end-to-end network integration tests based on ETSI TISPAN draft reports with the objectives to:

  • test the interoperability of different vendor’s implementations at the functional level and to evaluate the coherence of draft standards;
  • test interworking between ISUP/BICC and SIP Profiles A, B and C;
  • test Quality and Performance in a real multi-operator environment;
  • generate technical report with the Implementation guides for deployment of NGN scenarios, that will be tested end-to-end.

The interoperability event participants were:

  • Softswitch/Core IMS equipment vendors,
  • network operators and service providers,
  • system integrators

who validated the current state of implementations agains the ETSI TISPAN NGN Release 1 standards. The interoperability event gave participants the opportunity to evaluate NGN solutions and products, its interoperability with the solutions of world leading players. With the SINTESIO testlab connections to public ISDN/PSTN network and to Internet and the network configurations with remote NGN domain, it was possible to test and validate real network behavior such as Performance, Quality and Security issues.

 

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT – SIP-I interoperability test

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT

 

NGN Testlab SINTESIO

is preliminary announcing the 1st NGN interoperability event

PSTN/ISDN Emulation Services Scenarios

under endorsement of
European Telecommunication Standardization Institute (ETSI)
and supervision of
TISPAN technical body

which will held in

SINTESIO NGN testlab, Bled, Slovenia
May 15 – 19, 2006

Call for participation is now open!

Technical Framework

NGN aims to meet the needs of network operators and vendors alike in developing specifications for a feature-rich NGN that supports key capabilities necessary to enable a wide range of multimedia services. Capabilities in support of legacy PSTN/ISDN services (PSTN/ISDN emulation/simulation) and appropriate interconnections to other networks are supported in ETSI TISPAN Release 1. The NGN will support a gradual migration for the support of both legacy equipment and the PSTN/ISDN service set. Key scenarios of this feature are:

— PSTN/ISDN Replacement (in whole or in part)

— Support for legacy terminal equipment connected directly and indirectly to NGN.

The PSTN/ISDN service set and call servers are not re-defined by NGN. It is assumed that a PSTN/ISDN call server will provide an ISUP or other PSTN call model, and will provide signalling transport and interworking. The full PSTN/ISDN service set is only applicable to certain terminal types, i.e. legacy terminals or user equipment behaving like legacy terminals, and some of the interworking and replacement scenarios required to be supported.

Scope and Objectives

The scope of the interoperability event is to prepare and execute a network integration tests (NIT) for the following NGN migration scenarios:

  1. NGN Emulation scenario, by means of SIP-I based PES (PSTN/ISDN Emulation Subsystem) with either Softswitch or Core IMS implementations:
    1. Partial PSTN/ISDN replacement of the transit exchanges with Softswitches/IMS platforms;
    2. Whole PSTN/ISDN replacement of the local and transit exchanges with access gateways and Softswitch/IMS platforms.
  2. Interworking between NGN Core and PSTN/ISDN Legacy network:
    1. Interworking SIP/ISUP Profile A and B according to draft ATS test specification ETSI DTS 6014-4
    2. Interworking SIP/ISUP Profile B according to draft TSS/TP test specification ETSI TS 6012-2 (the extent of the test will depend on availability of ETS implementation of the draft standards)

The aim of the event is to prepare and execute well structured end-to-end network integration tests based on ETSI TISPAN draft reports with the objectives to:

— test the interoperability of different vendor’s implementations at the functional level and to evaluate the coherence of draft standards;

— test interworking between ISUP/BICC and SIP Profiles A, B and C;

— test Quality and Performance in a real multi-operator environment;

— generate technical report with the Implementation guides for deployment of NGN scenarios, that will be tested end-to-end.

Target Audience

The interoperability event is intended for those:

— Softswitch/Core IMS equipment vendors,

— network operators and service providers,

— system integrators

who want to validate the current state of implementations agains the ETSI TISPAN NGN Release 1 standards. The interoperability event will give participants the opportunity to evaluate NGN solutions and products, its interoperability with the solutions of world leading players. With the SINTESIO testlab connections to public ISDN/PSTN network and to Internet and the network configurations with remote NGN domain, it will be possible to test and validate real network behavior such as Performance, Quality and Security issues.

Prerequisits:

Equipments (call servers, trunk gateways, access or residential gateways) which will constitute part of the IUT, must support PSTN/ISDN call model and optionally SIP (profile A or B) call model, ISUP/SIP interworking, and SIP-I (SIP profile C) as NNI interface. Bearer control protocol is not in the scope of the test event, therefore it is strongly recommended that participating vendors provide both, call servers and gateways as elements constituting Type 3 GWs.

Participation fees:

1700€ per company; up to 3 participants. Participation fee covers:

— cost of a booth configuration

— coffee brakes for each day

— lunch for each day

DEADLINES & DATES

Registration is open at ETSI Plugtest. Companies wishes to register for the event can registers here.