nexGen Software Framework for VAS Applications

Major communications service providers see Value Added Services (VAS) as key parts of their goals to improve both revenues and bottom line. The onus is therefore on Independent Service Providers (ISVs) and Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) to develop and deliver mobile applications which are differentiated, carrier-grade, and can help improve customer experience, loyalty, and operator revenue.

nexGen is a proprietary software-based signaling platform which simplifies VAS product development by shielding application developers from the technical details of the underlying telecommunications network. nexGen is hardware agnostic, and provides an intuitive and easy-to-use abstraction interface over complex telecom protocols such as SS7 or SIGTRAN. It can also be used to build applications for 2G, 3G, and CDMA networks.

Aricent’s nexGen was chosen by a tier-1 European TEM to power its high capacity monitoring/charging node to support 2000 SCCP UDT messages/second and 1000 simultaneous SCCP associations. nexGen’s ease of integration and strong SIGTRAN capabilities ensured the delivery of a high-quality system in record time.

nexGen Software Framework

Capabilities

Simplified Development, Configuration and Management

Pre-integrated GUI-based configurator to simplify configuration and management, and a comprehensive set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to simplify development.

Wide Range of Application Layer Protocols

Supports for multiple application layer protocols such as MAP, CAP, IS41-MAP, INAP and ISUP.

Seamless Interface for SIGTRAN and SS7

Consistent APIs ensure that the same TCAP or MAP application can interface over both TDM SS7 and IP-based SIGTRAN networks.

Unmatched Scalability and Capacity

Support for up to 64 nodes in a cluster, along with support for up to 1024 destination point codes, 128 self point codes, 4096 route sets, 256 linksets and 2048 links.

Multi-network Interoperability

Multiple network variants (ITU/ANSI/Chinese) supported on a single node and multiple logical networks including ITU TCAP over ANSI SCCP, ANSI TCAP over ITU SCCP and ANSI TCAP over Chinese SCCP.

Platform Independence

Agnostic of platform in use, nexGen has been successfully demonstrated on hardware such as ADAX, Interphase, and NAT Europe.

Simultaneous High-Speed link (HSL) and Low-Speed Link (LSL)

Both HSL and LSL links supported simultaneously in a single nexGen instance.