ABC SBC
What Is It for?
With the ABC session border controller (SBC) VoIP service providers and enterprises deploy a scalable session border controller (SBC) that was designed to run on top of high end hardware as well as appliances and virtual machines. Thereby, the ABC SBC enables VoIP providers to gradually scale up their infrastructure and covers the needs of enterprises of all sizes.
The ABC session border controller not only offers secure session border control, signaling mediation and call routing but also advanced media server applications. This makes the ABC SBC the perfect tool for addressing the rapidly changing business and network requirements of VoIP and NGN service providers.
In Short, the ABC SBC Provides:
Manage multiple SBCs from a central location
Enable announcements and transcoding directly on the SBC
Support recording using SIPREC
Reduce the load on your network by using Registration offloading
Limit the number of calls, bandwidth & codecs used to prevent fraud & denial of service
SNMP alarms and status information
High availability using active/hot standby mode
Use the ABC SBC as a VoIP load balancer
MS-Teams Direct Routing
Deploy on
off-the-shelf
hardware or VM
Up to 5000 simultaneous calls on off-the-shelf
hardware
ABC Platform
A Scalable Session Border Controller
Central Management
The Cluster Configuration Manager (CCM) provides the administrator with an intuitive interface for
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Managing the life cycle of the SBC configuration duration: Define, load and modify
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Manage multiple SBC from a central location
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Backup and restore the configuration of an SBC
Media Applications
The ABC SBC provides a built-in programmable and open media server platform for supporting announcements and real-time web applications.
Announcements
Transcoding
Recording
Generate announcements directly on the border of the network instead of using a dedicated announcement server.
Enable software based transcoding with support of G711u/a, G726, GSM, iLBC, L16, G722, Speex.
Record SIP calls and save the recorded content either to a dedicated recording server using SIPREC or on local disk.
Border Security
Secure the Border of your VoIP network using:
Rate Limiting
Limit the number of parallel calls and call attempts as well as the bandwidth used by the media streams.
Content Control
Filter the content of incoming SIP messages and drop messages that contain suspicious content.
Topology Hiding
Hide all information related to the VoIP internal structure such as IP addresses of media servers or SIP registrars.
Media Control
Reject media packets that do not conform to the type that was signaled in the session establishment.
Registration Offload
In order to reduce the number of registrations that have to be processed at the operator’s registrar, the ABC SBC caches successful registrations. The registration information at the operator’s registrar will be refreshed by the ABC SBC at much lower rates than the subscribers refresh attempts. This reduces the load on the operator’s infrastructure and protects it from misbehaving subscribers or malicious users that try to attack the network by sending large numbers of registration messages.
Direct Routing for MS Teams
Microsoft Teams Direct Routing enables Teams customers to connect to local PSTN or SIP trunk providers using a certified SBC. Direct Routing enables Teams customers to be flexible with respect to their voice infrastructure, allows them to deploy a bring-your-own-carrier/BYOC solution, and sets the stage for coexistence of existing and voice and UC systems.
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ABC SBCs support Direct Routing for individual teams enterprise clients as well as different scenarios of multi-tenancy (hosted service provider model). In both cases, ABC SBCs can be deployed as on-premise applications or a virtualized instance
Open Interfaces
The ABC SBC offers RESTfull interfaces that enable a smooth integration with application service platforms. Over its open interfaces a provider can control different features such as:
Routing
Offload complex and customized routing logic to an external environment.
Authentication
Authenticate and register users already on the border of the network.
Announcements
Control which announcement should be played when.
SIP Session Control and Manipulation
The ABC SBC acts as a SIP Back2Back UA (B2BUA) that enables the operator to control the access to its network and provides the following features:
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Topology hiding
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NAT traversal
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Add, remove and modify SIP headers
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Manipulate SIP bodies
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Distribute VoIP calls with round robin or priority based load balancing
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Route traffic using routing policies, routing tables or external application servers