Live Demonstration Conducted with Spirent(R) Communications' Landslide, the
Industry's Highest-Performance Wireless Infrastructure Test Platform
BOSTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Reef Point Systems
(http://www.reefpoint.com), the security solutions technology leader for
fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) networks, announced today that it is
demonstrating industry-leading VoIP/multimedia security performance at the
Fall VON 2006 in Boston, MA, September 12-14, Booth #1648.
The demonstration of Reef Point's iQ8000 and iQ4000 Security Gateways,
deployed as IP Multimedia Subsystem Security (IMS) Gateways to provide
protection for IMS voice and video calls, was demonstrated using Spirent
Communications' Landslide Fixed-Mobile Convergence network tester. The
fundamental security gateway features in the demonstration included dynamic
stateful-session bandwidth, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) aware
security and encrypted tunnels for media transfer.
The demonstration showed industry leading IMS performance performed on
a single chassis supporting 50,000 mobile users with secure connections
from their mobile phones and through the access network to the IMS core
network, including protection for the SIP protocol and associated Real-time
Transport Protocol (RTP) media.
Designed with next-generation networks (e.g., NGN, IMS, UMA, etc.) in
mind - and scalable to 500,000 simultaneous users - the Reef Point Security
Gateway enables carriers to provision innovative converged services at the
edge of their networks at wire speed. It does this while preserving the
personalized, high-touch feel of legacy wireline services for subscribers
while balancing service providers' need for reasonable operating expenses
(OPEX).
The Reef Point Security Gateway demonstration adheres to the industry
standard 3GPP IMS architecture for next-generation service provider FMC
networks. This demonstration utilizes Reef Point's MicroFlow Quality of
Service (QoS) technology to ensure each subscriber has dynamically enforced
policies to manage bandwidth and provides user privacy and service provider
network core protection. The Security Gateway's innovative Transparent
Architecture separates SIP control and media functions to ensure high
scalability and high performance. The architecture's unique packet
processing pipeline, featuring custom processors and field programmable
gate arrays for each security function, ensures that performance is
deterministic without degradation even as more service features are enabled
and as more subscribers access the network.
Spirent's Landslide 2700 IMS Security Test Option provides both
equipment vendors and service providers the ability to emulate millions of
mobile subscribers securely accessing a Security Gateway and real or
emulated IMS network. The Landslide 2700 complies with 3GPP/3GPP2 IMS
Security Framework standards for testing the security gateway, the P-CSCF,
as well as the entire IMS infrastructure in an end-to-end configuration.
The Landslide 2700 is scaleable, with up to 32 test servers, with each test
server able to set up 100 IPSec tunnels per second and up to 100,000
tunnels, for a total of 3.2 million tunnels on a fully configured system.
The demonstration illustrates how service providers can
cost-effectively use a single, scalable Reef Point Security Gateway to
offer FMC service to massive numbers of subscribers with a secure
connection that is protected from eavesdropping, service availability
attacks and malware.
Use of the Spirent Landslide test platform illustrates how service
providers can cost-effectively test their IMS security performance
capability and call load to ensure it will meet the architectural
requirements of their IMS environment.
"Carriers are now rolling out fixed-mobile convergence services that
require vendors to develop solutions with the unprecedented security,
performance and scaling capabilities that enable these new services," said
Cam Cullen, Vice President of Product Management at Reef Point Systems.
"Reef Point employs a rigorous test program to validate deployment
readiness and to demonstrate to service providers that solutions available
today can scale to meet their future needs. Reef Point is pleased to
partner with Spirent as a key vendor in our validation program and to
demonstrate the industry-leading performance of our Security Gateways."
"Spirent is proud to lead the test industry with products that both
carriers and their equipment vendors can use to validate fixed-mobile
solutions," said Bahaa Moukadam, vice president next-generation networks,
Spirent Communications. "It is difficult to achieve but imperative that the
capabilities of the test equipment stay ahead of the capabilities of the
networking equipment. Reef Point Systems provides Spirent a unique
opportunity to demonstrate the high-level performance of Landslide."
About Spirent Communications
Spirent Communications (http://www.spirentcom.com) is a global provider of
integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems that enable
the development and deployment of next-generation networking technology
such as Internet Telephony, broadband services, 3G wireless, global
navigation satellite systems, and network security equipment. Spirent's
solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers in 30 countries, including
the world's largest equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises
and governments. Based in Rockville, Maryland, Spirent Communications
reported 2005 revenue of $403.3 million and has 1,700 employees worldwide.
The company is the largest business group of Spirent plc, traded on the
London and New York Stock Exchanges (LSE: SPT; NYSE: SPM; CUSIP number:
84856M209). http://www.spirent.com. Spirent Communications' sales to the United
States government are made through Spirent Federal Systems.
http://www.spirentfederal.com.
About Reef Point Systems
Reef Point Systems (http://www.reefpoint.com) is a privately held company that
has pioneered the carrier-class Security Gateway, an industry leading
solution that uniquely delivers the extreme security required by
fixed-mobile convergence networks.
The Reef Point gateway's complete security feature portfolio and
massive, carrier-class scalability enables service providers to safely and
reliably deploy multimedia services across converged mobile, fixed and
wireless networks. The solution Maximizes Service Reach, by delivering
services over any access technology; Ensures Service Availability by
protecting all levels of the FMC infrastructure (subscriber device, access
network, IP core and applications) and by enforcing quality of service; and
Protects Revenue Streams by defending against theft of service. Reef Point
Systems is located in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Reef Point Systems, Extreme Security for a Converged World, iQ8000,
iQ4000 and iQOS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Reef Point
Systems. Other company names, product names and company logos mentioned
herein are the trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective
owners.
Contact:
David Hayward Rebecca Boucher
Reef Point Systems Spirent Communications
+1-781-359-5025 +1-732-544-8700
dhayward@reefpoint.com rebecca.boucher@spirentcom.com
http://www.reefpoint.com http://www.spirentcom.com
Lisa Allocca Sailaja Tennati
Red Javelin Communications, Inc. Calysto Communications
+1-978-470-2227 +1-404-266-2060 X25
lisa@redjavelin.com stennati@calysto.com
http://www.redjavelin.com http://www.calysto.com
SOURCE Reef Point Systems
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http://www.spirentcom.com http://www.spirentfederal.com/
CONTACT:
David Hayward of Reef Point Systems,
+1-781-359-5025, or dhayward@reefpoint.com; or Rebecca Boucher of
Spirent Communications, +1-732-544-8700, or
rebecca.boucher@spirentcom.com; or Lisa Allocca of Red Javelin
Communications, Inc., +1-978-470-2227, or lisa@redjavelin.com; or
Sailaja Tennati of Calysto Communications, +1-404-266-2060 X25,
or stennati@calysto.com
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