Oracle has launched a new release of the Oracle Communications Core Session Manager in a bid to assist telecom service providers to address network function virtualization (NFV) technology related issues.

The main benefits of the new upgraded release include immediate entry point for NFV efforts, benefits of NFV including increased service agility and improved network resource sharing, said Oracle.

Additionally, TSPs can reduce equipment costs and simplify new service creation by relying on Oracle Communications Core Session Manager to virtualize and consolidate their network infrastructures.

Oracle says the new release supports the roll out of network services, including VoLTE and RCS, via enhanced core session control functionality — such as IMS roaming and interworking — to register subscribers for new services; coordinate signaling between applications, subscriber databases and policy servers; as well as route signaling between network access and edge elements.

In addition, telecoms can benefit as it scales from one to many data centers, addressing the needs of both small and large TSPs.

It enables support for multiple subscriber database and authentication options including Open Standard for Authorization (OAuth) and the 3GPP-based IMS Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA) for IMS, pre-IMS and OTT-based network topologies to help maximize network flexibility.

Moreover, it improves interoperability with SIP-based infrastructure elements in IMS and non-IMS environments such as application servers, media servers, media gateways, session border controllers (SBCs) and other call session control functions.

TelecomLead News Team