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Interfaces used for MO-MT

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has defined various interfaces and protocols for mobile telecommunications networks. While ETSI primarily focuses on the standardization of telecommunications protocols and interfaces in general, it does not specify interfaces for specific stages of a…

BBU – Baseband Unit

The BBU (Baseband Unit) is a crucial component in a 5G (Fifth Generation) network, responsible for several critical functions that contribute to the network’s overall operation and efficiency. Its role in the 5G network call flow includes the following functionalities:…

RRU – Radio Remote Unit

In a 5G (Fifth Generation) wireless network, the Radio Remote Unit (RRU) plays a critical role in enabling high-speed, low-latency, and reliable wireless communication. Its elementary role and functionalities in a 5G network include: In summary, the elementary role of…

VoWifi topology

The ePDG has the following key features: Platform Requirements The ePDG service runs on a Cisco ASR 5000/ASR 5500 (DPC1/DPC2) chassis running the StarOS operating system and Virtualized Packet Core (VPC) platforms. The chassis can be configured with a variety…

OLT and ONT – what are their roles in GPON network

  Introduction to OLT (Optical Line Terminal) and ONT (Optical Network Terminal), ONU (Optical Network Unit) OLT (Optical Line Terminal) OLT and ONT? Lets start with OLT then. The main function of OLT is to control the information float across…

Enhanced Voice Services

    Spec Title 3GPP TS 26.441 „Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); General Overview“. 3GPP TS 26.442 „Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); ANSI C code (fixed-point)“. 3GPP TS 26.443(*) „Codec for Enhanced Voice Services (EVS); ANSI C code…

VMware HA setup and availability

vCenter Server can leverage all the solutions for high availability discussed in detail in attached document. The actual solutions used depend on customer requirements. Picture shows the various solutions, their features, and their cost and complexity ratings. The more solutions that…

Top 20 ESXi 5.x issues

Source: ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen mentioning E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx (2059053) Unable to delete the virtual machine snapshot due to locked files (2017072) Installing async drivers on ESXi 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5 (2005205) Collecting diagnostic…

OCCAS

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) have large investments in their legacy infrastructure – the same infrastructure that has failed to keep pace with service innovation in other domains, such as the Internet. Next generation networks hold the promise of meeting the…

Great blog about SIP

Andrew’s Session Border Controller Checklist SBC Resiliency Building a Resilient SIP Solution Does it meet your capacity requirements?  Does it scale via licenses, hardware, software, or all three?  How many active sessions can it support?  Does it distinguish between users, trunks, instant…