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The New Mobile Network

The rise of the smartphone is having a dramatic impact on mobile operator networks and business models. It is causing a major increase in data traffic, putting an enormous strain on mobile networks operators as they are asked to carry far more data traffic than ever before. That is accelerating the move toward all-IP end-to-end mobile networks, and impacting mobile operator business models because the revenue generated from data services is rapidly being decoupled from the traffic volume that users generate.

While the rise of the smartphone clearly represents a number of major challenges for operators, it also represents all sorts of new opportunities. Profits from IP applications can be enormous as users come to depend on their smartphones for everything from email, to mobile banking, web surfing, corporate directories, weather reports, and a thousand other things. However, not all IP networks are created equal and the traditional networks and business models are inadequate for the smartphone era.

Juniper is focusing its efforts on helping operators to profit from the smartphone revolution. Our solutions include security applications for smartphones, RAN backhaul, Wi-Fi offload, mobile packet core, IP edge and backbone, all the way to the data center.

IP is rapidly becoming a cornerstone technology in the mobile industry, on a par with RF, and Juniper networks has the best-in-class IP technology and expertise to help operators navigate this transformation.

MobileNext Open Mobile Core

MobileNext is Juniper's solution for 2G/3G and LTE mobile packet cores, it is a suite of packet core software for the mobile Internet and includes the MobileNext Broadband Gateway, the MobileNext Control Gateway, and the MobileNext Policy Manager. The MobileNext Broadband Gateway provides the S/P Gateway + GGSN + IP Services function; the MobileNext Control Gateway provides the MME + SGSN function; and the MobileNext Policy Manager provides the Policy and Charging Rules Function.

A key part of Juniper's focus with MobileNext is to architect a mobile packet core specifically for the smartphone revolution that is open, secure, and scalable.

• MobileNext is open because it uses the Junos SDK to accelerate service creation and service velocity in the mobile core.
• MobileNext is scalable because it addresses the need to dramatically scale both the user planes and the control planes for the rapidly growing smartphone traffic.
• MobileNext is secure because most smartphone traffic is headed for the Internet, making securing the mobile core a priority.

MobileNext from Juniper will enable operators to not just meet the needs of the smartphone revolution, but find new ways to accelerate the revenue potential for IP services.

Figure 1: MobileNext from Juniper Networks

MobileNext Secure Business Services

The MobileNext Open Mobile Core works in concert with Junos Pulse and Juniper SRX Series Services Gateways to enable operators to deliver a converged, managed remote access VPN service. MobileNext delivers a very strong set of business centric services such as APN scalability, APN management, and a strong MPLS VPN implementation to support APN to MPLS mapping. Junos Pulse SSL VPNs can be managed via SA Series SSL VPN Virtual Appliance in the mobile operator's data center. This converged approach will allow the operator to offer secure remote access for any mobile device (APN-based or SSL-based) and any mobile application.

Service Delivery Gateway

The rapid acceleration in data services is also putting a strain on the networks that connect the mobile packet core to the end network (Internet, Service Complex, or Corporate Intranet). A wide variety of services are provided in these Gi networks including carrier grade NAT, Firewall, MPLS VPN, IPsec VPN, border gateway routing, server load balancing, video optimization, etc. The traditional approach to building these networks has been to use a long chain of point products. The Service Delivery Gateway from Juniper Networks consolidates most of these functions onto a single MX-3D Universal Edge Router. The result is a highly flexible, scalable, resilient, and cost effective solution to the challenges in Gi networking. Savings from Gi network consolidation can easily exceed 30%.

Mobile Video Optimization

One of the most in demand features to mobile service providers is video optimization. The Juniper Mobile Video Optimization solution makes use of the Service Delivery Gateway, Media Flow caching technology, and Openwave Video Optimization technology. Openwave uses the Junos Open SDK to rapidly port traffic steering software to the SDG. This software can select traffic that will benefit from the optimization process and steer it toward that complex. All other traffic is sent on to the mobile device. Video Optimization technology can greatly improve the efficiency of the very expensive Radio Access Networks while at the same time improving the user experience.

Enhanced Traffic Direct

Juniper has built on the Traffic Direct solution that was announced at MWC 2010. In addition to being able to steer Internet traffic around the mobile operator’s service complex, Internet traffic can also be redirected away from a legacy GGSN which often does not have the processing power to handle all the data traffic headed its way.

Mobile Backhaul

With the growth in high-bandwidth data services requiring upgrades to mobile backhaul networks, operators today are increasingly challenged with legacy backhaul architectures that are expensive, inflexible, inefficient and limited in scale.

Juniper Networks is addressing these challenges with the EX Series, MX3D Series, and the BX 7000 Multi-Access Gateway M Series Circuit Emulation Physical Interface Cards. This solution introduces comprehensive network management capabilities through JunosSpace and JUNOScope, and provides the capability for zero-touch deployments which is critical in the backhaul network.

Welcome to the New Mobile Network and welcome to Juniper Networks.