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Steel-Belted Radius Carrier 8.3.0 Performance, Planning, and Tuning Guide
- Copyright and Trademark Information
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About This Guide
- Performance, Planning, and Tuning
  - Overview of Performance, Planning, and Tuning of Steel-Belted Radius Carrier
    - Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Overview
    - Document Organization
    - Performance Theory
      - Performance Theory: Threads
        Thread Models
        Thread Priority
        Locking Threads to a Processor
      - Performance Theory on Contention
        Managing Contention
      - CPU Utilization
        Case 1: More CPU versus More GHz per CPU
        Case 2: Virtual CPU versus Physical Cores
      - Performance Theory on Memory Data Structures
  - Understanding Performance Metrics
    - Metrics and Definitions
    - Components of a Sample Use Case
    - Average Peak Rates
    - Spike Rates at Peak
    - Utilities to Measure the Performance of an Existing System
  - Performance Planning
    - Understanding SBRC Call Models
    - Understanding the Memory Utilization Levels
      - Memory Utilization on Standalone
      - Memory Utilization on SSR Cluster
    - Understanding the CPU Requirements
      - Standalone or Front-End Applications
      - Back Ends
    - Retries
    - Load Balancing on RADIUS Front-End Applications and Downstream Proxy Devices
    - Handling Downstream Latency and Traffic Spikes
  - Understanding the SBRC Network Architecture
  - Debugging Performance and Functionality Problems
    - Determining the Effective Performance and Peak Capacity
    - Calculating Performance Scaling on an Existing System
    - Debugging Performance Issues
    - Notes on Debugging Performance Issues
  - Special Topics in Performance
  - SBRC System-of-Systems Performance Reference

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Related Documentation

Table 3 lists and describes the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier documentation set.

Table 3: Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Documentation

Document	Description
Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Installation Guide	Describes how to install the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier software on the server and the Web GUI application on a client workstation.
Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Administration and Configuration Guide	Describes how to configure and operate the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier and its separately licensed modules.
Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Reference Guide	Describes the settings and valid values of the Steel-Belted Radius Carrier configuration files.
Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Release Notes	Contains the latest information about features, changes, known problems, and resolved problems.
Steel-Belted Radius Carrier Performance, Planning, and Tuning Guide (This guide)	Provides tips, use cases, and tools you need to: Improve SBRC performance through planning, analysis, and configuration Increase SBRC throughput and reliability Analyze specific use cases, in the lab or in the production environment, to identify areas of potential performance enhancement and to limit the impact of resource constraints and failure scenarios

Note: If the information in the Release Notes differs from the information in any guide, follow the Release Notes.

3GPP and 3GPP2 Technical Specifications

The Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and 3GPP2 maintains an online repository of Technical Specifications and Technical Reports at http://www.3gpp.org and http://www.3gpp2.org, respectively.

Table 4 lists the 3GPP Technical Specifications that apply to Steel-Belted Radius Carrier.

Table 4: 3GPP Technical Specifications

3GPP TS Number	Title	Applicable Sections
3GPP TS 22.234 Version 12.0.0	Requirements on 3GPP system to Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) interworking	Section 5.1.7: Interworking between PLMN and WLANs
3GPP TS 23.003 Version 12.6.0	Numbering, addressing, and identification	Section 2.2: Composition of IMSI
3GPP TS 23.008 Version 12.6.0	Organization of subscriber data	Section 3B: Definition of subscriber data I-WLAN domain
3GPP TS 23.234 Version 12.0.0	3GPP system to Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) interworking; System description	Section 6.1: Reference Model Section 6.2: Network Elements
3GPP TS 23.402 Version 12.8.0	Architecture enhancements for non-3GPP accesses	Section 4.1: Concepts Section 4.3: Network Elements
3GPP TS 29.002 Version 12.7.0	Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification	Section 6: Requirements concerning the use of SCCP and TC Section 7.1: Terminology and definitions Section 7.2: Modelling principles Section 7.3: Common MAP service
3GPP TS 29.273 Version 12.7.0	Evolved Packet System (EPS); 3GPP EPS AAA interfaces	Section 4: SWa Description Section 6: SWd Description Section 7: SWm Description Section 8: SWx Description Section 9: S6b and H2 Description Section 10: Result-Code and Experimental-Result Values

WiMAX Technical Specifications

The WiMAX Forum Networking Group (NWG) maintains a repository of technical documents and specifications online at http://www.wimaxforum.org. You can also view the WiMAX IEEE standards, 802.16e-2005 for mobile WiMAX and 802.16-2004 for fixed WiMAX, online at http://www.ieee.org.

Third-Party Products

For information about configuring your Ulticom software and hardware, or your access servers and firewalls, consult the manufacturer’s documentation.

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Modified: 2016-11-15