Sandvine is Showcase At CableLabs ConferenceJust a bit of info
Sandvine is one of the eleven showcase innovation companies at the CableLabs Conference this week Feb 28 - March 4 along with Alcatel, Cisco, Motorola and others. The blurb on their innovations describes SVC as
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Sandvine’s solutions support service provider network management practices by enhancing the subscribers’ Internet experience, by measuring network conditions, triggering evaluation of business rules and enforcing the associated policy actions. Sandvine’s usage management product exemplifies the diverse service creation opportunities offered by network policy control. The ability to offer service tiers across access networks
is key to cable operators as they extend their existing hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) networks with wireless access networks, whether 3G or Wi-Fi.
By leveraging the common point of intelligence in the converged network, the Sandvine policy control system, it is possible for cable operators to implement and to manage a consistent set of service tiers that take device awareness and application usage into consideration. Users who subscribe to both cable and wireless services can derive the benefits of shared quota, and consolidated advice-of-usage. For example, an “offloader” service option can be offered to a dual cable-wireless subscriber, so that home-based iPad usage via the Wi-Fi-enabled cable
connection is not counted towards the cable subscription quota. It’s a win-win scenario, as the wireless network is relieved from carrying the traffic, and the subscriber enjoys usage of a preferred mobile device within the home. In addition, a “favorite application” service option can attract broadband adoption through price certainty for unlimited use of a chosen application.
The usage management solution combines the accurate, application-aware, device-aware, traffic identification of the policy traffic switch with the policy decision capabilities of the service delivery engine. It seamlessly integrates within service provider networks, based on PacketCable™ Multimedia and 3GPP policy and charging control specifications.
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