SURPASS

Networking Beyond Limits

mobile business
 The World of SURPASS
Overview

SURPASS – Networking Beyond Limits

Voice-data success solutions for building the Next Generation Internet

Network Solutions
Virtual Trunking
The solution for VolP backboning
Carrier Class Dial-in
RAS solutions for multi-ISP networks
Next Generation Local Switch
Solutions for user connection to your network
Multimedia Applications
Innovative open and flexible services for your network

Product Families
SURPASS hiQ
Intelligence for the Next Generation Internet

SURPASS hiS
High-speed signaling on the IP super-highway
SURPASS hiG
Gateways where voice and data meet
SURPASS hiR
Resource Server: announcements and dialogues

CONTENTS
page 3 Make your Business Mobile
page 4 Bitrate Boom – The Data Traffic Explosion
page 5 Revenue Boom – The Voice-Data Business
page 6 Next Generation Internet
page 8 The SURPASS Network Solutions:
■ Virtual Trunking

■ Carrier Class Dial-in

■ Next Generation Local Switch

■ Multimedia Applications

page 12 The SURPASS Products

page 16 Overall Next Generation Internet Management
page 18 Siemens the Allround Solution Provider
page 20 Glossary
page 22 Further Information
page 23 Abbreviations

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 Make your Business mobile
The Internet is fast becoming an integral
aspect of many business processes. This is
presenting companies and network operators
with new challenges as mobility becomes a
key factor of business success.
Mobile business demands appropriate
infrastructures, services and applications so
that you can communicate and work from any
location, via any network and in any situation.
By telephone, PC, TV or mobile phone – via
cable or cordless links – in the office, at home
or on the move.
Siemens is the only company which offers a
complete range of products and services for
your mobile business, thereby meeting the
extreme demands for communication and
information solutions for both the present and
the future. The basis for this is the Next
Generation Internet which offers powerful
networks, systems, solutions and services,
combining the best of data and voice commu-
nication.
Siemens Information and Communication
Networks is making the Next Generation
Internet into today’s first-class standard. To
do this, it deploys
■ IP convergence – High quality services
and applications are opening up new busi-
ness opportunities
■ IP routing for carriers – IP power for the
Next Generation Internet: high speed rou-
ters carry data efficiently and intelligently to
its destination
■ Broadband access – The fastest and most
economical route to the Next Generation
Internet: networks with the greatest band-
width for all types of access and for every
service
■ Optical networking – Unlimited band-
width and maximum capacity for the super-
highways of the future
■ Integration, services and applications –
Optimize business processes with integra-
ted solutions and services
In particular in the area of IP convergence net-
work carriers today are facing significant and
dramatic changes in the world of voice and
data telecommunications, which are driven by
the increase in competition, bursting traffic
volumes in IP networks and growing demand
for innovative services. To built on these
trends and turn them into revenue opportuni-
ties is the prime challenge for next generation
internetworking.
SURPASS®provides a complete set of suc-
cessful voice-data solutions for building the
Next Generation Internet. The SURPASS solu-
tions capitalize on the economies of scale of
an all-IP infrastructure while preserving all the
voice intelligence of real-time networks.
SURPASS is founded upon a modular, stan-
dard-based open architecture that is ready to
provide flexible and customizable multimedia
applications. Full administrative control of
each component under a cross-domain
management umbrella is another important
aspect of these solutions.
SURPASS takes the booming telecommu-
nications market beyond its limits and
meets the challenges of IP-converged
voice and data communications.
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 Bitrate Boom –

the Data Traffic Explosion

Today’s globally generated data traffic has Total Average Bitrate (Gbit/s)
about the same volume as voice traffic in 150,000
networks. This, however, is on the verge of
Data Traffic
changing. The ever growing number of IP-
based applications will drive the total data 100,000 Voice Traffic
traffic to exceed voice traffic by far in the
near future.

50,000

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Fig. Traffic expansion in voice and data networks
Source: Siemens Information and Communication Networks; own research

. . . b u t M o n e y s t i l l Ta l k s

Voice is the key revenue generator 35%

Despite the increasing importance of IP net-

217,3

works in terms of ”traffic volume,” operator

revenues today are still dominated by voice 24%
services ... and this is not likely to change
129,5

any time soon.

”The money is in voice” – no matter what
14%
underlying network technology is used for
70,7

transport. Therefore carriers combining their

voice revenues with the economy of scale
and flexibility of the IP network will be per-
614,3
525,4

fectly positioned to benefit from both worlds

477,6

of voice and data. However, simple, basic call

voice capabilities will hardly be sufficient. Data
Voice
(Fixed Lines)
Revenues in Billion US$ 1998 2001 2004

Fig. Carrier’s voice and data revenues

Source: Gartner Dataquest 10/2000
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 Revenue Boom –
T h e R e v e n u e S t a i r w a y o f Vo i c e S e r v i c e s
To ensure lucrative voice business, the carrier
must move beyond the ”first step on the
revenue stairway”, that is the level of basic
call facilities. This initial step of voice network
services, including full call routing, charging,
signaling and interconnection capabilities, pro-
vides the mandatory basis for more advanced
functions. An operator, however, would still
run the risk of loosing service revenues.
the Voice-Data Business
Therefore the second step offers those voice-
user services that are common in today’s net-
works and are operating successfully. The third
step, coming after this level of service deploy-
ment, involves provision of unique value-
added voice-data service for end-users,
which means finally crossing the threshold of
today's standards, securing future revenues
and gaining the edge on the competition.
IP-VPN, e-commerce,
Unified Messaging, Virtual
2nd Line, Phone to Internet
Interworking (PINT), etc.
Intelligent Networking,
Call Waiting, Call Completion
Services, Call Screening,
Conference Calls, VPN, Voice
Mail, etc.
Basic Voice Calls with
Network Features:
Charging, Routing, Signaling,
Traffic Measurements, etc.
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 Next Generation Internet

H i g h l y F l e x i b l e I P N e t w o r k s M e e t F e a t u r e - r i c h Vo i c e N e t w o r k s

Voice and data networks today can be seen
as two separate entities. One is the switched
PSTN/ISDN network, which provides high-
quality and real-time services. The other com-
prises packet-based networks, in particular
best-effort Internet with cost-efficient data-
services, such as e-mail, file transfer and
World Wide Web. In order to attract voice-
data business on a large scale, the Next
Generation Internet (NGI) converges these
two worlds into one.
The NGI architecture implements the recom-
mendations of the Multiservice Switching
Forum (MSF), the international forum of lea-
ding operators and suppliers.
The main characteristics of the Next
Generation Internet:
■ Distributed functionality:
to flexibly adapt to changing environments,
providing for selective evolution of individu-
al NGI components.
■ Centralized intelligence:
to quickly and flexibly introduce new
revenue-generating services.
■ IP-based backbone:
to efficiently support the rapidly growing
variety of voice-data media streams, requi-
ring differentiation in terms of assigned
bandwidth and Quality of Service.
■ Open platforms:
to support competitive markets for NGI
components.
■ Mediation technologies:
to interconnect circuit-switched fixed and
mobile networks to the NGI as well as to
mediate between the NGI and any access
technology, whether it be traditional or IP-
based.

EWSD

Intelligent Network Multimedia

S&NMS
Applications
SCP NGI Management
IN

Call Feature Server

Signaling & Media Gateway Controller
NGI Control

IP Recource
Media Server Media
Gateways Gateways
PLMN
PSTN / ISDN

IP Backbone
NGI Core
@ccess VoDSL

xDSL

Voice Online IP Phones

Multiservice IP Clients IP PBX
POTS, ISDN PBX
Access
NGI Access

Fig. Next Generation Internet architecture

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Next Generation Internet Building Blocks
NGI control
The intelligence to control voice, data and
multimedia services and features resides in
Media Gateway Controllers, Call Feature
Servers and Signaling Gateways. The hundreds
of valuable and existing voice features including
Intelligent Network capabilities are made availa-
ble to all users in the Next Generation Internet,
whether it be an IP-client, a multiservice access
unit, or a traditional voice subscriber.
Furthermore, in order to provide new end-user
applications, NGI control is accessed via open
programming interfaces.
In its role as Signaling Gateway the NGI control
acts as the logical interface to the signaling of
today's voice world, using among others the
signaling system SS7 and the INAP as stand-
ardized signaling protocols.
As a Media Gateway Controller, the NGI control
provides the necessary intelligence to the
media gateways via standardized open "media
gateway control protocols" such as MGCP and
MEGACO.
NGI core
The NGI core provides the trunking capabilities
in the Next Generation Internet including the
mediation technologies to connect existing cir-
cuit-switched networks to the IP backbone.
The Media Gateways provide direct interfaces
to the TDM bearer trunks of the fixed and mobi-
le voice world, and convert the TDM media
streams into IP packets.
These Media Gateways, deployed in large num-
bers at the edge of the NGI, purposely do not
have the intelligence of the Media Gateway
Controller and simply work as mediation devi-
ces. They are unable to handle the network
intelligence and hence to control voice-data
(multimedia) services.
Intelligent gateways would require a permanent
update of user, service and network informa-
tion, which would ultimately lead to an almost
unmanageable network and would prevent
rapid introduction of new value-added services.
The NGI core also hosts IP-based resource ser-
vers, that provide announcements and user
interactive dialogs for VoIP/IP telephony under
the control of the Call Feature Server. The
resource server can act as the Intelligent
Peripheral in an NGI Intelligent Network as well.
NGI access
Future access technologies utilize customer
premises equipment based on IP clients which
natively create voice in form of IP packages.
Typical examples of such IP access clients are
IP-based PBXs, IP-phones, as well as Voice
Online PCs using standardized protocols, such
as H.323 and SIP.
Equally important for the NGI access are multi-
service access units, providing the complete
portfolio of access services, e.g. xDSL broad-
band, VoDSL and traditional voice subscriber
services (POTS/ISDN). It consolidates all traffic
onto IP backbones under control of the Call
Feature Servers and Media Gateway
Controllers.
NGI management
Management of the NGI is done by a Service
and Network Management System (S&NMS),
which provides end-to-end management across
all NGI building blocks.
Domain management – with open north-bound
interfaces and cross-domain functions – effi-
ciently performs service provisioning for mass
deployment and network/service fault and per-
formance supervision.
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 The SURPASS Network Solutions

Reducing Costs
V i r t u a l Tr u n k i n g

The Next Generation Internet is the complete
solution for the ongoing evolution of networks
that operators are facing today. It not only
meets the challenges of today's traffic growth,
but ensures future-proof investment into a
network that knows no limits when it comes
to voice, data and multimedia services and
applications. Irrespective of today's demands
of individual carriers, the Next Generation
Internet offers specific solutions to specific
evolutionary requirements, while securing
revenues and resulting in high profitability.
These network requirements are addressed How in the world can you cope with growing
by four major solutions: voice traffic in your TDM-based voice net-
work?
■ Virtual Trunking You have to invest more, but how...?
■ Carrier Class Dial-in What is the most cost-effective way to
■ Next Generation Local Switch expand your long distance transit resources?
■ Multimedia Applications Why don't you make use of a globally explo-
ding infrastructure for PSTN-PSTN communi-
cation between local networks?
Large-scale Voice over IP networks

With the SURPASS Virtual Trunking net-

work solution ”Voice over IP” changes from
a small-scale entry approach into a large-scale
carrier reality – with full support of all the
capabilities that ensure a steady stream of
voice revenues based on a fully IP-based net-
Signaling and Media
work infrastructure!
Gateway Controller &
Call Feature Server

SCP

BICC
INAP

SS7

Stand-alone
Signaling Gateway
MEGACO
MGCP/
O

MG
7

AC
SS

SS
CP
EG

7
/M
/M

E
CP

GA

Switch Switch
MG

Switch Switch
CO

STP IP Resource STP

Switch Switch
SS7 Server SS7
PSTN / ISDN PSTN / ISDN
be
ar arer
er be

Media Gateway Media Gateway

(VoIP) (VoIP)
IP Core Network

Fig. Virtual Trunking – the network solution

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Carrier Class Dial-in

RAS solutions for multi-ISP networks

Are you being asked to provide an inadequa-
te amount of PSTN network resources to
your growing number of Internet surfers?
Is your circuit-switched network, which was
engineered for ”voice,” occupied with lengthy
modem connections?
Dial-in Internet connections are routed
through several planes of your PSTN network
before they finally reach the RAS of an ISP …
… is the RAS often overloaded and the user
getting a busy signal again?
And finally, do you only have limited influence
over this process since each ISP or corporate
IP network provider is positioning and operat-
ing its own RAS equipment beyond your
control?
In the Next Generation Internet, carriers will
offload the dial-in modem traffic from the
TDM network via efficient‚ no calls lost distri-
bution to shared Remote Access Server
equipment – SURPASS Carrier Class Dial-in
already offers that service today on a whole-
sale basis for multiple ISPs in the network!

Media Gateway Controller &

Call Feature Server

SS7 Signaling
Gateway AAA
SS7
Server
OC
EGA

7
SS
CP/M
MG

Switch trunk
Virtual Ports
trunk for ISPs and
Corporate
Networks'
VPNs
Switch IP Core Network
trunk

Media Gateways
(RAS)

Fig. Carrier Class Dial-in – the solution for multi-ISP networks

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 The SURPASS Network Solutions

Boosting Revenues
Next Generation Local Switch

Do you have customers, who are mobile
business globetrotters?
Why don’t you make them feel at home,
wherever they happen to be in the world …
… with direct IP access to the NGI?
Wouldn’t you want to get a share of the
huge voice revenue cake without a TDM
network?
We show you how it’s done right here!
The Next Generation Local Switch
With SURPASS and Attane™, the Siemens
multiservice access solution, the Next
Generation Local Switch is built upon IP.
It connects the large base of today’s sub-
scribers, IP clients and Integrated Access
Devices that feature the full range of today’s
services and applications in combination with
the latest xDSL and Voice over DSL (VoDSL)
access technologies.

Media Gateway Controller &

Call Feature Server

IP Clients via
SCP
IN
any Networks
Existing Terminals and CPE
via Multiservice Access
H.32
3/SIP
CO
GA
/ME
G CP
P/M IP Resource
PBX AC Server
PRI IP SW Clients
IP Phones IP PBX

@ccess
IP Backbone
VoDSL

POTS, ISDN
xDSL

PSTN, ISDN
POTS, ISDN Media Gateways
POTS, ISDN

Fig. Next Generation Local Switch – the network solution

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Multimedia Applications

Could it be that your competitors are taking Multimedia Applications

away your customers?
Could it be because they have a more attrac-
tive set of services and features than you?
Why not get ahead of them … with new
voice-data (multimedia) applications and
secure a base of loyal customers?
The SURPASS solution Multimedia
Applications allows rapid creation and
implementation of new end-user applications
by utilizing and combining Application
Building Blocks. Convenient, open applica-
tion interfaces give access to these Appli-
cation Building Blocks optimizing application
creation in a most flexible and efficient way.

E-commerce

Open the Internet to the World e-mail HTML

of Multimedia Applications
with Application Building Blocks! Internet Application Building Blocks

Application Building
Blocks with open APIs

Media Gateway Controller

& Call Feature Server

Switch
Switch
Switch
Media
Gateway
Multiservice
Access

Fig. Multimedia Applications – the network solution

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 The SURPASS Products ...

SURPASS takes the booming networking
segment beyond its limits to meet the
challenges of converged voice and data
communications. SURPASS introduces a
next generation network architecture for
At the core of this architecture, the
SURPASS hiQ performs voice call and fea-
ture control and, with the powerful signaling
capabilities of the SURPASS hiS, provides
interconnection to various networks.
SURPASS hiQ controls gateway products at
the edge of the network such as the
SURPASS hiG family of media gateways.
SURPASS hiR is a powerful and feature-rich
carrier-grade IP resource server, which pro-
vides announcements and user-interactive
dialogues in the Next Generation Internet.
All SURPASS components are managed by
the NetManager as a comprehensive
management solution – driven by the opera-
tor’s business.

merging the advantages of a packet-

oriented, multimedia-capable data net-

work with the complete voice intelligen-

ce of traditional real-time networks.

Open API to 3rd Party

Applications

SURPASS hiQ EWSD

Gatekeeper
SURPASS hiS
LDAP Server NetManager
SS7
SS7 to PSTN
H.323

CO AAA Server
EGA
CP/M
MG
S

H.3
U

MGCP/MEGACO 23/
DI

AC S IP
P
RA

/M
GC
P /M
SURPASS hiR EG IP Clients
AC
O
Attane
VoIP RAS RAS/VoIP Multiservice Access
Universal Port
SURPASS hiG

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 ... to Take Your Network Beyond Limits
SURPASS hiQ™:
The SURPASS hiQ Call Feature
Server and Media Gateway
Controller is the brain of all NGI
network solutions, providing fea-
ture rich VoIP and RAS applications for IP-con-
verged networks. It implements control of
gateways and resource servers and it coordi-
nates the network intelligence provided
throughout the different members of the
SURPASS hiQ product family. Optionally it
also includes the functionality of a multiproto-
col signaling gateway if not deployed in a
stand-alone fashion through the SURPASS hiS.
The SURPASS hiQ Open Service
Platform is the key-platform for
NGI Multimedia Applications.
In combination with the Call
Feature Server / Media Gateway Controller it
offers open programming interfaces in several
application building blocks allowing the rapid
and flexible implementation of new innovative
end-user applications, and help the operator
gain additional revenues.
The SURPASS hiQ family also com-
prises several supporting server
platforms for various tasks. The
SURPASS hiQ AAA server plays a crucial
role for the NGI network solution Carrier
Class Dial-in when it comes to performing
authentication, authorization and accounting
for carrier-grade identification of dial-in users.
The SURPASS hiQ Gatekeeper provides the
registration and routing functionality for the
Next Generation Local Switch solution to
make IP clients part of the Next Generation
Internet. The SURPASS hiQ directory server
supports the AAA server and Gatekeeper by
means of a centralized LDAP user data base,
especially in containing the user profiles of
the authorized dial-in users and registered
H.323 subscribers.
SURPASS hiS™:
The SURPASS hiS is a power-
ful and versatile standalone
multiprotocol signaling gate-
way. It is available to handle SS7 over TDM
and SS7 over IP. This bridges the gap between
existing TDM networks, IN platforms and the
Next Generation IP-network. SURPASS hiS is
based on an advanced multiprocessor system
with the highest possible performance and
reliability.
SURPASS hiG™:
The SURPASS hiG media gate-
ways represent the highly reliable
mediation elements between the
circuit-switched voice networks and the core
IP network. They provide both Voice over IP
(VoIP) and dial-in (RAS, LAC) functionality
using universal ports. Individual media
streams can be assigned different levels of
Quality of Service. The SURPASS hiG media
gateways use a cost-effective trunk-interface
to interconnect with circuit-switched voice
networks and are controlled by the
SURPASS hiQ media gateway controller.
SURPASS hiR™:
The SURPASS hiR is a fully IP-
based resource server, that
provides announcements and
user interactive dialogues for VoIP / IP tele-
phony. It is controlled by the SURPASS hiQ
Call Feature Server and acts as Intelligent
Peripheral in an NGI Intelligent Network as
well.
NetManager™:
The NetManager is a domain
EWSD
manager for NGI networks
which supports:
■ business management, such as customer
care or umbrella management,
■ service and network management based
on a complete set of element management
functions,
■ end-to-end provisioning of solutions (includ-
ing network pre-configuration and real
time activation) for mass rollout, and
■ alarm surveillance and performance super-
vision.
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 Additional Products ...
... for Building the Next
Multiservice Access
Multiservice access is a decisive part of the
NGI architecture. The access solution family
Attane complements the SURPASS network
solutions.
Attane™
Attane encompasses a set of large-scale
multiservice access solutions with carrier-
grade design and availability; providing a
complete portfolio of access services such
as xDSL broadband access, and VoDSL. It
connects any type of CPEs like innovative IP
phones, PC clients and Integrated Access
Devices as well as traditional voice subscri-
bers’ telephone sets (POTS/ISDN).
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Core and edge networking
The SURPASS network solutions based on
the SURPASS product family are strongly
supported by powerful routers from
Unisphere Networks, Inc., a Siemens com-
pany. They ensure the highest possible level
of Quality of Service in the IP backbone.
ERX-700/1400
The Siemens Unisphere Solutions’ Edge
Routing Switch (ERX) is a leading edge pro-
duct specifically designed to address unique
edge network requirements in a carrier and
service provider environment. With support
for features like policy management, service
adaptation to IP, statistics harvesting, and
specialized accounting capabilities needed to
deliver Service Level Agreements (SLAs), the
ERX is the complete edge solution for servi-
ce providers building IP-optimized networks.
CRX
With its new family of combined IP/ATM
Core Routing Switches (CRX), Siemens
Unisphere Solutions addresses the needs of
the carriers’ core networks of the future.
Combining state-of-the-art wirespeed IP-rout-
ing and switching with high-speed, reliable
ATM traffic of high throughput, the CRX is an
optimal supplement for the upcoming band-
width hungry backbone networks.
Generation Internet

Clients

talkgem™

The talkgem client is a H.323 PC software

client that allows the user to turn the PC into
an advanced, intelligent and user-friendly IP
phone terminal. Talkgem supports over 100
voice features, IP Centrex features and data
communication services as well. The applica-
tion comprises several digital directories for
storing important data about numerous part-
ners.

optiPoint 300™

The IP telephone optiPoint 300 advance

allows voice communication over IP data net-
works. The vision of converging networks
becomes reality with the optiPoint 300
advance. Through use of the H.323 standard
it is possible to communicate directly with all
IP-based terminals and systems.

HiPath 5500™

The Siemens SURPASS solution also pro-

vides an H.323 based interworking with the
Siemens HiPath product family. HiPath is an
enterprise solution for corporate IP network
communication and provides the whole
range of IP communication devices, e.g.
phones, gatekeepers, or servers, already
being implemented in several enterprise
networks.

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 Overall Next Generation Internet Management

Au t o m a t e d S e r v i c e P r o v i s i o n i n g f o r S U R PA S S

Comprehensive management solution –

driven by the operator’s business Operations process automation Integration – made easy

Business-driven management solutions are
crucial for network operators, carriers and
ISPs to ensure high-quality network operation
and mass roll-out of new services. Using the
SURPASS domain manager NetManager and
well-established cross-domain management
functions for multi-vendor networks, Siemens
can provide:
The NetManager, with its value-added appli-
cations, provides full process automation sup-
port for the SURPASS OA&M tasks.
The OA&M effort in daily operations can be
reduced significantly – for both voice and con-
verged services.
Open interfaces are implemented on standard
technologies such as CORBA, SNMP and FTP.
The information handled via the dialog inter-
faces is based on profile technology and re-
duced to a minimum. This guarantees rapid
and complete integration into existing
management solutions.

■ End-to-end provisioning solutions including

network pre-configuration and real-time
activation. Interfaces to Business Management
■ Alarm surveillance and performance super-
vision including QoS for service level Cross-domain Management
agreements.
Domain Management Domain Management
SURPASS Core Network

.......................
...............
Quelle
EWSD

SURPASS hiQ 6-20

NetManager

SURPASS hiG
EWSD
PSTN / ISDN

Enterprises / IP Core Network

SoHo / End-user Attane
Multiservice Access

Fig. Multiservice network management

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Centralized and distributed OA&M
infrastructure

Access from anywhere in the world for opera- The front and back office concept enables the
tions personnel is already reality with operator to reduce the number of specialists
NetManager – including security for OA&M needed, while regular personnel handle the
infrastructure. daily mass business.

Business Management (Customer Care, Umbrella Management, etc.)

Open
Interfaces

Applications Service Management Network

NetworkManagement
Management

- Fault Management - Security Management

Base
- Configuration Management - Test Management
System
- Accounting Management

NetManager

SURPASS

Fig. Operation process automation

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 Siemens the Allround Solution Provider
Business success
Siemens has learned from experience that
purchasing the right product doesn’t guaran-
tee the operator business success, especially
in the dynamic networking market. Proper
integration of the product in the network,
training of staff and professional support by
the product supplier are just as important.
Siemens as a leading solution provider with
worldwide success and experience knows
about the importance of those factors and
makes sure of the operator’s business suc-
cess.
Pre-decision support
In a new and extremely dynamic market
especially, it is crucial to have experienced
partners one can rely on. Siemens, with its
worldwide expertise, supports its customers
by using its market research abilities. We help
calculate and compare business cases and
financing models.
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Network engineering
Siemens can carry out network design, net-
work planning and network optimization for
the operator. Site surveys, station- and site
layout planning accelerate on-site installation
work and DCN planning ensures seamless
integration of your network with existing
infrastructure.
If the operator decides to handle those tasks
on his own, Siemens can help by supplying
specialists with the appropriate engineering
guidelines.
If the operator decides to handle those tasks
by his own Siemens can help the operators
specialists with the appropriate engineering
guidelines.
System integration
Thanks to the total commitment to open inter-
faces and Siemens worldwide experience as a
telecommunication systems integrator, we can
support our customers to achieve fast and seam-
less interworking of the new products with
existing other vendor’s equipment.
Project support
Professional project management in close coope-
ration with all parties involved ensures that your
project goals are achieved within the given time,
budget and quality framework. Customized solu-
tions and project-specific modifications can be
realized on demand to comply with specific
requirements imposed by your clients. Usually
the project support ends with official acceptance
of the system by the operator. In certain cases
that support may even last longer.
Project resources
Siemens offers professional target-group
tailored training courses to prepare the va-
rious participants for their tasks. The courses
can be held in classrooms, at the workplace or
via PC.
By offering to involve its own experts for pro-
ject realization, installation and commissioning
or acceptance testing, Siemens can help the
operator save up on human resources.
Operational assistance
Professional organization of the assistance
during operation of the network is a must in
order to handle tasks such as hotline support,
updates, repair and replacement. Usually the
different complexity levels of the service are
split between the operator, the local Siemens
agency and the Siemens center of competen-
ce for the specific product.
Interworking of the different organizations
involved is usually defined in a service con-
tract between Siemens and the operator. This
is a vital element of the after sales package
offered as part of our total solutions.
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 Glossary
AAA
Set of functions on the RAS providing Au-
thentication, Authorization and Accounting for
system and network resources.
Application Building Blocks
Entities on the SURPASS hiQ that provide
the necessary functionality for the implemen-
tation of new innovative multimedia applica-
tions. Each building block provides an open
application programming interface.
Examples of such Application Building Blocks
are: callsetup bloc, internetbusy bloc, con-
ference bloc, etc.
Attane
Siemens multiservice access solutions, provi-
ding xDSL broadband, VoDSL and traditional
POTS/ISDN via a/b lines.
Cross-domain Management
The management of multi-vendor and multi-
technology networks.
CRX
Core switch router from Unisphere Networks,
Inc., a Siemens company.
ERX
Edge switch router from Unisphere
Networks, Inc., a Siemens company.
Gatekeeper
Platform providing AAA services to IP clients,
in particular for number translation and autho-
rization.
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Carrier Class Dial-in
Network solution which offloads the dial-in
Internet traffic from the TDM network.
IP clients
End-users using voice and data services, con-
nected via IP to the core network.
IP routers
Form the distributed, IP-based switching
fabric between ingress and egress Media
Gateways and transport the signaling informa-
tion between Media Gateways, Media
Gateway Controller and Signaling Gateway.
ISP
Company that provides Internet access to
other companies and individuals.
Media Gateway
A device that terminates circuit switched and
packet network media streams and transfers
the media between packet (e.g. IP) and
switched networks for both modem calls and
Voice over IP.
Media Gateway Controller
Performs call and connection control for a
number of separate voice or other multimedia
channels. It provides interworking of signaling
and call control between various circuit and
packet switched networks and provides value
adding services.
Multimedia Applications
New, innovative applications for end-users,
converging voice, video and data services.
They can be created by combining several
Application Building Blocks together with
Internet services, like e-mail, WebHosting,
e-commerce, etc.
NetManager
Siemens management solution for SURPASS.
Next Generation Internet
Future-proof universal IP-based network pro-
viding voice and data services.
Next Generation Local Switch
Network solution which replaces the local
exchange level of the TDM network by the
Next Generation Internet providing access to
IP clients and to existing POTS/ISDN via a/b
lines.
RADIUS
Protocol for managing an AAA database on a
server.
RAS
A platform that provides dial-in (modem and
ISDN access) for connecting to data net-
works. It terminates TDM access line and pro-
vides the packet-based access to the data
network/Internet.
Resource Point
Provides tones, announcements, and user-
interactive dialogues for voice calls in the
Next Generation Internet.
SCP
Database that provides information necessary
for special call processing and routing, includ-
ing 800 and 900 call services, credit and calls,
local number portability, and advanced call
center applications.
SS7
Worldwide standard for Common channel sig-
naling system.
SS7 Signaling Gateway
Terminates SS7 (or other) signaling links. It
maintains only enough information about
MTP states to manage the protocol interfaces
up to layer 3. The information starting with
layer 4 (e.g. ISUP, SCCP) is delivered to the
Media Gateway Controller for processing.
SURPASS
The Siemens voice-data solution for the Next
Generation Internet.
SURPASS hiG
Siemens product line for Media Gateways.
SURPASS hiQ
Siemens call and feature server including
Media Gateway Controller, Signaling Gateway
and Application Building Blocks.
SURPASS hiR
Siemens IP Resource Server for tones,
announcements and dialogues.
SURPASS hiS
Siemens stand-alone SS7 Signaling Gateway.
TDM
Technique in which information from multiple
channels can be allocated on a single wire
based on pre-assigned time slots.
Virtual Trunking
Network solution which replaces the transit
exchange level of the TDM network by Voice
over IP trunks in the Next Generation Internet.
VoDSL
Provides multiple voice interfaces and a high
bitrate data interface to the end-user over one
single copper pair using xDSL technology.
xDSL
Technology that provides a high bitrate data
and a voice interface to the end-user over a
single copper pair (with different flavors:
ADSL, SDSL, VDSL).
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S U R PA S S N e t w o r k S o l u t i o n s

Virtual Trunking Carrier Class Dial-in Next Generation Multimedia Applications

Local Switch

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 Abbreviations

AAA Authentication, Authorization, POTS Plain Old Telephone Service

Accounting PRI Primary Rate Interface
ACP Access Control Protocol PSTN Public Switched Telephone
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Network
Line QoS Quality of Service
API Application Programming RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In
Interface User Service
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode RAS Remote Access Server
CORBA COmmon Request Broker S&NMS Service & Network
Architecture Management System
CPE Customer Premises Equipment SCP Service Control Point
DCN Data Communication Network SCCP Signaling Connection Control
FTP File Transfer Protocol Part
H.323 ITU-T recommendation for VoIP SDSL Symmetric Digital Subscriber
protocol Line
HTML Hyper Text Markup Language SIP Session Initiation Protocol
IN Intelligent Network SLA Service Level Agreement
INAP IN Application Part SNMP Simple Network Management
IP Internet Protocol Protocol
ISDN Integrated Services Digital SS7 Signaling System No. 7
Network STP Signaling Transfer Point
ISP Internet Service Provider TDM Time Division Multiplexing
ISUP ISDN User Part (e.g. PCM 30)
L2TP Layer2 Tunneling Protocol TV TeleVision
LAC L2TP Access Concentrator VDSL Very high bitrate Digital
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Subscriber Line
Protocol VoDSL Voice over DSL
MEGACO MEdia GAteway COntrol VoIP Voice over IP
protocol VPN Virtual Private Network
MGCP Media Gateway Control xDSL high-bitrate variants of Digital
Protocol Subscriber Line
MSF MultiService Forum
MTP Message Transfer Part
NGI Next Generation Internet
OA&M Operation, Administration &
Maintenance
PBX Private Branch eXchange
PC Personal Computer
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network

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 Turn IP Convergence into Reality!

S U R PA S S p r o v i d e s t h e f u l l s e t o f v o i c e - d a t a
success solutions for the Next Generation Internet:

SURPASS Virtual Trunking

With SURPASS, Voice over IP turns from a small-scale entry
approach into large-scale carrier reality!

SURPASS Carrier Class Dial-in

The SURPASS shared RAS solutions distribute dial-in modem
traffic evenly throughout the network and to multiple ISPs!

SURPASS Next Generation Local Switch

With SURPASS and Attane, the local switch is built on IP –
and connects both today’s subscribers as well as IP clients!

SURPASS Multimedia Applications

SURPASS opens your network to a wealth of end-user applications
by means of Application Building Blocks based on open Application
Programming Interfaces!

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