SEGway™ X401

  • “Right-Sized” Adaptable Core Platforms - Unbeatable Value Proposition
  • Proven Carrier-Grade Reliability - Solid Performance Without Compromise
  • SS7/IP-SIGTRAN/ATM - Any-to-Any Connectivity
  • Comprehensive Feature Set - Rollout New High-Value Services
  • Customer-installable  - Reduce E&I Costs

The SEGway™ X401 platform is Performance Technologies’ high-capacity carrier-grade application platform designed specifically to meet the growth and reliability requirements for evolving telecommunication networks.

Today’s networks are expanding exponentially to address the increase in traffic due to mobile services, network convergence, and new applications. SEGway solutions are scalable to meet these requirements. SEGway products are “right-sized” to create an unbeatable value proposition for medium to large service providers.

The key to any new signaling solution is the ability to maintain the value of existing assets while adopting the new IP-based signaling infrastructure. The SEGway X401 platform does just that – evolution, not revolution. This flexible platform delivers comprehensive capabilities to wireless and wireline service providers who are looking for advanced routing and application services at the core of their network, while seamlessly ensuring continued support for an operator’s legacy infrastructure.

The SEGway X401 is fully configurable as a high-capacity STP, Signaling Gateway, or combined STP/Signaling Gateway node. SEGway products can easily adapt to the demands of the market without costly deployment of additional platforms.

A Flexible Solution for Growing Networks

SEGway signaling products have been deployed by OEMs and carriers in wireless and wireline configurations worldwide, and conform to ANSI and ITU standards. Additional country-specific protocol variants are available upon request. Field-proven for over ten years, our products conform to the latest IETF SIGTRAN protocols, ensuring interoperability.

SEGway X401 core nodes, deployed together with Performance Technologies’ IP-Edge systems at the network’s edge, offer operators a total network solution with an even more compelling value proposition. This powerful combination delivers a truly enriched package of flexible nextgeneration capabilities to both wireless and wireline service providers, maximizing the value and performance of their signaling networks.

Rock Solid Performance and Quality

The ability to design and produce our own hardware platforms, coupled with expertise in providing innovative software, enables us to produce high-performance, scalable, and flexible offerings.

Designed for a telecommunications environment, the SEGway X401 is built on Performance  Technologies’ 12U high-availability Advanced Managed Platform™. The system supports  five-nines (99.999%) availability with built-in redundancy and hot-swap for all active system  components and has dedicated processors with onboard storage for system management and  OA&M support. Onboard flash memory provides storage of executables and data, ensuring extremely fast system reload.

Flexible Connectivity and Scalability

The SEGway X401 supports any-to-any connectivity (SS7, IP and ATM), making it very well  suited for deployment in TDM; packet and IP-based networks. This multi-protocol, multi- standard platform provides a complete connectivity solution. The X401 scales up to 1500 SS7 links with ATM-HSL and up to  1000 SIGTRAN M2PA links with support for multi-variant SS7 and SIGTRAN protocols. The SEGway X401’s I/O options include a full array of physical interfaces, including T1, E1, V.35,  ATM, and Ethernet.

User-Friendly Environment

SEGway solutions are designed with the end-user in mind. Intuitive, easy-to-navigate screens  with pull-down menu selectors, assist operations personnel with the configuration of the  system. Comprehensive message tracing capabilities allow support personnel to diagnose and troubleshoot problems quickly and easily. Many operators find that SEGway systems are easy  enough to install and configure themselves after initial training, saving significant E&I costs.

World-Class Support

Performance Technologies manages every aspect of systems development, including hardware,  software, integration, and deployment. Our customers benefit from our ability to provide products that are supported directly by our engineering team. Our support includes all aspects of technical, OEM, and end-user support to ensure a successful deployment or product launch. Our professional services team is available on-site or remotely for engineering and installation activities. We offer a variety of training programs, installation services, 24x7 support agreements,  and software maintenance contracts.

Comprehensive Feature Set

STP

When configured as an STP node, the SEGway X401 offers all the standard features and functionality expected of an STP solution, including Gateway Screening and Global Title Translation. At the same time, it offers extended capabilities and features, such as Signaling Gateway (M3UA/SUA) and Point Code EmulationTM. With fourteen slots available for I/O and application server blades, the SEGway X401 platform offers unprecedented flexibility to interface with traditional SS7 (TDM, ATM) and next-generation (IP-SIGTRAN) networks, while providing the ability to incorporate purpose-built application servers integrated into a single platform.

Signaling Gateway

When configured as a Signaling Gateway node, the SEGway X401 offers the unparalleled performance and functionality demanded from VoIP, wireline, and wireless networks of today and tomorrow. This powerful signaling gateway has all the standard features and functionality expected to support the convergence of legacy SS7 and IP networks. SEGway’s versatility also includes the ability to extend its capabilities to that of a full-featured routing node (STP), including features such as Gateway Screening, Global Title Translation, and Point Code Emulation.

IP-Edge

The SEGway X401 may also be configured as an IP Edge solution, thereby allowing carriers to cap network transport and expansion costs by positioning small, compact, and robust carrier- grade devices within local communities of interest, concentrating SS7 traffic, and backhauling it to an IP-enable core STP over a managed shared-use IP network.

Point Code Emulation

Point Code Emulation is a feature that can be used to significantly simplify and de-risk switch migration activities and allows service providers to grow their signaling networks transparently. This is accomplished by giving the carrier a method to translate between public and private point codes. Private point codes are defined by the carrier and are only visible within the carrier’s
network. They are associated with a public point code that is visible by the SS7 network.

Roaming Broker

The Roaming Broker platform enables a GSM carrier to act as a hub for roaming traffic by policing signaling traffic in a centralized location as defined within the GSMA Open Connectivity Roaming Model. It functions as an enhanced SCCP gateway with filtering rules tailored for roaming, which enable carriers to act as brokers between roaming partners. It also has additional
interoperability and security mechanisms to simplify provisioning, maximize inter-working, and
ensure network integrity.

SIP Signaling Bridge™

As signaling networks evolve, the SIP Signaling Bridge™ gives carriers the flexibility to extend their signaling network seamlessly across their SS7 and SIP networks. Circuit-based databases (eg 8xx, CNAM, Number Portability) can be easily accessed by SIP clients. Likewise, for carriers introducing SIP-enabled applications into their network, this feature "bridges" the gap of new service delivery creating more value for the operator.

Additional Capabilities

The SEGway X401 platform can also be equipped with powerful capabilities, such as Gateway screening, Global Title Translation, protocol conversion, and voice pass-through for circuit grooming. Expansion capabilities include available slots for application server blades for ENUM, LNP, and monitoring services, all within a single chassis.


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