BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager

BIG-IP POLICY ENFORCEMENT MANAGER OVERVIEW

February 2013

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iRules iControl iApps

Hardware Software

TMOS

Monetize

Secure

Optimize

• Policy Enforcement

• Mobile Optimization Solution

• Diameter Signaling & Interworking

• DNS Delivery Services

• Advanced Firewall

• Carrier-Grade NAT

• Application Delivery Controller

• Local and Global Load Balancer

• Mobile User and Application Access Management

DevCentral

User Community

Programmable/Extensible

Service Provider

Foundation

CustomizableEcosystem

IntelligentIntegrated

Context aware

Scale

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Intelligent Ecosystem

F5’s INTELLIGENT SERVICES FRAMEWORKF5 makes the connected world run better

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SMS

Voice

Other

SMSVoice

Other

• Games• Music• Advertising• Gambling• Broadcast TV• Payments

• Location-Based Services

• Banking, Commerce,

• Healthcare

Business Model Transformation

1

MOBILE INTERNET 3.0

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DNS PCRF AAA OCS CSCF

Control Plane Services

Radius, Diameter, DNS, SIP

GGSNPGW

WAP GatewayVideo optimization Transparent caching

Value-Added Services (VAS)

FWL2 switchRTR DPI CGN RTR

Challenges

• Complex architecture…hard to scale

• Results in high CapEx and OpEx

• Difficult to add new services (requires changes to multiple elements, VLAN management…)

Subscriber

Internet

TODAY’S MOBILE NETWORKS ARE STATIC

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Subscriber

Internet

• Built for new application centric network• Full Proxy – visibility and control• Application fluency and extensibility

SERVICES CONSOLIDATION AND OPTIMIZATIONNetwork Optimization

One Platform

DNS Services

CGNATPolicy Enforcement

URL FilteringWAP 2.0 Offload

DDoS Mitigation

Gi Firewall

DNS PCRF AAA OCS CSCF

Control Plane Services

Radius, Diameter, DNS, SIP

Value Added Services (VAS)

WAP Gateway

Video optimization

Transparent caching

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Operators struggling with an explosion of data traffic and OTT, F5 solutions enable service providers to intelligently manage data traffic, conserve network resources, and quickly deliver more profitable services.

Security threats are rising, but F5 helps protect entire infrastructure and scales to perform under demanding conditions.

Service providers need a scalable, reliable control plane, data plane, and application plane to satisfy customers who demand applications and mobile devices that strain the signaling network.

Optimize

Secure

Monetize

Service Provider

High Availability Highly Scalable

HW / SW

Monetize

Secure

Optimize

Intelligent Traffic Management

FW PEM CGNAT

F5’s NEW BIG-IP POLICY ENFORCEMENT MANAGERIntelligent Services Framework

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Subscriber

GGSNPGW

BIG-IP PEM

Application Visibility

Subscriber Awareness

Internet

Traffic Policing

Reporting

• Provisioning• Quota

Management

• Analytics• Charging

BIG-IP POLICY ENFORCEMENT MANAGERDynamically manages traffic and subscribers in real time to optimize QoE and minimize congestion in the network

Value Added Services (VAS)

WAP Gateway

Video optimization

Transparent caching

PCRF AAA OCS CSCF

Radius, Diameter, SIP, Gx

Centralized Policy Control

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OTT Web

OTT HD Video

OTT SD Video

POLICY / SERVICE ENFORCEMENTEnhanced Service Enablement

Gold

Standard

Standard

GGSNPGW

• Granular subscriber control / context awareness• Increased revenue opportunity

• New business models

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Subscriber

GGSN

BIG-IP PEM / CGNAT / FW

Internet

VAS VAS VAS

Video Optimization, WAP, URL filtering, …

Subscriber Aware Traffic Steering

……

PCRF AAA OCSCSCF

Radius, Diameter, SIP, Gx, Gy

Centralized Policy ControlDNS

BIG-IP GTM

• Software Controllable Platform• Network / Subscriber / Application L4-L7 Awareness• Advanced Firewall / Security• High Performance DNS Solution• Highly Scalable / High Performance and Extensible Platform

F5 Traffix SDC

F5’s INTELLIGENT SERVICES FRAMEWORKContext-Aware Policy Enforcement

HSS P-CSCF S-CSCF

IMS

SIP AS

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BIG-IP Virtual Edi-tion

BIG-IP 2000s BIG-IP 2200s BIG-IP 4200v BIG-IP 10200v VIPRION 48000

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

1,800,000

2,000,000

L7

Req

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BIG-IP 2000s212K L7 RPS75K L4 CPS5G L7/L4 TPUT

BIG-IP 2200s425K L7 RPS150K L4 CPS5G L7/L4 TPUT

BIG-IP 4200v850k L7 RPS300K L4 CPS10G L7/L4 TPUT

Up to 3Gbps TPUT

F5’S BIG-IP PLATFORMS

VIPRION 480020M L7 RPS10M L4 CPS

Up to 640G TPUT

BIG-IP 10200v2M L7 RPS1M L4 CPS

Up to 80G TPUT

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