Cisco Catalyst 76xx PDSN R5.0
Cisco’s upgrades give the newest iteration of its PDSN capacity and density that tops Starent’s ST40. Of course, where Cisco’s session capacity trades off with application capacity, Starent may keep an edge beyond its impressive customer list. (6/19/2009)
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Starent Networks ST16/ST40 Intelligent Mobile Gateway
Following Cisco’s SAMI-based PDSN upgrades, Starent’s best-in-class performance claims were put in jeopardy. Planned for the near-term, Starent’s own upgrades should deliver the performance to keep its customers happy and its PDSN position safe. (6/22/2008)
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- - Current Perspective Rating
- - Product Strengths & Weaknesses
- - Product Buying Criteria
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- Buying Criteria
- Billing Capabilities
- The extent of support for post-paid and pre-paid data billing.
- Value-Added Service Capabilities
- The extent of feature support that enables operator deployed services beyond simple packet transport over mobile wireless networks.
- 3G Service Capabilities
- The extent of feature support that furthers the operation of the packet switched domain in a mobile network. This includes consideration of QoS, lawful intercept, and any optimizations provided by the vendor.
- Scalability and Density
- The number of active PPP sessions supported for mobile data sessions as well as how efficiently the scale is supported.
- Market Momentum and Product Roadmap
- Factors such as market share, recent product momentum and innovation that could impact purchase decisions.
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- Physical Specifications
- Equipment Description
- Dimensions
- Volume
- Footprint
- Rack Quantity
- Mass
- Switch Fabric
- Power Supply
- Power Consumption
- System Availability
- Transmission Interfaces
- Number and Type of Physical Links
- WAN Protocols
- DiffServ
- R-P Interface Support
- Max R-P PPP Sessions
- Mobile IP Home Agent Support
- PDSN Cluster Capability
- Billing
- Prepaid Billing
- Pi Interface Support
- Routing Protocols
- Dynamic IP Address Assignment
- Network Address Translation
- Port Address Translation
- Max L2TP Tunnels
- IPSEC Capability
- RFC2547bis VPN
- Max IPSEC Security Associations
- Stateful Firewall
- Other Value Add Features
- Other
- Data Throughput
- R-P PPP Footprint Efficiency
- Availability
- Major Customer Wins
- Miscellaneous
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