SPIRENT ABACUS SBC AND SBG TESTING ABACUS 5000—IP TELEPHONY SIGNALING AND MEDIA TRAFFIC GENERATOR Spirent Communications’ Abacus™ 5000 IP Telephony Migration Test System is the most advanced Session Border Controller (SBC) test solution that simulates hundreds of thousands of SIP endpoints with SIP signaling and media traffic generation. HIGHLIGHTS • Session Border Controllers (SBC) or Session Border Gateways Provides the highest IP Telephony signaling and media (SBG) control real-time session traffic at the signaling, call- generation in the industry control and packet layers on a packet-to-packet network border. • Emulates up to 512,000 SIP signaling endpoints SBCs are critical to the deployment of VoIP networks because • Simulates over 120,000 concurrent RTP streams and 780,000 they control session traffic that crosses network address total unique RTP streams on a single chassis translation (NAT) devices or firewall boundaries. Signaling • protocols such as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Media Measures voice quality on thousands of RTP streams using E-Model—R-Factor (G.107) Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) allow the transfer of the media session endpoint information. • Executes up to 780,000 simultaneous registered SIP users per chassis Spirent’s Abacus 5000 enables network equipment manufacturers • Generates and terminates over 25,000 calls per second (CPS) and service providers to test SBC core functionality during without RTP and over 10,000 CPS with Turbo-RTP per chassis development and deployment. • Executes up to 780,000 H.323 end-point registrations BENEFITS per chassis • Abacus 5000 simulates real-world network conditions with Provides seamless test interoperability between SIP, AS-SIP, hundreds of thousands IP telephones and/or gateways, generating IMS, H.323, H.248/Megaco, MGCP, Skinny, SIP-T, SIP-I, the SIP signaling end points and RTP to perform performance and SIGTRAN, BICC, SS7, Analog, TDM scalability tests on SBCs or SBGs. • Measure the quality of voice, video, and data traffic across fixed to mobile, VoIP and IMS networks Spirent’s SBC testing solution is part of Abacus 5000’s ICG3 subsystem, which also includes test methodologies for all-in- one MGC testing, softswitch testing and other IP Telephony and IMS testing. Signaling Media Abacus 5000’s Session Border Controller Service Enterprise Firewall with Provider Test Solution IP Network Network NAT function SBC or SBG VLAN SIP, H.323, Call Agent H.248/Megaco SPIRENT ABACUS ABACUS 5000—IP TELEPHONY SIGNALING AND MEDIA TRAFFIC GENERATOR SBC TESTING VLAN Testing High Scale Signaling Emulation Abacus 5000 supports VLAN tagging according to the IEEE Spirent Abacus 5000’s industry leading SIP signaling emulation standard 802.1Q. VLAN tagging is essential to test SBCs operating offers a large-scale SBC test solution. Abacus 5000 emulates real- in different VLANs. Abacus 5000 configures multiple VLAN/MAC world signaling traffic scenarios with up to 512,000 SIP signaling and supports stacked VLAN QinQ. endpoints per instance (20,000 SIP signaling endpoints per ICG3D subsystem). QoS Verification Abacus 5000 allows service providers to verify that Quality of High Volume Media Generation and Analysis Service (QoS) was appropriately remapped by the SBC to match Abacus 5000 provides the highest real-world performance media the Service Level Agreement (SLA). Abacus 5000 supports TOS/ generation and analysis capabilities for SBC testing. Abacus Diffserv (DSCP) for SIP signaling and TOS/Diffserv for RTP. 5000 simulates over 120,000 concurrent RTP streams on a single Abacus 5000 also performs QoS validation using the Scripting for chassis (10,000 concurrent RTP streams per ICG3D subsystem, Voice Pattern Matching by comparing a received WAV file against with an RTP packet size ≥ 20ms). a sent WAV file. Abacus 5000 provides powerful, fully integrated media SIP Scripting—Negative Testing generation and analysis capabilities to test the functionality of devices such as: Abacus 5000’s SIP Scripting allows network equipment manufacturers to modify SIP headers and parameters to test • Network Border Switch user defined messages. • PSTN Gateway Services and Security SIP Scripting is a powerful light-weight embedded programming • Border Gateway language that allows the configuration of SIP parameters and • Session Controller headers using custom fields. • Signaling Session Border Gateway (SSCG) Functional Testing • Data Session Border Controller (DSBC) Abacus 5000’s SIP testing solution allows users to perform SBC • Firewall core function testing. SBC core function testing with Abacus 5000 includes the definition and modification of SIP header Voice Quality Testing and message content, generation of SIP messages based on Abacus 5000 performs real-time voice quality measurements to standard or user defined call flows and automatic response to objectively test the voice quality on an end-to-end network that incoming SIP messages. traverses firewalls, various VLANs and SBCs. Abacus 5000 ICG3 The built-in SIP Protocol Development tool allows the user subsystem performs voice quality measurements on thousands to configure specific SBC tests. By using the SIP Protocol of RTP streams using E-Model—R-factor (G.107). Development test, engineers and developers can edit the call Abacus 5000 ICG3 also performs real-time voice quality on 256 control settings to easily pinpoint possible future failures. channels using MOS, PSQM/PSQM+; or 128 channels using Test Results and Reports PESQ, MOS-LQO, R-factor (P.834), J-MOS; or 64 channels using PESQ-WB. While performing functional SBC testing, all call statistics, errors and channel measurements are collected and displayed in real Video Telephony Testing time. Results are displayed numerically as tables or graphically Abacus 5000 tests video telephony with H.263, H.264. as histograms. Errors are listed as they are detected, presented in table by error Path Confirmation type and then graphed over time. Path confirmation is the verification of a two-way speech or data Reports can be printed or saved on the PC’s hard disk, either path between two channels. After call signaling is complete and a while a test is running or after the completion of a test. The user script is running during the call length period, a two-way speech can select the content and format of reports in PDF, HTML or XML. or data path is verified. Each channel passes a sequence of tones, WAV files, fax bits or data bits representing real traffic activity on the calling (originate) or called (terminate) channel. SPIRENT ABACUS ABACUS 5000—IP TELEPHONY SIGNALING AND MEDIA TRAFFIC GENERATOR Troubleshooting and Diagnostics SIP Testing • Resolving SBC system configuration issues, or identifying errors Support for SIP 65K simultaneous registered SIP users per resulting from test activity, can be performed easily by Abacus ICG3 subsystem (780,000 simultaneous registered SIP 5000 using a variety of tools. users per chassis) • Generate or terminate up 20K channels of signaling without Abacus 5000 measures delays, call setup time, lost packets, voice per subsystem out of order packets, jitter, calls attempts per second and call • Support IPv6/Unicast addressing and IPv6 traffic class completions. • T.38 FAX payload for SIP session Tracking the signaling history only on the channels where errors • Configurable SIP call flow and message generation occurred with the event, AutoTrack provides detailed failure • information around the time of the event. Configurable SIP ports • Configurable SDP Correlation of SIP signaling issues can be done easily with the • Configurable RTP ports call tracer window. The call trace monitors the call signaling flow between two SBC voice communication channels (call originator • Filter protocol messages displayed by message type or and call terminator) and provides a graphical depiction of the message headers for SIP signaling signaling message flow in the form of a ladder diagram. • Support TOS/Diffserv (DSCP) for SIP signaling rd • VoIP traffic can be captured during call generation or without Support 3PCC—3 Party Call Control RFC 3725, and automatic call generation. The VoIP traffic capture provides monitoring detection with SIP protocol development of Ethernet packets in the network where an ICG3D card is • Support VLAN tagging according to the IEEE standard 802.1Q connected to. • Configure multiple VLAN/MAC • CONVERGENCE TESTING Support stacked VLAN QinQ • Support multi-proxy (2 SIP proxies) functionality as described Spirent Communications is the leading provider of PSTN to VoIP convergence testing. As SBCs evolve, there is an overwhelming in RFC 3665 Section 3.3 need to simplify the testing of converged applications and • Support video and voice streams in the same call within the devices. SIP session • Test VoIP Security with Secure RTP and TLS Abacus 5000 SBC test solution—when used with SS7, SIP-T, SIP-I, SIGTRAN, BICC, MGCP, H.248/Megaco, H.323 and Skinny (SCCP)— • Send/receive video using H.263 and H.264 CODECs (encoding) enables users to test the convergence capabilities of an SBC with • SIP Scripting other network elements. • Call Tracer (ladder diagram) Abacus 5000 Convergence Testing includes support for: • SIP Message Editor • • SIP Proxy emulation, registrar and call routing Skinny client end-points and Cisco Call Manager (CCM) • emulation RTP Replay • • Functional and load testing for H.323 IMS Security (IPSec and AKA) • • All in one media gateway emulation with MGCP, SIP Signaling Compression (SigComp) NCS and H.248/Megaco • Routing and switching of H.248/Megaco and MGCP calls • Message Fragmentation and 521 redirect for MGCP • Advanced trunking signaling testing with SIP-T (SIP for Telephones) • Softswitch emulation with SIGTRAN M3UA and IUA • IPv6 for SIP and RTP • SS7 and Analog emulation • Analog feature testing to verify FTTP, PON, VoDSL and VoIP • …and SIP Testing SPIRENT ABACUS ABACUS 5000—IP TELEPHONY SIGNALING AND MEDIA TRAFFIC GENERATOR FOR MORE INFORMATION H.323 Testing Visit Spirent Communications’ Web site at www.spirent.com/ • Up to 65K H.323 end-point registrations per subsystem go/voice where you can learn about Spirent IP Telephony test • Send bearer capacity information within “speech” using H.323 systems and services, download product literature, white papers • and test methodologies. Contact your local sales representative Support H.323 IRR call status report for details. • T.38 fax over H.323 • Configurable GRQ (Gatekeeper ReQuest)—H.235 VoIP gateway SPIRENT GLOBAL SERVICES user credential encryption Spirent Global Services provides a variety of professional • Functional and load testing specific to GRQ messages and services, support services and education services—all focused H.235 signaling encryption on helping customers meet their complex testing and service • assurance requirements. For more information, visit the Global Multiple VLAN/MAC configuration Services Website at www.spirent.com/gs or contact your Spirent sales representative. SIP Protocol Specifications • SIP IETF RFC 3261, RFC 3312, 3GPP (RFC 3891), RFC 3608 6.1 Standard Bodies • MSF, ETSI, 3GPP, TISPAN ORDERING INFORMATION Ordering information for the Abacus 5000 and the ICG3 circuit generator with firmware options is available in the following data sheets: • Abacus 5000 IP Telephony Migration Test System • ICG3 Subsystem—IP Telephony Signaling and Media Traffic Generator AMERICAS 1-800-SPIRENT • +1-818-676-2683 • sales@spirent.com EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST +44 (0) 1293 767979 • emeainfo@spirent.com ASIA AND THE PACIFIC +86-10-8518-2539 • salesasia@spirent.com © 2010 Spirent Communications, Inc. All of the company names and/or brand names and/or product names referred to in this document, in particular the name “Spirent” and its logo device, are either registered trademarks or trademarks pending registration in accordance with relevant national laws. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. Rev. H 08/10