Network operators are transforming broadband network infrastructures to accommodate unified architecture for IPTV, fixed and mobile voice services, business services, and High Speed Internet (HSI), all with a consistent, integrated awareness and policy capability for the applications using these services.
As bandwidth demand grows and application usage shifts, the network must provide consistent application performance that satisfies the end customer requirements for deterministic, managed quality of experience (QoE), according to the business objectives for each service and application. AA is the enabling network technology for this evolution in the service router operating system.
AA, coupled with subscriber or VPN access policy control points enables any broadband network to provide application-based services. For service providers, this unlocks:
the opportunity for new revenue sources
content control varieties of service
control over network costs incurred by various uses of HSI
complementary security aspects to the existing network security
improved quality of service (QoS) sophistication and granularity of the network
the ability to understand and apply policy control on the transactions traversing the network