The Session Border Controller was
invented almost a decade ago. It has witnessed many major changes in
its offered functionality and features. If we say specifically, then
there are 3 generations of SBC solutions based on the major changes
made in it.
The very first generation of the
Session Border Controller were mostly a hardware based solution which
used to get installed on the border of the network and control the
call traffic in it. It had been used for the PSTN (Public Switched
Telephonic Network) initially. In a simple language, it was working
like a simple firewall. This system was adding the hefty cost to the
security budget of the organizations. Moreover, the SBC solutions of
the first generation were only performing NAT traversal and topology
hiding to make the network secure.
The second generation of Session
border controller solutions were software.
It made it more popular because of the ease of use involved.
Moreover, the SBC solutions of these generations were not only a
software which filter the traffic coming and going out of the network
border, but also offered additional features. It was performing this
job and also had additional features such as media transcoding,
support for more complex flow of calls, etc. Moreover, it was also
capable of handling the video calls. The second generation Session
Border Controller solution was offered advanced security features
along with the NAT traversal and topology hiding. These features
include:
- Denial of Service Attack prevention
- Fraud Prevention
- Overload Prevention
- IPSEC Support and monitoring
- And many more
Currently, there is a third
generation of Session Border Controller solution in use. It has
advanced mechanism of security. Along with the security, it also
offers additional features such as QoS. Moreover, today's SBC
solution comes as a virtual solution which can be installed on
client's server or the cloud.
So this is about the 3 different
generations of the SBC solution. We have expertise in the SBC
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