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Telstra Activates 3G Direct Tunnel on its HSDPA Network
Published on: 10th June 2008
Australia's Telstra has activated an important new feature for the Mobile Packet Core network called 3G Direct Tunnel on their WCDMA/HSPA network. The equipment for this was provided by Ericsson. The 3G Direct Tunnel feature provides a direct connection between the 3G networks RNC (Radio Network Controller) and GGSN (Gateway GPRS Support Node), hence capacity increase to Telstra's mobile packet core network.
The functionality is implemented in the existing network through software enhancements, with no additional hardware required and will make the network more efficient in its handling of data packets.
The feature is standardized by 3GPP, the defining body for mobile network standards. By implementing it Telstra starts to evolve their 3G network to a flat all-IP architecture that will both allow the network capacity to grow while lowering the cost of expanding the network to meet ever growing demand.
Melih Tufan, Head of Product Line Mobile Packet Core at Ericsson, says: "As the leading global vendor of mobile technology, Ericsson is expected to be first to market with state-of-the-art networking features and solutions. We realize how important this is to our customers who are operating in a very competitive market and are very pleased to have delivered such an important network feature to Telstra."
Tags: [wcdma] [core network] [hspa] [telstra] [direct tunnel] [gprs] [packet core] [tunnel] [rnc] [Australia]
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