The The Torres Policy Control Server is a flexible, scalable, carrier-grade rules and decision engine that makes policy decisions in real-time in response to user, application, network, plan and other state information. It is a vendor agnostic platform that integrates with a variety of network devices (DPI, gateways, content optimization solutions etc.), as well as with OSS/BSS functions such as rating/billing, subscriber databases and third-party services.

 

Service providers leverage Torres Policy Control Server to monetize the rapidly growing subscriber data traffic, personalize service offerings and optimize network resources for enhancing or sustaining quality of subscriber experience. Service Providers can now own and control their customer experience with this next generation centralized network wide policy platform that provides “mass customization” and rapid service delivery.

 

The Policy Control Server is 3GPP compliant for the Policy Charging and Rules Function (PCRF) and is network agnostic, supporting 2.5G, 3G (HSPA, EV-DO), 4G (LTE, WiMax) and wire-line (DSL) deployments. Its unique Multi-Message^TM architecture enables prioritized queuing and scheduling of incoming messages for intelligent and fast policy actions in real-time.

Policy Control Server looks at real-time data from the network and subscriber data, and applies policy rules. Rules are executed as network equipment commands, or messages to other systems.

 

Benefits

Maximize Revenue through the variousoptions supported by our flexible product architecture; practically any service or policy can be set and managed real time across any network, based on any combination of Subscriber, Application, Network, Location or Usage based rules.

 

Reduce costs through the optimization of both network equipment costs (CAPEX) and time of manage costs (OPEX); the customizable reports offer granular visibility traffic patterns – per subscriber, per network element, per network port, per geographic location and per slice of time.

 

Minimize Churn through the personalization of services; the subscriber can view plan information, account information and service level information and also request plan changes and new services real time using the Web Self care portal

Turnkey solution integrated with Torres Rating, Admission Control (AAA), Subscriber Web Self-Care and Analytics functions out of the box

 

Key Features

Torres Policy Control Server enables a broad set of use-cases including, but not limited to tiered services, fair-usage, bill-shock notifications, bandwidth on-demand, traffic and congestion control, device based content adaptation etc, including the following:

• Traditional monetization: Fair usage with smart data cap, Tiered Services, Bandwidth boost
• New monetization: Targeted advertisements, Partner Service Controls, OTT applications
• Personalization: Service Selection, Proactive notifications, Special event concessions
• Optimization: Dynamic traffic control, Predictive congestion management, Device Policy
• Usage based: Usage metering & control, Pre-paid metering
• Content based: Parental Control, Content based QoS
• Location based: Roaming control
• Regulatory: Bill shock mitigation, Spending limits
• Subscriber data: Unified/ Integrated/ Single point subscriber data management
• Others: Casual user access, Account control

 

Ease of Deployment

Offers maximum flexibility and customization to the Service Provider; almost any kind of Policy or service can be created; any type of network can be managed

• Real-time, priority driven policy enforcement
• Fast carrier deployments enabled by 3GPP standards compliance and seamless integration with network and OSS/BSS elements
• GUI driven XML based provisioning engine
• SNMP based network monitoring and management interface; standard JDBC database interfaces
• Vendor and access technology agnostic

 

Seamless Migration Path

Torres' Policy Control Server fulfills current wireline and wireless standards; Service Provider can use same Policy platform for different access networks; roadmap: from Policy Delivery to Service Delivery to Network OS

 

Ease of Integration

The product is access network agnostic and can be deployed in DSL, Cable, UMTS/HSPA, CDMA/EVDO, WiMAX and LTE networks. It can be deployed in any network architecture with the following components:

• PCEF (Policy Control Enforcement Function) products:
• DSL access & transport layer elements: BRAS and DSLAM
• Cable access & transport elements: CMTS
• 2.5G, 3G, 4G WIMAX & LTE Gateways: GGSN, SGSN, PDSN, ASN GW, MME
• VoIP environment: SBC
• IMS  environment: CSCF
• Others: Standalone DPI and Routers
• OSS layer elements: Rating & Charging Servers and AAA servers
• User databases: SPR, HSS
• Applications platforms
• BSS layer elements: Billing and CRM systems