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Diameter Signaling Trends

Dan Bantukul

Senior Member of Technical Staff

CTO office

Oracle Communications

April 2014


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Tekelec Releases First Diameter Signaling Index September, 2013

“Tekelec recently published its LTE Diameter

Signalling Index, which it believes is the industry’s

first attempt to forecast the growth of Diameter

signalling traffic in LTE networks…this growth rate,

the firm says, is three times faster than the growth that

mobile data traffic is expected to show over the same

period.”

“Tekelec…released its LTE Diameter Signalling Index. This

report projects that diameter traffic will increase at a +252% CAGR

until 2016 from 800k to 47 million messages per second globally.

This is due to a radical change in applications behavior, as well as

the new pricing and business models put in place by operators.

Policy management, QoS management, metered charging, 2 sided

business models and M2M traffic are some of the culprits

highlighted in the report.”

“Diameter signaling traffic to see 962% CAGR in

CALA by 2016 – Tekelec”

“Diameter signaling could become the new front line in signaling storms,

Tekelec claims, with growth in Diameter traffic forecast to more than triple

mobile data traffic growth through 2016.”

“With Diameter at the center of Tekelec’s ‘New Diameter Network’

framework, the LTE Diameter Signaling Index is part of Tekelec’s

industry thought leadership positioning. By highlighting policy as

having the largest impact on Diameter signaling growth, Tekelec

plays to its market-leading policy control and DSR strengths.”

“According to the "LTE Diameter Signaling Index" published

by Tekelec…almost any move a mobile operator makes to

introduce new services or creative charging models, or to

ensure QoS for voice and video offers on its new LTE

network, will increase signaling traffic. That's why it's an

important technology to watch. It will also be fascinating to

see just how operators choose to design their networks to

deal with this onslaught of Diameter signaling traffic.”

http://www.tekelec.com/news-&-events/prDetail.asp?prID=994


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New Business Models Drive Diameter Signaling

Monetization Drives Signaling

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Location

Usage

Preferences

Service

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Personal

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New Business Models Driving Diameter Signaling

Growth Areas Service Provider

Revenue/Subscriber

Contribute to Diameter

signaling

Identity and Security Broker $ 3-6

Advertising/Payments $ 3-4

OTT/Cloud Services $1-5

Machine-to-Machine $1-2

QoS Services $1-4

Analytics $5-$15


LTE Diameter Signaling vs. Mobile Data Growth


1.2 million messages per second in 2012

Nearly 99 million messages per second in 2017

Global LTE Diameter MPS


North America remains the largest region of LTE Diameter signaling traffic throughout the forecast period

Distribution of LTE Diameter Traffic


Regional Growth of LTE Diameter Signaling


Policy and Charging are the Biggest Drivers


QoS-Enabled Services are the Greatest Contributors


Policy will account for 62% of LTE Diameter signaling traffic in 2017

Global LTE Diameter Signaling by Use Case


42.7 million LTE Diameter signaling messages per second in 2017

North America LTE Diameter Signaling by Use Case


Fastest growing region for LTE Diameter signaling traffic for the forecast period

EMEA LTE Diameter Signaling by Use Case


Growth primarily driven by Brazil.

Long-term growth region, with traffic expected to accelerate beyond the forecast period.

Latin America LTE Diameter Signaling by Use Case


Australia, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore to drive growth through forecast period with China forming the second wave of growth

Asia-Pacific LTE Diameter Signaling by Use Case


Incorporate your network’s specific

factors

• Network architecture

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• Capacity requirements

• Geo-redundancy

• Others

LTE Diameter Signaling Index Calculator

Flexible assumptions to meet your

requirements

• Subscriber profiles, behaviors and

growth

• Types of services and devices

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• Traffic flows

A new tool to predict and forecast Diameter traffic on your LTE network


The Time for Diameter is Now

“100% of our Revenue Generating Services will run on the New

Diameter Network.” –Tier 1 Operator

The New Diameter Network will manage 100% of the Diameter

messages generated by devices and apps

The decisions you make now will determine

mobile data success

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