BIG-IP Next Service Communication Proxy (SCP) for 5G
Simplify your 5G standalone core signaling communication with BIG-IP Next SCP, which provides critical signaling and traffic policy control along with security and visibility.
Simplify and Secure 5G Core Signaling
Building on SCP’s strong foundation of 3GPP standards-based SCP capabilities, SCP Plus adds functionality, such as interworking to bridge 4G and 5G signaling across multiple domains and provide a secure feed to external monitoring solutions.
- Interworking of 4G and 5G Signaling - Get faster 5G service availability with seamless network transition from 4G to 5G.
- Visibility - Offers end-to-end visibility and API interoperability for a multi-vendor environment.
Product Overview
The nerve center for the signaling network
The BIG-IP Next SCP Cloud-Native Network Function (CNF) can be flexibly deployed on Kubernetes cloud-native infrastructure to give service providers a central point to secure and control signaling communication and monitor the health of the system.
CNF
Deployed on validated Kubernetes platforms.
Core Capabilities
BIG-IP Next SCP leverages a cloud-native architecture to optimize traffic distribution for higher network performance and resiliency across the 5G Core services.
Connectors for easy deployment
Prebuilt integrations enable fast cloud and on-premises deployments.
ML and behavioral analytics
Advanced analytics provide maximum efficacy with near zero false positives.
Protection across APIs and web and mobile apps
Secure experience for customers wherever they interact.
Highly obfuscated clients
Advanced obfuscation prevents reverse engineering and bypassing signal collection.
Flexible user-based routing selection
Optimizes the UDM/PCF/UDR network resource by offloading 5G NFs routing selection.
Congestion control
Delivers real-time dynamic congestion control, load balancing, and overload protection.
Onion model security
Deploy several BIG-IP Next SCPs in the 5G Core to create multiple security zones each with its own SCP.
Platform Support and Integrations
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Cloud-native deployments
Technology alliances
The BIG-IP Next SCP Cloud-Native Network Function (CNF) can be flexibly deployed on Kubernetes cloud-native infrastructure.
Resources
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Beyond SCP, SCP Plus adds functionalities to the 3GPP standards-based SCP, such as the interworking function to bridge 4G and 5G signaling across multiple domains and provide a secure feed to external monitoring solutions.
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