Overview
Patton’s Virtual SmartNode (vSN) is a software SBC that delivers the features you need for advanced voice network applications that need to be easily scaled up and down. At the same time, it eliminates hardware limitations which are required for the performance of the application.
The Virtual SmartNode provides the comprehensive SBC software feature set needed for you as an enterprise or service provider looking to virtualize your infrastructure.
Secure your VoIP infrastructure by encrypting signaling streams using the Virtual SmartNode.
DoS prevention, trust peer, toll fraud prevention, stateful firewall QoS, voice quality assessment and monitoring and much more, is part of the virtualized Patton SmartNode* as well as IP routing, including IPv4 and IPv6 networking features.
SmartNodes are the leading and field proven CPEs running Patton Proprietary OS. The same, feature rich software used on the purpose build hardware devices, is now implemented as a virtual edition SBC for a high level of scalability and service availability.
Applications
The Virtual SmartNode software SBC is designed to run in virtualized enterprise networks, telephony service provider datacenters, cloud provider infrastructure, etc. Addressing varying call capacity needs from clients can easily be done, scaling up and down the required licenses on the virtual SmartNode using a floating license model through the Patton Cloud. The Patton Cloud automatically distributes the obtained licenses to where they are needed (vSN and other Patton devices).
This SBC software with cloud orchestration enables you to easily scale up/down SBC services on the SmartNode virtual edition SBC, but also on regular SmartNode devices.
Virtual SmartNode functional principle
Use Cases
Virtual SmartNode acting as SBC in SIP Trunking application
Application details:
- Usual eSBC features delivered to SME
- LAN telephony protection
- Service demarcation
- SIP normalization
- Quality of service
- Survivability
- Conversion:
- SIP IPv4 to IPv6
- SIP UDP to TCP
- SIP TLS to UDP
Benefits:
- Harmonized installation
- No need for pCPE (purpose-built CPE)
- Simplified installation
- Scalable, flexible, reliable
- High availability through virtualized hardware
Virtual SmartNode acting as SBC in Hosted PBX application
Application details:
- Service demarcation
- SIP normalization & Interop
- Quality of service
- Survivability—Multi WAN
- Station to station calling—WAN outage
- Conversion:
- SIP IPv4 to IPv6
- SIP UDP to TCP
- SIP TLS to UDP
Benefits:
- Harmonized installation
- No need for pCPE (purpose-built CPE)
- Simplified installation
- Scalable, flexible, reliable
- High availability through virtualized hardware
Virtual SmartNode acting as IP Access Router
Application details:
- Multi WAN link support & management
- Load balancing
- Survivability
- High availability (HA)
- Network address translation (NAT) & network address and port translation (NAPT)
- DHCP server
- Access control list (ACL)
- IPv6 support
- VRRP, GRE, RIP, BGP, etc.
Benefits:
- Simple & automated setup
- Scalable—You define the CPU and memory
- Flexible—Adapts to customer needs
- Add/remove features as needed
- Central management through Patton Cloud
Virtual SmartNode acting as VPN Server
Application details:
- Secure remote workers, remote offices integration
- VPN links termination & aggregation—IPsec (Client Side only*), OpenVPN
- Access to main office infrastructure (printers, servers, etc.)
- Multi WAN link support & management
- Access right management
Benefits:
- Simple setup
- Scalable—You define the CPU and memory
- Flexible—Adapts to customer needs
- Add/remove features as needed
- Central management through Patton Cloud
* IPSec Server Side on Roadmap
Virtual SmartNode acting as IPv4 to IPv6 Network Gateway
Application details:
- IPv4 to IPv6 interop
- WAN—LAN network separation
- Access control list (ACL)
- Multi access link management (IPv4 or IPv6)
- Dual Stack IPv4/IPv6
- DHCPv4 & v6
- Various routing protocol support
Benefits:
- Simple setup
- Scalable—You define the CPU and memory
- Flexible—Adapts to customer needs
- Add/remove features as needed
- Central management through Patton Cloud
