WLCP products in new releases

As of July 17, 2007 the core products of the BEA WebLogic Communication Platform geared for the telecommunications network are available in new versions. In the following you find the most important capabilities for the BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper and the BEA WebLogic SIP server in an overview.



BEA WebLogic Network Gatekeeper 3.0



The BEA WebLogic network Gatekeeper (WLNG) 3.0 is a "Major Milestone release". Main innovations are the complete revision of architecture and the associated migration into our JEE environment (WebLogic server) and the smooth integration of the SIP server for possible binding to SIP/IMS based networks. Here is an overview of some the new features of the WLNG 3.0:

• Final migration into a JEE architecture (based on BEA WebLogic server 9.2)


• Support of IMS and SIP networks by the integration of the BEA WebLogic SIP Server 3.0



• Improved Telecom Web services with Parlay X 2,1 support and WAP Push
  
  
  
  • call control: 3rd party call control, audio call, call notification, call handling
  
  
  • Mobility: Terminal status, terminal location
  
  
  • Messaging: SMS, MMS
  
  
  • Presence
  
  
  • Payment
  
  
  • WAP Push
  
  
  
  
• Improved High Availability and Reliability by the proven Clustering -, load Balancing and Failover technology of the WebLogic Server


• Improved OA&M Framework


• Extended Policy Enforcement with geographically distributed SLA enforcement


• Externally callable Policy engine


• Improved developer support by a new Creation Environment Suite


• Docs: http://edocs.bea.com/wlcp/wlng30/open/index.html


• Download: http://commerce.bea.com/showproduct.jsp?family=WLNGSDK&major=3.0&minor=0

BEA WebLogic SIP server 3.1



The BEA WebLogic SIP server (WLSS) 3.1 release is focused on improvements in the support for "Network Address Translation (NAT)" and improvements in the OA&M functionality. Here is an overview of some of the new features of the WLSS 3.1:

• Integration of the WLSS Management Frameworks with the WebLogic Diagnostic Framework


• Substantial improvements for Data Collection, Logging, Tracing, Notifications and Code instrumentation


• Supervision of SIP and Diameter using the administration console


• Support of the RFC 3581 (Symmetric Response Routing; does header support)


• Improvement for SIP Clients in NAT-networks in the handling of Firewalls


• Performance: With JRockit 27.3 (http://edocs.bea.com/jrockit/webdocs/index.html) we have measured significant performance improvements.


• Docs: http://edocs.bea.com/wlcp/wlss31/index.html


• Download: http://commerce.bea.com/showproduct.jsp?family=WLSS&major=3.1&minor=0