OSC Radiator team available for meetings in 5G World, London 29 June - 1st July

We are happy to invite all our blog followers at our stand #43 at the 5G World in London Olympia, 29 – 30 June to discuss how we can help you with Radiator AAA solutions.

To have discussions on our solutions from one end to another, we have joined forces with representatives from Kapsch CarrierCom, one of our partner companies in a role of a systems integrator.

Let’s discuss together about your needs and challenges so we can offer better support you. Would you like to be among the first ones to hear the news on the Radiator roadmap? Top teasers include:

• Radiator NFV product line
• Our latest products such as Radiator GBA/BSF Support module
• VoLTE, VoWiFi, 3GPP AAA Server use cases
• New features on Radiator development roadmap 

Visit us at our stand during the event, or schedule a meeting in advance at sales(a.t.)radiatorsoftware.comAlso, separate meetings can be arranged on 1st of July in London. Just get in touch with the Radiator team at sales(a.t.)radiatorsoftware.com.

For more information about the event program, please visit the event website.

More interoperability with Radiator GBA/BSF Support Module v. 1.3

We are happy to announce Radiator GBA/BSF Support Module v. 1.3.

With Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA), it is possible to provide seamless authentication for VoLTE Supplementary Services. This enables the end user to manage services, such as call forwarding, knocking and video call forwarding without switching networks or extra usernames and passwords.

Radiator GBA/BSF Support Module works as an authentication proxy between the end-user user device and the HSS. It authenticates the user requests, and also separates the authentication procedure and the Application Specific server (AS) functionality into different logical entities, for example, RCS (rich communication suite) services mentioned above.

What is new?

We have added interoperability fixes, and successful testing has now been done with user equipment from following vendors:

• Samsung
• Microsoft
• Apple

New features also include fixed username checks and fixed access handlers to work even when client does not send the HTTP user agent header. You can see all the updates from Radiator GBA/BSF Support module revision history.

Do you want to know more?

We are happy to provide more information, use cases and benefits about Radiator GBA/BSF Support Module. Just contact our team at info@open.com.au and we will tell you more.

Deploying flexible Radiator AAA for Cisco ASR/CSR VPN

The increased use of Cisco ASR/CSR and its IPSEC VPNs with IKEv2 creates new challenges for authentication, authorisation and accounting (AAA) software. The first challenge is interoperability, especially when Cisco’s implementation of IKEv2 requires EAP-MSCHAPv2 to be used for VPN user authentication.

Most AAA server softwares support MSCHAPv2 for RADIUS authentication, but only few have support also for MSCHAPv2 encapsulated inside EAP protocol. Radiator supports them both. What is more, with Radiator it is possible to separate the MSCHAPv2 from EAP by terminating the EAP tunnel in Radiator and forwarding the inner MSCHAPv2 to other authentication servers or services.

The Radiator’s ability to separate MSCHAPv2 from EAP protocol makes it possible to use Radiator as a flexible proxy for various authentication sources (see Figure 1) such as Windows Active Directory, One-Time-Password (HOTP/TOTP) services, RSA / Yubikey / Duo Security tokens etc. For some authentication sources, Radiator works as the actual endpoint for AAA service reducing the need of multiple separate authentication servers or appliances sitting in your network.

Radiator EAP - MSCHAPv2 Architecture

Do you want to know more?

This is a popular use case and we have been been contacted by several customers who need to separate MSCHAPv2 from EAP protocol. This functionality is one reason why Radiator AAA Server is called 'The Swiss Army Knife of AAA Servers'. Radiator provides various protocols and can be used as a proxy in different environments – often with configurations that are provided without additional charge when purchasing the license.

For more information, please contact our team at sales(a.t.)radiatorsoftware.com

VoLTE RCS is getting more support - be ready with Radiator

In Mobile World Congress last week, Google and several global operators announced the launch of a mobile industry initiative to accelerate the availability of Rich Communications Services (RCS) in Android. Operators have agreed to transition toward a common, universal profile based on the GSMA's RCS specifications and an Android RCS client provided by Google in collaboration with operators and OEMs.

For telcos and their customers, the improved user equipment support means that they can get more out of their VoLTE networks. For example, the following Android RCS features will become part of operator messaging experience:

• Group chat
• Sharing high-resolution photos
• Reading receipts

Also, GSMA RCS advanced calling features will be supported in the future by Google.

Be ready with Radiator

The support for VoLTE RCS requires seamless authentication in operator networks. This can be implemented with Radiator GBA/BSF Support Module. Radiator GBA/BSF Support Module works as an authentication proxy between the end-user UE and HSS. It authenticates the user requests, and separates the authentication procedure and the Application Specific server (AS) functions to different logical entities – for example, call forwarding and other Rich Communication Services.

Authentication architecture, when your end user device supports VoLTE RCS

We have already deployed Radiator GBA/BSF Support module to real operator networks in order to provide support for seamless VoLTE RCS authentication. In case you are interested in our solution, please contact our team at support info@open.com.au.

Radiator 3GPP AAA Server white paper published

We are happy to announce that Radiator 3GPP AAA Server white paper (pdf) has now been published. 3GPP AAA Server white paper, as well as our previous white papers about Radiator SIM support and Radiator Policy and Charging support, can be found from OSC website.

If you are in a need for 3GPP AAA Server solution, you can always contact us at sales(a.t.)radiatorsoftware.com