Apertio

As part of the Apertio One suite of applications, Apertio One-HLR specifically addresses the architectural inefficiencies and fragmented databases of legacy HLR solutions. Apertio One-HLR is a uniquely scalable, high performance HLR solution that provides a single logical directory of subscriber records. By taking advantage of the underlying in-memory database, Apertio One-NDS (Network Directory Server), One-HLR can also be further extended to form an integral part of a pan-network customer data repository. The Apertio One-HLR is a software solution, implemented on IBM BladeCenter.

It delivers significant performance advantages when compared with legacy hardware systems, without sacrificing the robust mobility features required by advanced networks.

Performance evaluation:
Recent scalability testing at the IBM Network Transformation Center in Montpellier, France, demonstrated Apertio's impressive HLR capabilities. Benchmarking of the Apertio application was performed on IBM BladeCenter H using HS21 Intel Xeon blade servers running SUSE Linux. The HS21 Intel Xeon blades were ideal for Front End transaction processing. This test demonstrated the ability of a single HS21 dual core Front End (FE) blade to achieve massive performance, reaching over 13 million subscribers for the HLR application with a CPU usage of less than 70%. TCAP message pairs reached an impressive throughput of 17,000 TPS with a single FE server. Average complete MAP dialogue response times were as low as 27ms at the peak subscriber load using a representative mix of MAP operations. This unparalleled performance is achievable due to the highly scalable and efficientarchitecture of the One-HLR application built on Apertio One-NDS.

To learn more about this solution

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