OpenScape Session Border Controller

Cataleya's Orchid Link is a versatile, software-based Session Border Controller (SBC) designed to enhance real-time communications for service providers and enterprises. It offers flexible deployment options, including on-premises installations and as-a-Service models, to meet diverse operational needs. Orchid Link supports WebRTC gateway functionality, enabling seamless integration of web-based voice and video communications into existing SIP infrastructures. This capability facilitates the extension of communication services to web browsers without necessitating core system upgrades. The SBC ensures robust security by supporting DTLS for secure session establishment and SRTP for media encryption between WebRTC endpoints and SIP networks. Its service-aware firewall acts as an intelligent agent, defending against potential malicious attacks.

Ericsson's Session Border Controller (SBC) is a carrier-class, virtualized product designed to guarantee security and interoperability between IMS and other networks for both signaling and media. It provides a single offering for Voice over LTE (VoLTE), Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi), Video over LTE (ViLTE), Rich Communication Services (RCS), interconnection, fixed VoIP, and web communication solutions. The SBC can be deployed on nearly any x86 hardware in multiple cloud environments, such as OpenStack, VMware, and Ericsson NFVI. It is also verified on Ericsson software-defined infrastructure (SDI) and can be delivered as part of industrialized solutions. Ericsson’s SBC architecture utilizes centralized control, with the media plane being handled in traffic hotspots, to enable low media latency and transmission savings. The feature-rich, convergent nature of the Ericsson SBC means that service providers can benefit from a single product for all needs, resulting in significant OPEX savings.