A robust AAA server
is a preliminary
requirement to propel the growth that comes
with the launch of new services and an
increasing subscriber base. Epiphany AAA
Software Solutions is the answer to the
aggressive and ever growing access control,
service delivery, and accounting
requirements of carriers, service providers,
and wireless operators. Be it wireless or
Wireline internet access, outsourced remote
access, managed VPNs, broadband, VoIP or any
other combination of services, Epiphany AAA
Solutions centrally manages the
authentication of the subscribers,
authorizes them for appropriate level of
service, and
ensure reliable accounting of their usage.
Epiphany AAA Solutions supports multiple
data sources like LDAP, Flat File, and RDBMS
etc. By default OTS solution comes with
embedded RDBMS and hence the same is used as
a
default data source unless there are any
external third party data sources to be
interfaced with. Multiple network elements
like Wi-Fi Access Controllers, BNGs/BRAS,
PDSN, GGSN, PDN GW etc. are also supported
for over protocols like RADIUS etc. Epiphany
AAA also stores CDRs as per Telecom
Regulatory requirements.
Epiphany AAA Software Solutions supports
various policies like Access Policy,
Concurrent
Login Policy, Authorization Policy, Session
Management Policy etc. within the Policy
Manager module. Epiphany AAA server
maintains logs in real time. Epiphany AAA
Software
stores live session information like session
id, session duration etc.
Epiphany AAA Solutions supports multiple
authentication methods such as PAP, CHAP,
PEAP,
LEAP, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS etc. The proxy
management component enables the Epiphany
AAA
server to act as a proxy server and forward
the authentication related requests to any
target server.
The system’s interoperability can also be
extended with 3rd-party Vendor Specific
Attributes (VSAs), many of which it comes
pre-configured with. In addition, Epiphany
AAA
Software Solutions APIs allow integration
with external provisioning, OSS/BSS and
portal
systems.