Procera Networks - Policy Enforcement in Motion

What We Do

Procera Networks delivers Intelligent Policy Enforcement (IPE) solutions for network operators, that leverage industry-leading Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology. Procera's PacketLogic solutions are the engine that drives the new Digital Lifestyle enabled by advanced broadband networks.   The PacketLogic Report Studio is the first Network Intelligence and Analytics solution for Intelligent Policy Enforcement systems that provides comprehensive report creation to answer the business questions network operators need answered to run their business. PacketLogic Report Studio delivers print-ready reports that can be customized to focus on complex analytics that can be used to shape investments in network infrastructure, new services marketing, and product launch decisions.Our technology enables carriers, broadband providers and higher education institutions to improve the quality and longevity of their networks, better monetize their infrastructure investments, control security hazards, and create attractive services for their users by making qualified business decisions based on granular user and traffic intelligence.

PacketLogic is deployed at more than 600 customers who value the unparalleled accuracy and high-end performance of the PacketLogic solution.

Why We Do It 

We live in a hyper-connected world. Consumers are accessing content from multiple devices across numerous broadband connections. Social networking, applications, and entertainment content lives in the clouds. Without quality access to the Internet, lives are disrupted. Twitter and Facebook are not just websites, they have become a part of the new Digitial Lifestyle for consumers.

Broadband providers must be able to adapt to changes in user behaviors and new applications by rapidly creating new services and business models that deliver a higher quality of service to their subscribers. With new devices and applications being launched regularly, time to market is critical. The demands on performance and scalability in this highly mobile environment will strain and breakbroadband infrastructures and deplete available resources unless they are managed intelligently.

Intelligent Policy Enforcement (IPE) enables broadband network operators to provide unprecedented levels of personalization, service optimization, network assurance, and rapid creation of business models to monetize their infrastructure investments.

Procera's IPE solutions enable broadband providers to support more subscribers and services on their network than other alternatives, because our solutions are the highest performing and most scalable policy enforcement systems available. Procera IPE solutions support deeper levels of awareness and over twice as many applications as our competition, enabling richer services to be offered to consumers. Our PacketLogic Report Studio analytics provide more relevant business intelligence reports that enable broadband operators to better understand consumer trends and rapidly respond to the dynamic application landscape.

How We Do It Better

First, enabling the Digital Lifestyle requires superior awareness to ensure that the right Quality of Experience is delivered to consumers based on their location, device, and application usage. Procera's solutions provide unparalleled visibility through our Datastream Recognition Definition Language (DRDL) traffic classification engine and the interaction with our PacketLogic Subscriber Manager (PSM), which delivers the industry's most comprehensive subscriber, location, and device awareness.

Second, Broadband providers trying to keep pace with the Digital Lifestyle require detailed analysis of trends in consumer behavior. Procera's PacketLogic Intelligence Center (PIC) with PacketLogic Report Studio ensures that Marketing and Finance departments understand what applications are most prevalent among your user base, where those applications are utilized most frequently, and how changes in service plans affect network congestion. PIC delivers succinct, digestible, and customizable reports that drive profitable services and efficient network management.

Finally, through Intelligent Policy Enforcement, Procera's solutions provide superior control options for broadband network operators for service creation and congestion management. Unlike competitive options that are one-size fits all, PacketLogic is designed for maximum implementation flexibility, and can be customized for each deployment to fit the business, financial, and regulatory needs of each network operator.

Products and Solutions

Procera's Intelligent Policy Enforcement solutions are powered by our three main product lines:

The PacketLogic Subscriber Manager (PSM) integrates PacketLogic with network management and operation systems including AAA, OSS, BSS, provisioning and policy managers. This enables policy enforcement, per-user tracking, also known as user awareness, as well as knowledge of where in the network the user connects, i.e. location awareness. User awareness can be leveraged to create personalized offerings that attract new customers, minimize churn, and increase ARPU through value-add services. Location awareness makes it possible to resolve, or even avoid, congestion, enhancing the user-experience. It can also control roaming costs through automatic policy enforcement.

The PacketLogic Intelligence Center (PIC) with PacketLogic Report Studio provides the visualization of the application and subscriber intelligence gathered by deployed PacketLogic systems. Leveraging the subscriber and location awareness provided by the PSM and the application intelligence provided by the PRE, the PIC is able to present a wealth of information to the network operator based on the behavior of their network. The intelligence can be presented in a multi-dimensional format, with per user, application, location, and device views available for business intelligence and planning. The PIC gives network managers access to relevant network traffic intelligence that enables network optimization, creation of appealing services and protection against malicious behavior.

The PacketLogic Real-Time Enforcement platforms (PRE) utilize multiple hardware platforms that run the same operating software. Each of the platforms offer consistent feature richness enabled through the different PacketLogic software modules: LiveView, Filtering, Traffic Shaping, and Statistics. The PacketLogic hardware platforms offer a range of configurations from the entry-level 2RU, 2 Gbps PL7720 through the 5 Gbps PL7810 in a compact 1RU system. The mid-range PL8720 is a 2RU unit with up to 15 Gbps throughput. At the top of the line are the PL8820 with 30 Gbps and the PL8920  with 50 Gbps throughput, both appliances come in a compact 2RU form factor, and the PL10024 with capacity up to 120 Gbps and support for 10M subscribers per system.  The PL100024 is a 13/14RU modular AdvancedTCA (ATCA) chassis solution. The newest addition to the PacketLogic family is the PL20000, the industry's first 100GE capable Intelligent Policy enforcement (IPE) platform, a 14/15RU AC/DC combination system with support for up 320 Gbps of throughput in a single system, and multi-system performance scaling up to 5 Tbps.