Stoke Unveils Optimized Version of its Security eXchange Solution for 4G/LTE Networks

Stoke Inc. announced the release of an ultra high performance version of its Stoke Security eXchange solution for 4G/LTE networks.

In a statement, Mike Homeier, vice president of product management at Stoke said, “This performance increase continues our strategy of enabling operators to keep ahead of the traffic demand curve.”

“Achieving true line rate, 10 Gbps encryption stretches the physical boundaries of what has previously been possible. It exemplifies leading edge silicon design and manufacturing and once again raises the bar for other mobile broadband vendors. We have broken new ground in amplifying the performance of our already outstanding solution,” Homeier added.

This solution, according to company sources is capable of 40 Gbps of throughput. Also the standalone Security eXchange with XGLC20 packet processing card offers operators greater capabilities to secure and encrypt huge volumes of LTE mobile broadband services optimally.

The ability to adapt to traffic surges, deliver a high quality multimedia experience, aggregate multiple radio types and secure IP-based communications are among the chief operator priorities as they transition to 4G/LTE.

Mobile broadband traffic is expected to grow phenomenally over the next five years which will load traditional network infrastructure elements affecting the delivery of a secure environment and the capacity to handle the increasing mobile broadband traffic.

Performance is affected when integrating encryption into LTE Evolved Packet Core (EPC) elements while specialized approaches introduced by Stoke will relieve this pressure. Stoke will be able to deliver affordable, scalable encryption solutions for LTE and specializes in offering standalone LTE security solutions, revealed officials.

Stoke successfully demonstrated in recent Voice over LTE trials with the MultiService Forum, that by using the right standalone platform, operators could deploy IPSec without system latency or throughput performance penalty. At the same time subscriber, network and services integrity can be assured.

According to Stoke officials the enhancements are most suitable for supporting an increase in demand with increase in volume of subscribers and traffic. This enables the industry to accelerate its transition to 4G/LTE services.

Jennifer Pigg, vice president at industry analyst firm The Yankee Group stated, “Security is a priority function in LTE networks and is also a prescribed aspect of 3GPP mobile networks. The standalone model, as in the case of Stoke, allows network operators to scale the security function independently from other EPC functions, which becomes increasingly important as pressure on the network grows.”

In other news, with a growing number of operators transitioning their networks to LTE, mobile broadband gateway developer Stoke Inc. is noting an accelerating increase in demand for its secure LTE base station (eNodeB) aggregation devices. While security capabilities integrated into other Evolved Packet Core (EPC) elements are available, Stoke's standalone approach enables operators to better scale their networks to accommodate growth in traffic and eNodeBs.