Chances are if you’re reading this, you’re trying to work out what Telephony Binary-Coded Decimal encoding is. I got you. Again I found myself staring at encoding trying to guess how it worked, reading references that looped into other references, in this case I was encoding MSISDN AVPs in Diameter. How to Encode a number […]
As the number of Private Networks built on LTE and 5G grow, how will PLMN allocation be managed?
How does “Network Time” actually get to the UE?
A look at the 4 types of Diameter Agent
A look at tuning your SCTP parameters to detect failures quickly and reduce dropped packets when they happen.
Peer behind the magic curtain at how IMS networks route your VoLTE and VoNR calls, and how iFC (Initial Filter Criteria) achieve this.
5G introduces Network Slicing, or does it? A look at slicing mechanisms widely used in pre-5G networks.
Adding support for AMR Codec in FreeSWITCH
Getting to know IPfilterRules and the Flow-Description AVP
Short messaging can be anything but simple…
A look at non-IP transport for 5G including Ethernet.
New database time to support slicing and a migration path for existing users.
I’d been trying for some time to get Kamailio acting as a Diameter Routing Agent with mixed success, and eventually got it working, after a few changes to the codebase of the ims_diameter_server module. It is rather unstable, in that if it fails to dispatch to a Diameter peer, the whole thing comes crumbling down, […]
Introducing YAML based config files for defining how PyHSS should be setup
Peculiar padding problem perplexes poor programmer.
Info on PyHSS new support for SCTP as well as TCP.
How to find a subscriber location within the network.
Thanks to some recent developments, PyHSS has had a major overhaul recently, and is getting better than ever, Some features that are almost ready for public release are: Config File Instead of having everything defined all over the place a single YAML config file is used to define how the HSS should function. SCTP Support […]
A look at MTU and its role in LTE and 5G Transmission.
Using Wireshark to sniff communication between your computer and Smart Card / SIM Card