OpenEPC - Open Evolved Packet Core

Fraunhofer OpenEPC is close to its 3rd release. Following an aggressive development phase, the OpenEPC toolkit is enabled with new features and components inspired by the latest 3GPP standard releases.

The OpenEPC Rel. 3 new features include:

• Offline Charging System, correlated with IMS charging incl. Billing System Stub
• AAA for non-3GPP accesses incl. AAA Server, Radius support …
• SGSN component
• Flexible gating, QoS and monitoring
• Overhauled mobile device support
• A completely overhauled network for the LTE access

OpenEPC is a prototype implementation of the 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC) - Release 9 - that enables academic and industrial researchers and engineers around the world to obtain a practical look and feel of the capabilities of the Evolved Packet Core. The fundamental functionality of OpenEPC Rel.1 is available from April 2010. OpenEPC was then enhanced and is available as OpenEPC Rel. 2 from February 2011 onwards. The main features of the current OpenEPC are described here.

OpenEPC can be integrated with various access network technologies and different application domains and thus provides an excellent foundation for own research activities and/or the establishment of truly mobile broadband testbeds like the Fraunhofer FOKUS FUSECO Playground for FUture SEamless COmmunication.

The goal of the FUSECO Playground is to cover the entire technology spectrum of a future mobile broadband network from wireless devices across various access & core networks up to an open set of application platforms, supporting data, multimedia streaming, machine type and mobile cloud applications.

Note that although the FUSECO playground is initially provided in the vibrant city of Berlin, it is designed for high "portability" as it addresses the easy integration of other access technologies and application platforms from around the world. In particular, the OpenEPC toolkit is designed to enable local and highly customized FUSECO Playground instantiations around the globe at the premises of various organizations.

For more information and any requests please contact:  info [at] openepc [dot] net

OpenEPC is developed and supported by Fraunhofer FOKUS competence center NGNI and TU Berlin - AV.