Adax, Hughes Soft unveil Gb interface solution

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MUMBAI: Adax and Hughes Software Systems have announced a pre-integrated solution that is crucial to infrastructure developers, who are suffering pressures to roll out new GPRS/UMTS networks, services and revenue streams. The integration of Hughes Software`s Network Services and Adax`s Frame Relay service is now complete and the Gb interface solution is already being field-tested.

The Gb interface is an important development in the migration from GSM to GPRS technology. It connects the existing Base Station System (BSS) to the new Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) carrying network services for cell site control. It is used to upgrade existing GSM BSS equipment and provide GPRS-based packet data services. Such services include mobile internet, mobile email access and wireless Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). Within the Gb interface stack the Network Services (NS) runs over Frame Relay and provides network service primitives allowing for transmission and reception of upper layer protocol data units between the BSS and SGSN.