Cubro Omnia QM - next generation CDR (Call Detail Record)

To meet the challenges of massive traffic growth, rising customer expectations and the complexity of network architecture, companies need to optimize their monitoring tools and prevent potential blind spots. However, the high cost of monitoring traffic at the user level and the burden of providing exceptional customer service while proactively handling complaints further complicate matters. Additionally, the advent of 5G technology and the high total cost of ownership (TCO) for existing monitoring solutions add to the existing complexity. By implementing effective strategies and solutions, companies can increase monitoring efficiency, meet customer demands, improve network management, and mitigate the challenges of 5G and high total cost of ownership for a more efficient and customer-focused operation.

Cubro Omnia QM: A time-window-based metadata extraction solution to reduce monitoring footprint

Cubro offers a solution that helps monitoring and analysis systems achieve their goals - to better understand subscribers while reducing monitoring and analysis costs.

User layer monitoring with CDR extraction

With CDR (Call Detail Record) extraction, powered by Cubro Omnic's innovative smart network cards, operators can efficiently extract, optimize and monitor data. The solution significantly reduces the need for large hardware and software resources.

Omnic cards analyze and process traffic in the user plane (U-plane) and signaling plane (C-plane) in real time. The solution correlates information from the U-plane and C-plane and generates CDR reports that are sent to relevant systems, where they are used for monitoring, data analysis. In addition, the operator can tame the ever-growing amount of data by using it for business analytics (e.g., creating statistics on subscriber behavior).

The role of deep packet inspection (DPI)

Deep packet inspection (DPI) is the process of inspecting the contents of network packets at a granular level. Using DPI helps operators to examine the payload of each packet and extract valuable information from it. This data can provide application detection or feed cyber security tools. Omnic cards perform user plane (U-plane) analysis and processing in real time using DPI technology.

The solution includes traffic filtering based on the user's IP address, the subscriber's IMSI and MSISDN, and application detection. These filters allow operators to selectively examine specific aspects of network traffic, focusing on relevant data for further analysis. DPI identifies and filters packets of interest, optimizing the use of hardware and software resources.

One of the results of this solution is the generation of CDR records. These records contain extracted and correlated information from U- and C-plane traffic. DPI allows filtering of data, for example, on an application basis, thus enabling the extraction of only relevant data, providing the smaller amounts of data needed for advanced monitoring, data analysis and business analysis.

The Omnia QM solution is based on:

• Filtering traffic based on the user's IP address
• Load balancing for internal IP of GTP tunnels.
• Detection of applications
• Generate CDR reports that are sent to the client's data repository and analytics.

Benefits of Omnia QM

High compression ratio that results in significant cost savings
A compression ratio of up to 1000:1 means that if bandwidth is 1000 Gbps with unprocessed packets, a CDR-based solution requires only 1 Gbps. Cubro's solution significantly reduces the cost of customer investments in analytics and monitoring systems, lowering CAPEX.

Compact hardware design resulting in lower hardware footprint
Cubro's advanced Omnic solution enables efficient traffic management with just one server, capable of handling 40 Gbps of Omnic traffic with up to 10 cards. The compact hardware design maximizes performance and reduces power consumption, cooling requirements and rack space. Therefore, this approach reduces overall CAPEX and OPEX.

Seamless scalability
The Cubro solution offers excellent scalability without the need for additional rack space, as long as the limit of 10 Omnic cards is not reached. You can easily increase your capacity by adding another Omnic card, enabling a "pay as you grow" approach.

Leveraging existing infrastructure
The solution integrates seamlessly with existing TAP and NPB infrastructure. This compatibility ensures a smooth transition and reduces CAPEX by leveraging current investments.