The availability of new types of multimedia content and applications on the Web has created an increase in demand for multimedia-enabled 4G networks. Users can carry the richness of the Internet in their pockets, to stay informed and to collaborate through rich media, whenever they want and wherever they are. The ever-increasing trend towards subscribers accessing services through the Internet threatens to turn service providers into “dumb pipes.”  

Service providers need smart wireless for IP-based 4G networks that can learn from content at line speed and apply that knowledge to selectively adapt the network, enable new revenue-generating opportunities and dynamically optimize both the network and services. Service providers also need the flexibility to enable new services rapidly. 

The SmartCore platform plays a critical role in intelligently delivering services to subscribers with optimal QoS processing, advanced security and extensive accounting and charging models. With its unique ability to learn from content and location, match flexible policies and manage bandwidth on a per-subscriber, per-application or per-policy basis, the SmartCore platform allows operators to capitalize on service differentiation. These capabilities provide new opportunities to monetize the internet, as well as the means to offer better services than competitors. SmartCore platforms also support a range of network functions and one among them is pdn gateway for LTE.