NETWORK INSIGHTS

The latest trends and use cases
in application and subscriber intelligence

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APPLICATION AWARENESS

Identify application traffic
with deep packet inspection

Add application visibility to your networking or cybersecurity solution to analyze, optimize or manage IP traffic. Classify thousands of applications and protocols and extract metadata in real time, even if traffic is encrypted or obfuscated. Save R&D costs and rely on weekly signature updates.

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SUBSCRIBER AWARENESS

Identify subscriber traffic
with user and control plane correlation

Boost your network packet broker or IP probing solution with user and control plane correlation achieving mobile subscriber awareness in 3G, 4G and 5G networks. Enhance your solution with session-aware traffic aggregation, filtering and load balancing capabilities – easily integrated as OEM software.

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Turning raw IP data into network intelligence

ipoque, a Rohde & Schwarz company, is a leading provider of advanced, future-proof OEM deep packet inspection (DPI) and IP analytics software delivering comprehensive visibility of IP network traffic. Embedded into networking and cybersecurity tools, IP analytics solutions by ipoque enable application and mobile subscriber awareness, empowering customers to transform raw IP data into the insights needed to analyze, optimize and manage network traffic effectively and to ensure the highest connectivity and security.

Founded as a software start-up in Leipzig in 2005 and acquired by the Munich-based Rohde & Schwarz group in 2011, ipoque combines the best of two worlds: agile software development and the resources of an international electronics group.

Featured news, events and resources

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DPI-enhanced CASB for tighter security in the cloud

As a middleman negotiating traffic flows between users on the ground and applications in the cloud, the importance of the cloud access security broker (CASB) continues to grow. But to be able to provide real-time insights, end-to-end visibility and accurate detection of threats and anomalies, DPI engines such as R&S®PACE 2 are a critical addition. By combining the capabilities of both the CASB and DPI, enterprises are sure to be safe as they move their work to the cloud.

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Delivering subscriber-aware load balancing through GTP correlation

The volume and diversity of data on mobile networks is only going to increase over the years, making the challenges of load balancing evermore pertinent. In this context, smart load balancing through subscriber awareness can make the difference between a struggling and thriving mobile network. Traffic insights brought by real-time correlation of user and control traffic help deliver more responsive and reliable mobile networks.

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Brochure

Product brochure R&S®GSRM

By integrating R&S®GSRM (GTP Subscriber Resolving Module) as OEM software, vendors boost their solutions with reliable subscriber awareness. This subscriber-level traffic visibility empowers network packet brokers and IP probes with session-aware traffic aggregation, filtering and load balancing capabilities enabling mobile network operators to optimize network performance, manage quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) for their subscribers.

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DPI-driven application and protocol classification

As the internet is at the center of more and more business, application awareness will be needed even more to enable optimal distribution of network content. New and intensified security threats will emerge as business and commerce virtualize. This article discusses how an advanced DPI engine featuring port-based matching, pattern matching and encrypted traffic intelligence can enhance the monitoring performance, security and monetization of networks.

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Deep packet inspection
supporting SASE for 5G security

SASE is a secure gateway at the edge of a network, bundling network and security functions provided on-demand as a cloud service. DPI can augment the capacities of SASE in securing enterprise 5G networks. This article examines the need for highly reliable and seamless authentication of remote users and endpoints at the edge and explains how DPI in SASE provides the real-time traffic visibility and traffic filtering to enable this.

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Press release

ipoque launches GTP correlation software R&S^®GSRM for mobile subscriber awareness

Leipzig, Germany, October 13, 2021 — ipoque GmbH, a Rohde & Schwarz company, today launched R&S®GSRM, an OEM software module for the correlation of control and user plane within the core of mobile networks to resolve data traffic per subscriber. This subscriber-level traffic visibility empowers vendors of network packet brokers and IP probes to enhance their solutions with session-aware traffic aggregation, filtering and load balancing capabilities. Additionally, policy control, cybersecurity and IP traffic management solutions benefit highly from mobile subscriber awareness, easily integrated as OEM software.

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Customer insights

Success Story

Barracuda integrates R&S®PACE 2

Customer product: CloudGen Firewall

“[...] Beyond award-winning products, we are committed to provide excellent support to our customers and partners. This is only possible if our technology partners can live up to the same high expectations and standards. [...]”

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Nubewell integrates R&S®PACE 2

Customer product: Smart SD-WAN

"For us, this meant that ipoque's DPI library would keep growing, enabling us to secure SD-WANs proactively and in real time. Our investment in R&S®PACE 2 has paid off early because of their knowledge of DPI [...]

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CELARE integrates R&S®PACE 2

Customer product: network monitoring solution

"Our customers are increasingly seeing the need to protect their highly sensitive IT and SCADA-controlled infrastructure against malware and attacks. We decided for Rohde & Schwarz as we recognized [...]

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NETWORK INSIGHTS

The latest trends and use cases
in application and subscriber intelligence

APPLICATION AWARENESS

Identify application traffic
with deep packet inspection

SUBSCRIBER AWARENESS

Identify subscriber traffic
with user and control plane correlation

Turning raw IP data into network intelligence

Featured news, events and resources

DPI-enhanced CASB for tighter security in the cloud

Delivering subscriber-aware load balancing through GTP correlation

Product brochure R&S®GSRM

DPI-driven application and protocol classification

Deep packet inspection
supporting SASE for 5G security

ipoque launches GTP correlation software R&S^®GSRM for mobile subscriber awareness