R&S®PACE 2

Protocol and application classification, metadata extraction and encrypted traffic intelligence

• Real-time IP traffic classification including several thousands of protocols, applications and their service types, such as video, audio, file transfer, etc.
• Metadata parameters such as bandwidth usage, traffic volume, connection duration or attachment types and quality of service /quality of experience indicators such as jitter, throughput or packet loss
• Encrypted traffic intelligence by combining advanced techniques and behavioral and statistical analysis as well as machine learning (ML) to classify applications and protocols despite encryption and obfuscation

We use highly automated testing frameworks and setups to detect any application change and to ensure that R&S®PACE 2 is always up-to-date.

This short video on YouTube gives a brief introduction to our DPI software R&S®PACE 2 and its functionality.

• NAT plug-in: detection of devices behind routers using network address translation (NAT), including smartphones using mobile tethering
• First packet classification: caching methods combined with encrypted traffic intelligence enable future-proof first packet IP traffic classification
• Dynamic Upgrade: R&S®PACE 2 offers live updates without interruptions integrating weekly software releases during runtime
  
• Extension Interface: R&S®PACE 2 customers can implement their own code, such as traffic identifiers (own classifications), during the packet processing and produce customized events
• Multiprocessing: R&S®PACE 2 is designed for symmetric multiprocessing systems and supports uniform (UMA) and non-uniform memory access (NUMA)
• Fastpath: If no additional processing is necessary, the Fastpath feature drops all upcoming packets of a flow after the flow has been classified
• Client-Server Indication: enables targeted tracking of internal network users to significantly reduce memory requirements
• Memory Management: memory usage can be optimized in an individual way
  
• Configuration Dictionary: provides a string-based and binary-compatible way to configure R&S®PACE 2 to handle options unknown to a specific software version
• Processing States: reveals the relative amount of time spent on processing during runtime

• Time-to-market and cost savings: reduced development time and capex/opex
• Easy and fast integration: highly flexible API for integration, platform-agnostic software, no external dependencies
• Superior service and support: adaptable to individual needs with designated support engineers
• Fast performance and linear scalability: throughput of 14 Gbps per core, on average
• High efficiency: most efficient memory usage and easiest CPU integration on the market
• Accuracy and reliability: classifies over 95 % of network traffic with a time resolution down to nanoseconds
• Coverage: real-time classification of protocols and applications for all verticals and regions across diverse operating systems, application versions and service types
• Metadata extraction: detailed insights into application-centric statistics for QoS/QoE, for example, KPIs on network performance for applications such as
  VoIP and video streaming
• Always up to date: weekly signature updates, including additions to the classification library
• Dynamic upgrades: No downtimes thanks to dynamic upgrades
  
• Future-proof: prepared for network automation and optimized to run in virtual environments (supports KVM, VMware, Hyper-V and Xen)

R&S®PACE 2 can be deployed in a variety of network analytics and security solutions. The multitude of use cases and deployments reflects the adaptability, flexibility and scalability of R&S®PACE 2 and the benefits of licensing DPI software. The following list mentions some reference use cases for deep packet inspection in telco and cybersecurity solutions.

• Digitial experience monitoring (DEM)/ Application performance monitoring (APM)/ Network performance management (NPM): DPI enables insights into customer behavior and bandwidth demand to diagnose application performance issues and bottlenecks in the network
• SD-WAN: only intelligent or application-aware SD-WAN solutions can ensure advanced security, optimize user experience, enable real-time business decisions, improve customer service, and increase business productivity
• Virtual evolved packet core (vEPC): extensive coverage of VPNs and anonymizer signatures and detection of DNS tunneling of R&S®PACE 2 allows vEPC vendors to prevent policy bypassing and zero-rating fraud
• Wireless access points (WAP): DPI contributes to the smooth running of critical business operations strengthening network security and efficiency by limiting potential threats and prioritizing key business traffic
• Next-generation firewalls (NGFW): granular insights provided by R&S®PACE 2 enable next-generation firewalls to protect their users from rapidly evolving new cyber threats arising from the cloud era, IOT or the ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) trend
• Web application firewalls (WAF): real-time insights into network traffic help to efficiently trace and identify malicious activities to ensure that cyber attacks are stopped before they reach web servers
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM): with DPI SIEMs can typically reduce time to discovery and containment from weeks to days
• Security and threat intelligence solutions: DPI helps to tackle the latest security breaches with advanced analytics in Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention Systems (IDS/ IPS) or cloud-based security solutions
• Service assurance and analytics: DPI helps to gain business intelligence from network and subscriber data to unlock value and monetize new services

Follow the links in the text to learn more about how each solution benefits from deep packet inspection technology by R&S®PACE 2.

• Developed entirely in C to deliver the highest performance
• Optimized code for high-end multicore technologies
• Multiprocessing support enables almost linear scalability on multicore systems
• Market-leading performance of an average throughput of 14 Gbps per core

Detailed R&S®PACE 2 performance values for different scenarios can be found in our R&S®PACE 2 solution guide and Intel performance whitepaper.

With R&S®PACE 2, we are proud to offer a top-notch service you can trust and that keeps you operative and your projects running at full pace.
Our approach anticipates issues before they occur. Whenever you need us, we offer reliable, expert-level support.

• Online ticket tracking system for fast and easy issue reporting
• Various support channels:
  Web: Customer portal and ticket tracking system
  Email: Customer support email address
  Phone: Customer support hotline

• Customer portal for software releases and maintenance
• Emergency and hotline service
  
• Adaptable SLAs
• Integration consulting
• Remote assistance & technical consulting
• On-site support
• Monthly report on support performance
• Proactive communication and alerts
• Dedicated support account manager
• Individual consulting and feature requests

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