Ericsson Call Session Control Function

Ericsson Call Session Control Function is at the heart of the IMS system. It manages all the signaling from end-user to services and other networks, and builds a horizontal layer that allows for the convergence of different access networks.

The cornerstone of the service delivery system must possess superior carrier grade characteristics, coupled with uniform multimedia handling for all types of accesses.

The product controls the fixed and mobile IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) when moving to a fully converged telecommunications network. It comprises of all the functional modules required to manage signaling from end-user equipment, allocating application servers, establishing emergency connections and controlling the communication with other networks.

Ericsson Call Session Control Function (CSCF):

• supports service and network convergence meaning that several services over multiple access technologies (fixed/mobile convergence) can be handled by the same CSCF product
• standard compliant, and in addition a lot of flexibility has been incorporated to overcome potential interoperability challenges
• part of the majority of the current VoLTE deployments
• support fixed voice, mobile voice,  enterprise communication, Rich Communication Services (RCS), Wi-Fi calling

CSCF can be deployed on traditional telecom optimized hardware as well as in virtualized deployments based upon 3rd party hypervisors and 3rd party HW, or OpenStack based Ericsson Cloud System, which gives smoother deployment and improved TCO.