The growth in mobile device usage and the explosion of data traffic from resource-intensive content is driving service providers’ networks to the limit.
BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) delivers the insight you need to understand subscriber behavior and effectively manage network traffic with a wide range of policy enforcement capabilities. This allows you to create tailored service plans, regulate network usage, and ultimately increase profitability.
Enable new business models and services
A wide range of policy enforcement and reporting capabilities in BIG-IP PEM enables you to base your business models and services on insights gathered through subscriber awareness and comprehensive analytics—for better quality of experience and higher ARPU and profitability.
- Build tailored services based on subscriber application usage and traffic classification and patterns.
- Roll out new services faster.
Gain visibility and control of your network
BIG-IP PEM provides in-depth visibility into subscriber usage patterns, so you can create customized services and get them to market quickly—boosting your subscriber satisfaction and loyalty. Increased network visibility also allows you to monitor network conditions and manage network capacity in real time.
- Manage bandwidth consumption and dynamically implement policies to reduce network congestion.
- Implement fair-usage policies and tiered services.
Optimize network performance
With Layer 4-7 intelligent traffic-steering capabilities and the ability to implement bandwidth control policies, BIG-IP PEM helps you streamline bandwidth usage and deliver better performance to your subscribers.
- Enable virtualization and dynamic service bursting to VAS platforms.
- Automatically optimize network performance through TCP optimizations and real-time network policies.
- Help protect your network from DDoS threats.
Achieve carrier-grade performance and scalability
BIG-IP PEM is a NEBS-compliant platform with best-in-class performance and scalability for total concurrent sessions, traffic throughput, and transactions per second.
Service providers achieve up to 320 gigabits per second L7 throughput, support up to 72 million concurrent connections, and serve as many as 96 million subscribers within a single chassis—helping you manage traffic with fewer servers.
- Lower costs by integrating CGNAT, intelligent traffic management, and firewall functionality onto a single platform.
- Contribute to a greener environment with higher energy efficiency.
- Ensure service uptime and at-peak performance with comprehensive connection mirroring.
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