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03Horizon CGNAT

Carrier-Grade NAT for Service Provider Networks

Horizon CGNAT delivers up to 400G of carrier-grade network address translation on a single x86 server, deploys on bare metal, virtual, cloud and NFVI infrastructure, and pairs CGNAT with NAT64 so IPv6-only subscribers keep reaching IPv4 services.

Carrier-grade performance. Software-driven flexibility.

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per single x86 server
400G
per single x86 server
accelerated packet processing
DPDK
accelerated packet processing
integrated with CGNAT
NAT64
integrated with CGNAT
bare metal, virtual, cloud and NFVI
x86
bare metal, virtual, cloud and NFVI

Live · subscriber traffic through the NAT

01PERF · Platform

Carrier-grade performance on standard x86

Up to 400G of carrier-grade CGNAT from a single x86 server, with DPDK packet processing on bare metal, cloud and NFVI.

  • 400GKey

    Up to 400G on a single x86 server

    Carrier-grade CGNAT throughput of up to 400G from one standard x86 server.

  • DPDK

    DPDK-accelerated packet processing

    High-performance CGNAT for service-provider networks using DPDK, across bare metal, cloud and NFVI.

  • x86

    Carrier-grade scalability on standard x86

    Scales on standard x86 infrastructure rather than proprietary appliances.

  • SW

    Software-driven CGNAT

    A software-driven CGNAT built for next-generation networks.

02DEPLOY · Platform

Flexible physical, virtual and cloud deployment

The same CGNAT runs on bare metal, as a virtual machine, in the cloud or inside a telco-cloud NFVI, and joins the IP network you already operate.

Physical, virtual and cloud deployment
Deploy as a physical server, a virtual machine or a cloud workload.
Telco cloud and NFV integration
A scalable virtualised CGNAT that integrates with telco cloud and NFV environments.
Infrastructure-agnostic
Deployment does not depend on a particular vendor’s infrastructure.

Fits the network you run

  • BGP · OSPF

    Dynamic routing

    BGP, OSPF and more.

  • MPLS · VLAN

    Network designs

    Flexible deployment across MPLS and VLAN.

  • IP

    Existing infrastructure

    Seamless integration with the IP infrastructure in place.

  • IPDR

    Detail records

    Standard and customisable IPDR reporting.

03NAT · Data plane

Advanced NAT mapping, filtering and application compatibility

Mapping and filtering behaviour is selectable per deployment, hairpinned traffic stays inside the NAT, and application layer gateways keep protocols that embed addresses working.

Mapping × filtering · all four modes supported

NAT hairpinning

Subscribers behind the same NAT can reach each other through their public mappings.

Application layer gateways

  • FTP
  • L2TP
  • GRE
  • and more

Application layer gateways

ALG support for applications such as FTP, L2TP and GRE.

04POOL · Data plane

Public IPv4 and resource optimisation

NAT pools, the NAT ratio of each pool, port and session resources and protocol-aware timeouts are all under operator control, so every public IPv4 address does as much work as possible.

Flexible NAT pools with configurable NAT ratio per pool
Flexible NAT pool and address management, with the NAT ratio configurable for each pool.
Optimised public IPv4 utilisation
Public IPv4 address utilisation is optimised across the subscriber base.
Intelligent port and session resource management
Port and session resources are allocated and reclaimed intelligently.
Per-pool, protocol-aware session timeouts Key
Session timeouts are managed per pool and per protocol, with independent timeouts for established and unestablished TCP sessions.

05HA · Control plane

High availability with stateful continuity

NAT state is synchronised between nodes, so sessions survive a node failure and a scale-out does not force subscribers to re-establish.

  1. 01

    Stateful NAT context synchronisation

    NAT context is synchronised statefully across nodes, with distributed NAT state synchronisation.

  2. 02

    Seamless session continuity across nodes Key

    Sessions continue across CGNAT nodes without interruption.

  3. 03

    Scale-out without session re-establishment

    Adding capacity does not require existing sessions to be re-established.

  4. 04

    High availability with stateful session preservation

    Failover preserves session state rather than dropping it.

06NMS · Management plane

Centralised management and orchestration

One control point for every CGNAT node: dynamic configuration from a centralised NMS, a web interface, a CLI and IPDR reporting.

  • NMS

    Centralised NMS

    Dynamic configuration and unified orchestration across every node.

  • WEB

    Web interface

    Intuitive web-based management.

  • CLI

    Command line

    A powerful CLI for network operations.

  • IPDR

    IPDR export

    Standard and customisable IP Detail Records.

07KPI · Management plane

Real-time monitoring and KPI reporting

Real-time visibility into sessions, traffic and resources, down to the subscriber, with KPIs for capacity and operational health.

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  • Traffic and performance

    • Throughput and performance monitoring
    • Real-time traffic metrics

  • Session intelligence

    • Subscriber and session-level visibility
    • Real-time session metrics

  • Resource utilisation

    • NAT pool utilisation and capacity
    • Address and port utilisation analytics

  • Operational health

    • Operational health and capacity KPIs
    • Real-time NAT monitoring and KPI reporting

08NAT64 · IPv6 transition

IPv6 transition with integrated NAT64

Carrier-grade NAT64 in the same platform as CGNAT, so IPv6-only subscribers reach IPv4 services and the IPv6 migration proceeds in stages.

NAT64 for IPv6-to-IPv4 connectivity
Translates between IPv6 subscribers and IPv4 destinations.
Seamless IPv6 and IPv4 interworking
IPv6 and IPv4 interwork without the subscriber noticing.
Carrier-grade NAT64 for IPv6 transition
NAT64 delivered at carrier scale as the vehicle for IPv6 transition.
IPv6-only subscribers reach IPv4 services Key
Subscribers provisioned with IPv6 only continue to reach IPv4 services.
Integrated CGNAT and NAT64
CGNAT and NAT64 capabilities in one platform.
Simplified, scalable IPv6 migration
A simplified IPv6 migration with NAT64, scalable across a service-provider network.

Why Horizon CGNAT

Carrier-grade translation on standard servers, stateful across nodes, visible down to the session, and ready for the IPv6 transition.

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  1. 01

    Up to 400G per x86 server

    Carrier-grade throughput from standard hardware, accelerated by DPDK.

  2. 02

    Runs on any infrastructure

    Bare metal, virtual, cloud or NFVI, over MPLS and VLAN, with dynamic routing.

  3. 03

    Stateful high availability

    NAT state synchronised across nodes; sessions survive failover and scale-out.

  4. 04

    Every public IPv4 address, fully used

    Configurable NAT ratio per pool and intelligent port and session management.

  5. 05

    One control point, full visibility

    Centralised NMS, web and CLI, with real-time KPIs down to the session.

  6. 06

    CGNAT and NAT64 together

    IPv6-only subscribers reach IPv4 services from the same platform.

Talk to Horizon CGNAT

Tell us your subscriber base, your public IPv4 position and where the platform would run: bare metal, virtual, cloud or NFVI.

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Phone
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