Alcatel-Lucent has released its Evolved Packet Core (EPC), an all-IP portfolio designed specifically for operators planning to offer mobile broadband services using LTE technology.
The Alcatel-Lucent EPC leverages Alcatel-Lucent\'s expertise in IP service routing and experience in the deployment of wireline "triple play" networks.
The EPC incorporates the mobility management entity and dynamic services controller, and the serving gateway and packet data network gateway.
Also, the EPC integrates with the Alcatel-Lucent mobile evolution transport architecture, providing a "smooth all-IP evolution path to LTE technologies in both the transport and core networks."