R&S®vPACE is a vectoring-based deep packet inspection (DPI) engine developed by ipoque, a Rohde & Schwarz company. Designed for integration into vector packet processing (VPP) frameworks such as FD.io or DPDK Graph, R&S®vPACE delivers high-speed, low-latency traffic classification and visibility for cloud-native network functions (CNFs), virtual network functions (VNFs), and 5G user plane functions (UPFs). It combines ipoque’s advanced DPI signature library with machine learning, deep learning, and heuristic analysis to classify thousands of protocols and applications in real time.

Features

• Protocol & Application Classification: Identifies thousands of protocols and service types from layer 2 to layer 7 and beyond.
• Encrypted Traffic Intelligence: Detects traffic encrypted via TLS 1.3, DoH, ESNI, VPNs, CDNs, DNS tunneling, and spoofing.
• Metadata Extraction: Extracts traffic attributes such as bandwidth, throughput, jitter, and OS metadata.
• First Packet Classification: Uses DNS caching and QUIC Client Hellos to identify the first packet in a flow.
• Weekly Signature Updates: Keeps detection capabilities current with runtime integration.
• High Performance: Achieves up to 3× the speed of scalar packet processing (SPP) engines with <400 bytes per 5-tuple connection.
• Platform Compatibility: Runs on any vectoring-based framework in cloud or virtualized environments.
• No Vendor Lock-In: Written in C with no external dependencies.
• Customizable APIs: Offers well-defined APIs and integration examples for FD.io and DPDK Graph.
• Use Case Support:
  • 5G UPFs, vEPCs, vUPFs
  • Network slicing
  • WiFi offloading
  • SD-WAN/SASE
  • NGFW, IDS/IPS, WAPs
  • Load balancers, IP probes

Benefits

• Speed & Scalability: Processes vectors of up to 256 packets with minimal memory usage and high throughput.
• Accuracy & Reliability: Industry-leading detection rates with virtually no false positives.
• Future-Proofing: Supports encrypted traffic and adapts to evolving protocols.
• Rapid Integration: Easily embeddable into VNF/CNF architectures with expert consulting support.
• Reduced R&D Costs: Leverages ipoque’s experience and signature portfolio to accelerate time to market.
• 24/7 Support: Includes dedicated application engineers, ticket tracking, emergency hotline, and flexible SLAs.
• Custom Roadmap Influence: Tailor product development to specific solution needs.