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Service Convergence Announcement: Service Exchange Framework Enhancements

To help service providers deliver a rich variety of services to a wide range of devices over multiple access means, Cisco offers the Service Exchange Framework. The Service Exchange Framework allows you to control customer access and use of services, without limiting the types of applications that can be deployed. It can track your subscribers, which services they are authorized to use, and the policies that govern their use.

The Service Exchange Framework supports your adoption of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for increased flexibility across mobile, wireline, cable, and other network infrastructures. The Service Exchange Framework allows you to deploy a variety of IMS partner application and policy servers (and other relevant solutions), while delivering industry-leading scale and resiliency.

The Service Exchange Framework also supports non-IMS-based services, such as peer-to-peer (P2P), streaming applications such as video on demand (VoD) and IP television (IPTV), business IPVPN, messaging applications (instant messaging, Short Message Service [SMS], and Multimedia Message Service [MMS]), and much more. These services can help you meet customer expectations and take advantage of substantial revenue opportunities.

The Service Exchange Framework comprehensively addresses the full spectrum of applications and services by uniquely supporting both IMS and non-IMS based services.

For more information, read:

• Cisco Service Exchange Framework: Supporting the IP Multimedia Subsystem for Mobile, Wireline, and Cable Providers white paper
• Scalable Session Border Control Capabilities for Service Provider Networks
• Service Exchange / IMS News Release

The following product announcements enable these advanced service-delivery capabilities:

New Product Introductions:

• Cisco XR 12000 Packet Services Card for Session Border Control
• Cisco MGX 8880 Media Gateway

Product Enhancements:

• Cisco Call Session Control Platform version 3.0
• Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch version 4.5
• Cisco PGW 2200 Media Gateway Controller version 9.7
• Cisco Service Control Engine version 3.0

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Network Convergence Announcement: IPoDWDM Solution

The network layer of the Cisco IP NGN architecture helps you eliminate multiple disparate, service-specific networks so you can offer existing and new services over a single IP-based network. Cisco is announcing an IP over DWDM strategy and solution, which takes advantage of key points of integration between the IP and DWDM network layer elements to help you manage expenses, improve network reliability, and increase speed to service even as rapid traffic growth occurs due to video and IP rich media applications.

The three integration points are:

• Element integration: Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System interfaces now include integrated transponder functionality, enabling the devices to originate fully tunable ITU-grid-compatible colored wavelengths. This integration eliminates racks of discrete transponder equipment, which leads to capital and operational savings.
• Management integration: Cisco offers a flexible operating model that supports the benefits of element integration with either an integrated management model or a segmented management model that respects the boundaries of separate data and transport departments.
• Control integration: Cisco provides an integrated IP control plane across both the routed network and the optical network through the Segmented model of GMPLS (S-GMPLS). S-GMPLS delivers the dynamic wavelength- provisioning benefits of a GMPLS IP control plane while hiding topology information between the routing and optical domains.

For more information, read:

• Cisco IP over DWDM Solution for IP NGN white paper
• Dynamic Multiservice Delivery With Reconfigurable DWDM Networks
• The Cisco IPoDWDM News Release

New products or product enhancements that support Cisco IPoDWDM are:

• Cisco CRS-1 1-Port OC-768c/STM-256c Tunable WDMPOS Interface Module
• Cisco CRS-1 4-Port 10GE Tunable WDMPHY Interface Module

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Product Details

Service Layer

Cisco Call Session Control Platform (CSCP) Release 3.0
The Cisco CSCP offers broadband providers and wireless carriers a carrier-grade, SIP-based services-delivery environment to provide multimedia applications and services over your IP-based networks.

Session Border Control Application on Cisco XR 12000 Series Router
This integration makes the Cisco XR 12000 Series Router the industry’s first carrier-grade router with an integrated Cisco Session Border Control application.

Cisco Service Control Engine Release 3.0
The Cisco Service Control Engine (SCE) utilizes deep-packet inspection and application classification, allowing you to offer application- and-subscriber-aware services.

Cisco MGX 8880 Media Gateway
The Cisco MGX 8880 Media Gateway helps you to deploy a comprehensive set of VoIP applications that help lower operating expenses and generate new services revenue. This product enables a range of packet voice applications for wireline, wireless, and cable.

Cisco PGW 2200 Release 9.7
The Cisco PGW 2200 supports more than 90 Signaling System 7/Channel 7 (SS7/C7) global signaling variants and is widely deployed in VoIP transit networks performing interworking between IP NGNs and fixed and mobile legacy telephony networks.

Cisco BTS 10200 Release 4.5
As the market-leading next-generation soft switch for voice over any broadband, the BTS 10200 offers enhanced operational capabilities, subscriber features, platform support, and IMS integration.

Network Layer

Cisco CRS-1 1-Port OC-768c/STM-256c Tunable WDMPOS Interface Module
This interface module lowers operating expenses for providers because it eliminates expensive and bulky optical transponder gear from the DWDM network and provides 40 Gbps of data throughput across existing 10-Gbps DWDM systems, increasing capacity by four times while minimizing upgrade requirements to existing systems.

Cisco CRS-1 4-Port 10GE Tunable WDMPHY Interface Module
This interface module lowers operating expenses for providers because it eliminates expensive and bulky optical transponder gear from the DWDM network and also provides the SONET/SDH-like OAMP required for long haul at 10GE price points.

Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP)
As a key component of Cisco IPoDWDM, the MSTP simplifies network engineering and operations by providing a comprehensive reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexing (ROADM) capability. The MSTP with ROADM automates network administration tasks and reduces operating costs.

Linksys WAG54GP2 ADSL2+ Gateway
Purpose-built for service providers, the Linksys Wireless-G ADSL Gateway, with two phone ports, is an integrated solution that enables providers to offer not just broadband connectivity, but also value-added services like home networking and VoIP. It offers key features and capabilities service providers need to provide customized services to their subscribers. The WAG54GP2 can be remotely provisioned and supports dynamic, in-service software upgrades. Remote management saves providers the time, expense and inconvenience of pre-configuring or re-configuring customer premise equipment (CPE) for deployment.

Related Announcements

IP NGN Expertise Center
Cisco today announced the establishment of IP NGN Expertise Center to expand the knowledge and skills of partners and customers through lifecycle services. Focused on IP-based voice, data and video integration, the IP NGN Expertise Center brings people, partners, process, labs and tools together to accelerate customer success with IP NGN solutions.

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