DOCSIS 3 0 Overview Suzanne Ewert Systems Engineer

DOCSIS 3. 0 Overview Suzanne Ewert Systems Engineer Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 1

Agenda § Evolution of DOCSIS § Motivation - Why DOCSIS 3. 0? § DOCSIS 3. 0 Features Overview § Downstream Bonding Details § Upstream Bonding Details § DOCSIS 3. 0 and M-CMTS Comparisons § Migration Strategy § Cisco VDOC § Cisco Architecture for D 3. 0 & M-CMTS § Summary Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2

Evolution of DOCSIS Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 3

Evolution of DOCSIS § Pre-DOCSIS – MSO’s needed a service offering for the residential market – Consumer demands dictated the need for something faster than dial-up – Proprietary and expensive § DOCSIS 1. 0 – MSO’s needed a standardized solution (i. e. cheaper) – Consumer demands dictated the need for additional bandwidth – Competing against DSL § DOCSIS 1. 1 – MSO’s needed a way to protect their infrastructure and offer differentiated services – MSO’s needed to expand, start targeting the commercial market – Competing against DSL, ISDN, and T 1 – Standard defined: • security between the CMTS and CM (BPI+) • extensive QOS functionality • 38 Mbps x 9 Mbps service offering Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 4

Evolution of DOCSIS (cont) § DOCSIS 2. 0 – MSO’s needed a way to offer a synchronous service • Vo. IP and business services – Consumer demands dictated the need for more upstream bandwidth • Gaming • Consumer owned servers (Peer-to-Peer) – Standard defined: • Expanded upstream channel widths to include 6. 4 MHz • Expanded upstream modulation schemes to include 32 QAM, 64 QAM, and 128 QAM • S-CDMA • 38 Mbps x 27 Mbps service offering Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5

Motivation - Why DOCSIS 3. 0? Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 6

Business Drivers for D 3. 0 § Competition against FTTH - Deliver 100 Mbps § Broadband Internet Services Growth – Migration from Web to Web 2. 0, Video Streaming, P 2 P TV – Increased per home consumption § IP Video over DOCSIS(VDOC) – High definition Video to multiple devices • PCs, Hybrid STBs, portable devices – Migration from Broadcast to Unicast services (Vo. D, Startover) § Commercial services – High BW data services – High BW Ethernet/L 2 VPN service – Video conferencing Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7

Next Generation Connected Home HOME Internet Stored music In any room Internet video On HDTV Next Gen MR-DVR Photos From PC Multi-Media Client Gateway DVR content Over the Internet video On HDTV Presentation_ID Multi-Media Service Gateway © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Outside The Home Network Ethernet Next Gen MR-DVR Multi-Media Client Gateway No New Wires Technology IP Service Gateway Photos From PC PC Cisco Confidential Stored music In any room DVR content Over the Internet 8

Spectral Reclamation Solutions § SDV – Switched Digital Video § Node splits § Narrowcast QAM injection § Analog reclamation § Use every channel available § 1 GHz upgrade § MPEG-4 Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9

Overall Industry Objectives DOCSIS 3. 0 § Goal: – More aggregate speed – More per-CM speed – Enable New Services § Components: – – Channel Bonding IPv 6 Multicast AES M-CMTS § Goal: – Increase Scalability – Reduce Cost § Components: – Low Cost E-QAM – CMTS Core Processing • Better stat muxing with bigger “pipe” • Offer >37 Mbps for single CM Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 10

DOCSIS 3. 0 Features Overview Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 11

DOCSIS 3. 0 Features • MAC Layer • Network Management – Downstream Channel Bonding – Upstream Channel Bonding • Network Layer – IPv 6 support – IP Multicast (IGMPv 3/MLDv 2, SSM, Qo. S) • Security – Certificate Revocation Management – Runtime SW / Config validation – Enhanced Traffic Encryption (AES) – Certificate Convergence – Early Authentication & Encryption – TFTP Proxy Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential – Diagnostic Log (Flaplist) – Extension of Internet Protocol Data Records (IPDR) usage – Capacity management – Enhanced signal quality monitoring • Physical Layer – Switchable 5 -42 MHz, 5 -65 MHz, or 5 -85 MHz US band – S-CDMA active code selection with new Logical channel • Commercial Services – T 1/E 1 Circuit Emulation support 12

DOCSIS 3. 0 Features – Physical Layer CMTS Deployment Models § Integrated CMTS – Implements the network ports and RF interface ports in a single network element § Modular CMTS – Implements the network ports and URFI ports in a modular core network element and the DRFI ports in a external EQAM – A DEPI tunnel is used to encapsulates the downstream channels from the M-CMTS core to the EQAM – A DTI server is used to synchronize the M-CMTS core and all associated EQAM’s Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 13

DOCSIS 3. 0 Features – MAC Layer § Downstream Channel Bonding – Allows a CM to receive data on multiple receive channels using a single service flow – At least 4 channels must be used to equal 150+ Mbps § Upstream Channel Bonding – Allows a CM to transmit data on multiple transmit channels using a single service flow – At least 4 channels must be used to equal 100+ Mbps Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 14

DOCSIS 3. 0 Features – Network Layer § IPv 6 support – Built in support for IPv 6 – Modems can be provisioned using IPv 4, IPv 6, or both – Provides transparent IPv 6 connectivity to CPE’s § IP multicast support – Supports delivery of source specific multicast (SSM) streams to CPE’s – CMTS controlled layer-2 multicast forwarding mechanism – Introduces “group service flow” concept to provide QOS to multicast streams Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 15

DOCSIS 3. 0 Features – Security § CMTS to CM Privacy Features – 128 -bit AES traffic encryption (performed in hardware) – Early CM authentication and traffic encryption (EAE) – MMH (Multilinear Modular Hash) algorithm for CMTS MIC (message integrity check) § Prevent Unauthorized Access – Enhanced secure provisioning features – Source IP address verification (SAV) – TFTP proxy and configuration file learning; – Certificate Revocation – Encryption support for new method of multicast messaging. Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 16

DOCSIS 3. 0 Features – Network Management (cont) § Security Management – IETF deprecated the previous Nm. Access approach – In order to address the new D 3. 0 features and the IETF’s decision: • Extensions were built to report configuration status, error conditions and statistics of the new security features • Replacement of Nm. Access is required using a method compatible with the SNMPv 3 framework § Accounting Management – SNMPv 3 polling/trapping – IPDR (IP Detail Record) support is expanded to include the new D 3. 0 features Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 17

Cable. Labs DOCSIS 3. 0 Qualification Tiers § Bronze – DS channel bonding – IPv 6 CM provisioning without dual stack, basic IPv 6 forwarding for CPE – Basic DOCSIS 2. 0 multicast features, IPv 6 multicast support for CM provisioning – No US channel bonding, No S-CDMA, No AES § Silver – Bronze features plus: – US channel bonding – Additional IPv 6 support – AES, SSM, Bonded multicast, S-CDMA w/o bonding, parts of IPDR § Gold – Full DOCSIS 3. 0 support Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 18

DOCSIS 3. 0 Downstream Channel Bonding Details Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 19

Downstream Bonding - Features § Packet bonding of a minimum of 4 channels – Delivers in excess of 150 Mbps and 50 Mbps US § Non-disruptive technology – Seamless migration from DOCSIS 1. x/2. 0 – M-CMTS and high density I-CMTS cards – EQAMs § New hardware required for scalability and cost reduction § New CM silicon required Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 20

Channel Bonding § In a nutshell, channel bonding means data is transmitted to or from CMs using multiple individual RF channels instead of just one channel § Channels aren't physically bonded into a gigantic digitally modulated signal; bonding is logical With DOCSIS 1. x & 2. 0, data is transmitted to modems using one channel Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential With DOCSIS 3. 0, data is transmitted to modems using multiple channels 21

DOCSIS 3. 0 Downstream Channel Bonding with Today’s DOCSIS 2. 0 Deployments Universal Edge QAM Traditional Cable Modems Docsis 3. 0 Bi-Dir CM Wideband Downstream Wideband MAC Traditional DOCSIS CM Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential CM CM CM WCM D 3. 0 CM 22

DOCSIS 3. 0 Registration Diagram SYNC, UCD, MAP messages D 3. 0 CM acquires QAM/FEC lock of DOCSIS DS channel MDD message D 3. 0 CM performs usual US channel selection, but does not start initial ranging B-INIT-RNG-REQ message D 3. 0 CM performs bonded service group selection, and indicates via initial ranging Usual DOCSIS initial ranging sequence DHCP DISCOVER packet DHCP OFFER packet DHCP REQUEST packet DHCP RESPONSE packet TOD Request/Response messages TFTP Request/Response messages REG-REQ message REG-RSP message REG-ACK message D 3. 0 CM transitions to ranging station maintenance as usual D 3. 0 CM provides Rx-Chan(s)-Prof D 3. 0 CM receives Rx-Chan(s)-Config D 3. 0 CM confirms all Rx Channels Usual BPI init. If configured Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 23

Reasons DRFI went Beyond D 2. 0 RFI § Applies to CMTS, D 3. 0, or multi-carrier CMTS DS connector § Cleaned up ambiguity in 2. 0 and lower – Noise d. Bm. V changed to d. Bc § Allows more channels per connector – DOCSIS 2. 0 and lower was only single carrier § M-CMTS architecture & D 3. 0 both reference DRFI – Less expensive E-QAMs, Mx. N mac domains § Performance goal was analog protection given analog ch lineup of 2 -13 (54 -216 MHz) – Digital chs justified to upper end of spectrum – Criteria was 60 d. B CNR for all combined sources – Not necessary for digital communication nor sparser lineup Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 24

Single Carrier DRFI • Annex A & B – Channel BW 8 & 6 MHz • Variable depth interleaver d. Bm. V • HRC, IRC N=1 : 60 • 64 & 256 QAM 1 Center Frequency Must 91 <-> 867 MHz May 57 <-> 999 MHz Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 25

Power Output for Multiple Carriers per RF Spigot d. Bm. V 60 -ceil[3. 6*log 2(N)] d. Bm. V 1 1 2 3 4 RF muting ≥ 73 d. B below aggregate power • Why is it done like this? – Multiple chs create more pwr & distortions – Attempt to keep constant wattage output – DS laser concerns (Pwr/Hz) Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential N d. Bm. V 1 60 2 56 3 54 4 52 8 49 16 45 32 42 28

DOCSIS 3. 0 DS Considerations § Frequency Assignments – CMTS may be limited to 860 MHz or 1 GHz – CM’s may be limited to 50 or 60 MHz passband § Testing and maintaining multiple DS channels – Physical channels have not changed for DOCSIS 3. 0 – Test equip with built-in CM’s need to support bonding § DS isolation issues § DS channel bonding max power with 4 freqs stacked – Four channels stacked on 1 connector limited to 52 d. Bm. V/ch • DOCSIS 1. x/2. 0 DS is 61 d. Bm. V max output Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 31

DOCSIS 3. 0 – Upstream Channel Bonding Details Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 32

Upstream Bonding Service Drivers § Competition against FTTH – Deliver 20+ Mbps § High BW residential data § User generated content – Video and photo uploads – Proliferation of social sites § Video conferencing – Tele. Presence § Commercial service – High BW symmetrical data services – Bonded T 1 – High BW Ethernet/L 2 VPN service Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 33

Upstream Bonding - Features § Packet Striping of a minimum of 4 channels – Delivers in excess of 50 Mbps § AES and scalability require hardware upgrade § New CM silicon required § Phased and seamless technology migration Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 34

D 2. 0 is Still Not Used § 27. 2 Mbps total aggregate speed § Achieved 18 Mbps for single CM on US – Fragmentation and concatenation with a huge max burst § Linerate possible of ~ 27 Mbps § Make sure 1. 0 CMs, which can’t fragment, have a max burst < 2000 B § 2. 0 increases the EQ tap length from 8 to 24 – Supported in ATDMA & mixed mode – Off by default Symbol Rate, ksym/sec Channel Bandwidt h, MHz QPSK Raw Data Rate, Mbps QPSK Nominal Data Rate, Mbps QAM-16 Raw Data Rate, Mbps QAM-16 Nominal Data Rate, Mbps QAM-64 Raw Data Rate, Mbps QAM-64 Nominal Data Rate, Mbps 1280 1. 6 2. 56 2. 3 5. 12 4. 6 7. 68 6. 9 2560 3. 2 5. 12 4. 6 10. 24 9. 2 15. 36 13. 8 5120 6. 4 10. 24 9. 2 20. 48 18. 4 30. 72 27. 5 Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 36

Upstream Adaptive Equalization Example Upstream 6. 4 MHz bandwidth 64 -QAM signal Before adaptive equalization: Substantial in-channel tilt caused correctable FEC errors to increment at a rate of about 7000 errored codewords per second (232 bytes per codeword). The CMTS’s reported upstream MER (SNR) was 23 d. B. After adaptive equalization: DOCSIS 2. 0’s 24 -tap adaptive equalization —actually pre-equalization in the modem —was able to compensate for nearly all of the in-channel tilt (with no change in digital channel power). The result: No correctable or uncorrectable FEC errors and the CMTS’s reported upstream MER (SNR) increased to ~36 d. B. Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 37

DOCSIS 3. 0 Upstream Channel Bonding § Upstream Channel Bonding – Bonding process is controlled by the CMTS – Bandwidth grants are given per flow across one or more upstream channels as CM’s make requests – New packet streaming protocol called Continuous Concatenation and Fragmentation. • Allows a looser coupling between requests and grants • Enables the CM to have multiple requests outstanding simultaneously § Bonding Mechanism – Upstream channels are synchronized to a master clock source Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 38

DOCSIS 3. 0 US Considerations § Frequency Stacking Levels – What is the CM max output with multiple channels stacked – Could it cause laser clipping? § Diplex Filter Expansion to 85 MHz – If amplifier upgrades are planned for 1 GHz, then pluggable diplex filters may be warranted to expand to 85 MHz on the US…one truck roll – Still must address existing CPE equipment in the field and potential overload § Monitoring, Testing, & Troubleshooting – Test equipment needs to have D 3. 0 capabilities Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 39

DOCSIS 3. 0 US Considerations (cont) US Frequency and Level Issues § Max Tx for D 2. 0 64 -QAM for 1 channel is 54 d. Bm. V § D 3. 0 US channel max power – Tx for D 3. 0 TDMA • 17 - 57 d. Bm. V (32 & 64 -QAM) • 58 d. Bm. V (8 & 16 -QAM) • 61 d. Bm. V (QPSK) – Tx for D 3. 0 S-CDMA • 17 - 56 d. Bm. V (all modulations) § Max Tx per channel for 4 freqs stacked at 64 -QAM ATDMA is only 51 d. Bm. V & 53 for S-CDMA Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 41

DOCSIS 3. 0 US Considerations (cont) US MER/SNR Issues § Increasing channel width from 3. 2 to 6. 4 keeps same average power for single carrier – SNR drops by 3 d. B or more § Keeping same power/Hz could cause max Tx level from CM’s and/or laser clipping/overload § Equalized vs unequalized MER readings § Modulation profile choices – QPSK for maintenance, 64 -QAM for Data, 16 -QAM for Vo. IP? § Pre-EQ affect – Great feature in 1. 1 & > CMs, but could mask issues Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 42

DOCSIS 3. 0 US Considerations (cont) Channel Placement § Frequencies can be anywhere in US passband do not need to be contiguous § It may be wise to keep relatively close so plant problems like attenuation and tilt don’t cause issues § CM should have some dynamic range to allow specific channels to be a few d. B different vs. other channels § Channels are separate and can have different phy layer attributes such as modulation, channel width Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 43

ATDMA General Deployment Recommendations § After increasing CW to 6. 4 MHz, measure & document unequalized US MER at multiple test points in the plant – Use Path. Trak Return Path Monitoring System linecard – Or Sunrise Telecom Upstream Characterization toolkit § 25 d. B or higher Unequalized MER is recommended – Less than 25 d. B reduces operating margin – Check US MER as well as per-CM MER § Pick freq < 30 MHz - away from diplex filter group delay § Make sure latest IOS version is running on CMTS § Turn on Pre-Equalization Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 44

DOCSIS 3. 0 and M-CMTS Comparisons Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 45

DOCSIS 3. 0 Migration: M-CMTS Current CMTS DOCSIS 2. 0 US HFC DS Bonding and Existing DOCSIS 1. x/2. 0 CMs Edge QAMs Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 46

M-CMTS Network Topology Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 47

M-CMTS • • Presentation_ID Key DOCSIS 3. 0 enabling technology DS scalability of DOCSIS 1. x/2. 0 Easy migration to DOCSIS 3. 0 DS channel bonding Enables service convergence and QAM sharing (Video and Data) © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 48

DOCSIS 3. 0: M-CMTS Core DOCSIS 3. 0 Bonded US HFC Supports DS Bonding and Existing DOCSIS 1. x/2. 0 CMs Edge QAMs Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 49

DOCSIS 3. 0: I-CMTS High Density Linecards I-CMTS DOCSIS 3. 0 Bonded US HFC DOCSIS 3. 0 Bonded DS Supports DS Bonding and Existing DOCSIS 1. x/2. 0 CMs Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 50

Migration Strategy Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 56

Initial Migration Goal § Deliver very high speed data service – Deliver 100+ Mbps DS – Deliver 50+ Mbps US § Reduction of node split cost – Multiple DSs per node • M-CMTS or I-CMTS load balancing – Multiple USs per node • Leverage existing ports and deploy 2. 0 USs § BW flexibility & reduction of CMTS port cost – Break DS/US dependence i. e. independent scalability of US and DS – Reduce cost of DS ports by more than 1/10 – Reduce CMTS port/subscriber cost by 30 -50% Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 58

Migration Strategy § Target CMTS upgrades in high priority markets – Fi. OS & U-Verse competitive markets – High growth & demographics – Markets with capacity issues – Your node § Add more DS QAMs per service group and load balancing – Via I-CMTS and M-CMTS – Current 1 x 4 mac domain leaves US stranded – Increase capacity to existing 1. x/2. 0 modem Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 59

Migration Strategy (cont) § Deliver targeted bonded DS channels to DOCSIS 3. 0 CMs § Video and data convergence – Video and DOCSIS service group alignment – DSG & Tru 2 way will leverage DOCSIS DS BW § Share & leverage existing assets – UEQAMs for Vo. D, SDV and DOCSIS – UERM to enable QAM sharing Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 60

Cisco VDOC Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 61

What is VDOC? § Solution for the delivery of managed IPTV services over a DOCSIS network § Broadcast TV and Vo. D services § TV, PC, and other devices in the home § Provide user experience subscribers expect from their cable operator Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 62

IPTV – Even better on cable § Fat Pipes – DOCSIS 3. 0 § VBR video § IP/IP signaling/bearer channel as opposed to IP/MPEG § One Network (voice, video, data) to deliver them all § Delivery to alternate CPE outlets – PCs, Wifi PDAs (i. Phone) § “Off-net” possibilities Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 63

Channel Bonding creates efficiency gains Big Channel “Packing Advantage” No more room for HD HD 2 additional HDHD streams SD Channel capacity HD HD SD SD SD HD 10 SD + HD 5 HD HD SDstreams SD SD HD SD 1 2 10 SD + 5 HD HD streams HD SD SD § Benefit varies § MPEG 2/4 HD/SD mix SD SD 3 4 1 4 separate QAM channels Presentation_ID § Bonding drives efficient “Packing” HD SD © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. § Unbonded channels create inefficient boundaries HD § Bonding group size 2 3 4 4 -channel bonding group Cisco Confidential 64

Efficiency Gains from VBR Video § Support 40 – 60% more streams with VBR video § Law of large number works in favor of VBR statmux in fat pipe Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 65

DOCSIS 3. 0 Channel Bonding Concepts § A CM is unaware of the concept of bonding groups; it is only aware of the set of downstreams it must tune to and the flows it must forward, as instructed by the CMTS § A CM can receive traffic from multiple BGs simultaneously –Bonding groups may have different aggregate BW based on services supported, ie 1 BG = HSD and another BG = IPTV § Different CMs in a Service Group can receive traffic from different bonding groups, ie different BGs based on subscription levels § CM may tune to a subset of the downstreams configured for a SG –Number of receive channels on CM does not need to equal number of RF channels allocated to DOCSIS service (HSD/Vo. IP/IPTV) Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 66

Bonding Group Selection § A CM can receive traffic from multiple BGs § Operator can steer flows to particular BGs by configuring Service Flow attributes for each BG –CMTS uses SF-attributes when selecting BG for a flow § Operator could choose to set aside a BG for Cable IPTV and a separate BG for HSD/Vo. IP Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 67

DOCSIS 3. 0 Channel Bonding Separate DS bonding groups for HSD/Voice and IPTV HSD/Vo. IP Service Group 1 Video Headend IPTV System CMTS Internet Integrated or Modular IPTV CM CM CM STB / PC Service Group n Vo. IP System HSD/Vo. IP Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential CM CM CM STB / PC 68

RF Spanning Initial low-penetration IPTV deployments HSD/Vo. IP Video Headend RF Spanning IPTV System CMTS Internet Integrated or Modular Service Group 1 CM CM CM PC PC STB / PC IPTV Service Group n Vo. IP System HSD/Vo. IP Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential CM CM CM PC PC STB / PC 69

Cisco Architecture for D 3. 0 & M-CMTS Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 70

Cisco DOCSIS 3. 0 DS Solution Deployed Worldwide Today § DOCSIS 3. 0 Bronze functionality § Flexible M-CMTS Design § >2 x DS capacity with incremental D 3. 0 module upgrade – 40 to 184 DOCSIS DS ports – 7 Gbps CMTS Solution § DS channel bonding and narrowband currently supported on IOS 12. 3(23)BC and 12. 2(33)SCB – Compatible with all versions of the 5 x 20 including S, U, and H § US channel bonding supported in the Bighorn IOS release (FCS November 2009) – US channel bonding supported on the 5 x 20 H, 3 G 60, 20 x 20 § Supports >50, 000 RGU’s per u. BR 10 K Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 71

Cisco DOCSIS 3. 0 DS Solution § Narrowband enables legacy DOCSIS [1. x/2. 0] modems to use external QAMs for operation § Load Balancing and DCC techniques 1 – 4 are fully supported on SPA EQAM DS channels. – determine CM is an e. MTA & initiate DCC to HA DS § Uses M-CMTS compliant Edge-QAM (EQAM) devices § Uses M-CMTS compliant DTI timing source for DS channels § Full Layer 3 IP routing feature set – Advanced Qo. S, Vo. IP, PCMM and MPLS VPN support for bonded services Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 72

Cisco u. BR 10012 DOCSIS 3. 0 Solution Reference Architecture Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 73

DOCSIS 3. 0 Option 1 Wiring Diagram Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 75

Cisco DOCSIS 3. 0 MCMTS Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 76

DOCSIS 3. 0 Solution for the u. BR 7200 VXR Series UBR-MC 8 x 8 U---Extending UBR 7200 Series to DOCSIS 3. 0 § Full DOCSIS 3. 0 compliance –DS bonding/US bonding –Legacy DOCSIS 1. x and 2. 0 modem support –Multicast, IPv 6 and other DOCSIS 3. 0 specs –S-CDMA and logical channels –AES encryption § Same form-factor as current UBR-MC 28 U line card, upgrade is simple LC swap § Operates in 8 DS/8 US mode on UBR 7225 VXR and UBR 7246 VXR, 4 x DS density of the existing MC 28 U line card § Requires UBR 7200 -NPE-G 2 Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 77

DOCSIS 3. 0 evolution with the UBR 10 k § MC 520 H with D 3. 0 SPA – 88 DS solution with DS bonding § MC 520 H with 6 D 3. 0 SPA, PRE 4 and 10 G – 184 DS solution enables 5+ DS per FN § US Bonding on the MC 520 H – Enables higher US rate service offerings § MC 2020 – Full D 3. 0 capability and line rate US bonding – Easy upgrade from 520 H; interoperable with the D 3. 0 SPA § MC 3 G 60 – Enables 8+ channel DS bonding at scale – Scales US by 3 x Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 78

US Channel Bonding on MC 520 H § DOCSIS 3. 0 2, 3, and 4 channel US bonding supported § 100 Mbps throughput on US bonded flows per line card § DOCSIS Line rate on D 2. 0/Non-bonded CM § BPI+ and PHS support for 3. 0 and 2. 0 flows § Dynamic BW sharing between 2. 0 and 3. 0 flows § Feature supports provisioning 3. 0 CM in bonded or nonbonded configuration § Different US rates supported in Bonding Group –For example: 16 QAM/3. 2 Mhz + 64 QAM/6. 4 Mhz Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 79

Cisco u. BR 10 K MC 2020 Linecard • Full DOCSIS 3. 0 support DSCB USCB IPv 6 MCast AES • Upgrade for MC 520 LCs Same RF Cabling Very low operational impact • Greater than 7 x DS capacity in same 10 K footprint Grow from 40 DSs to 304 DSs with MC 2020 and six D 3. 0 SPAs >10 Gbps CMTS solution • Full HA support Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 80

MC 2020 Features § Full DOCSIS 3. 0 compliance –DS bonding/US bonding –Legacy DOCSIS 1. x and 2. 0 modem support –Multicast, IPv 6 and other DOCSIS 3. 0 specs –S-CDMA and logical channels –AES encryption § § § Line rate performance on US and DS on all channels (Annex A/B) MC 2020 as Protect for MC 520 and MC 2020 Full Feature parity with MC 520 PRE 2/PRE 4 support Interoperable with the DOCSIS 3. 0 DS SPA SW licensing – 0 x 20 V, 5 x 20 V, and 20 x 20 v SKUs – 5 DS, 15 DS, and 20 DS upgrade licenses will be made available Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 81

MC 2020 with MC 520 H in the same UBR 10 K chassis • MC 2020 in 2 slots configured as “Working” • 1 MC 2020 configured as “Protect” • MC 520 H occupy other RF slots (“Working”) • MC 2020 acts as Protect for BOTH MC 520 H/MC 2020 • SPA slots can be occupied by 6 D 3. 0 DS SPA Slots Filled DS Spigots DS Channels MC 520 H 5 25 (5 * 5) 25 MC 2020 2 10 (2 * 5) 40 D 3. 0 SPA 6 (SPA Slots) 6 Gig. E 144 MC 2020 as Protect Total DS channels in this configuration 25 + 40 + 144 = 209 Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential For 520 H and 2020 82

Cisco u. BR 10 K MC 3 G 60 Linecard u. BR 10 K • Greater than 12 x DS capacity in same u. BR 10 K installed chassis MC 3 G 60 MC 3 G 60 • 576 DS (504 DS with HA) US • ~20 Gbps DOCSIS connectivity • 10 Gbps backhaul • 3 x US capacity • 480 US (420 US in HA) • Up to 12: 1 freq stacking on US ports GE DS • Full HA on 10 K and RFGW-10 Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. • Scalable and efficient u. BR 10 K and RFGW-10 matching Cisco Confidential 83

3 G 60 Highlights § Full DOCSIS 3. 0 compliance –Line rate DS bonding/US bonding –Legacy DOCSIS 1. x and 2. 0 modem support –Multicast, IPv 6 and other DOCSIS 3. 0 specs –S-CDMA and logical channels –AES encryption –DEPI M-CMTS – 15 Mac Domains per LC § 72 DS channels and 60 US channels § N+1 LC redundancy § Flexible US and DS ratios (4/8/16/24 channel DS bonding) § SW licensing options Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 84

Bandwidth Growth / Capacity Transition Points 10 K Migration 3 G 60 20 x 20 Spumoni Saratoga • u. BR 10 K scales well ahead of maximum bandwidth demand • 3 G 60 supports high-capacity V-DOC in 1 chassis through 2015 Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 85

Summary Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 86

New Technology Cornerstones § DOCSIS 3. 0 - channel bonding for higher capacity – Enable faster HSD service – Mx. N mac domains now – Enable video over IP solutions § M-CMTS – Lower cost downstream PHY – De-couple DS and US ports § I-CMTS – Allows higher capacity in same box – Same wiring Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 87

DOCSIS 3. 0/M-CMTS Concluding Remarks § Promises ten times BW at fraction of cost § Introduce new HSD service of 50 to 75 Mbps § Backward compatible with existing DOCSIS standards § Allows migration of existing customers to higher tier and DOCSIS 3. 0 capability § Allows more BW for legacy DOCSIS 2. 0 CM § Allows for a phased deployment § IPV 6, US bonding, and other features will follow Presentation_ID © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 88

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