Call Management Server (CMS)

The CMS:

•Provides the call-control intelligence for establishing, maintaining, routing, and terminating voice calls.

•Provides call-feature intelligence for telephony services.

•Serves as an interface to enhanced application platforms, such as voice mail and unified messaging.

The Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch requires four application servers (two for the Call Agent/Feature Server and two for the Element Management System/Bulk Data Management System).

•Small Platform Option—Requires four Sun Microsystems 240 hosts (Netra or Sunfire).

•Medium Platform Option—Requires four Sun Microsystems 440 hosts (Netra or Sunfire).

•Large Platform Option—Requires four Sun Microsystems 1280 hosts (Netra or Sunfire).

The Cisco BTS 10200 also requires two AC or two DC system switch routers (the Cisco Catalyst 2950, for example), two power distribution units (PDUs), and a terminal server (Cisco BTS 10200 Alarm Panel).

See the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch Release Notes for Release 4.5 for more information about hardware requirements.

Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch, Release 4.5

Note The Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch user documentation is password protected. See your Cisco representative for access information.

Media Gateway Controller (MGC)

The MGC provides direct control over the media gateways that provide bearer interconnection to the PSTN.

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Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch, Release 4.5

Cisco IP Transfer Point (ITP) Signaling Gateway

The Cisco ITP is required in order to provide SS7 interconnectivity for the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch in Release 4.5.

For more information, see Cisco ITP as the Signaling Gateway for the Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch.

Cisco ITP 7301

12.2(25)SW3

Cisco ITP 7507

12.2(25)SW3

See also Cisco IP Transfer Point in IOS Software Release 12.2(25)SW3

Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS)

The CMTS is a Cisco universal broadband router (uBR) with features that enable it to communicate with a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) cable network via a Cisco MCxx cable modem card. Cisco MCxx cable modem cards allow you to connect cable modems on the HFC network to a Cisco uBR in a Community Antenna Television (CATV) headend facility. The modem card provides the interface between the Cisco uBR protocol control information (PCI) bus and the radio frequency (RF) signal on the DOCSIS HFC network.

For more information, see the Cisco CMTS Feature Guide.

Cisco uBR7246VXR

•Network Processing Engine: NPE-G1

•Broadband Processing Engine:

–Cisco MC28U

–Cisco MC28X

–Cisco MC16U

–Cisco MC16X

12.3(9a)BC3

Cisco uBR10012

•Performance Routing Engine:

–PRE-1

–PRE-2

•Broadband Processing Engine :

–Cisco 5x20U

–Cisco 5x20S

12.3(9a)BC3

Media Gateway (MG)

The MG provides interconnection between IP networks and the PSTN to transmit bearer traffic.

MGX8880, 8850:

• PXM-45

–VXSM

–RPM-XF

•PXM-1

–VISM

5.2(0.200)

5.2(0.200)

12.3(11)T7

1.3.11

3.3

Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter (eMTA)

Residential gateways in the form of MTAs embedded in a cable modem (embedded MTA [eMTA]) provide access at the customer premises. By plugging a standard analog telephone into the MTA device, a user can make phone calls to another MSO's customer directly across the IP network or to anyone outside the network through a media gateway.

Arris Touchstone eMTA

4.1.34

Aggregation

Cisco Catalyst 6509 Ethernet switches are used in Cisco BLISS for Cable to provide Layer 2 connectivity among the IP core, Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch, and ancillary servers and element management components necessary to provision and maintain certain features in Cisco BLISS for Cable.

The Cisco Catalyst 6509 also provides Layer 3 functionality for routing signaling packets to edge and trunking gateways, and to interconnect all servers within the SuperPOP.

The Cisco Catalyst 6509 can also be used to aggregate the traffic from multiple CMTSs into a single interface on a Cisco 12000 series Internet router.

Cisco Catalyst 6509

12.1(13)E12 or later

Core

Core routing functions.

Cisco 12000 Series Internet Router

12.0(13.3)S or later

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)-Compliant Server

Lawful Intercept (LI) compliance in the United States is specified by the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). For more information about PacketCable™ Lawful Intercept Architecture, see here .

SS8 Networks Xcipio

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Media Server

The IP Unity Media Server can be used as an announcement server, voice-mail server, media server and/or application server in Cisco BLISS for Cable.

IP Unity Media Server

2.7

Record Keeping Server (RKS)

The RKS monitors and collects PacketCable™ event message data over LAN/WAN networks for Cable VoIP and content-based services, utilizing the PacketCable™ protocol standards. The application extracts all the relevant parts of a call and creates a call detail record (CDR) in the appropriate format for the billing and operations support systems.

See manufacturer's recommendations.

Primal Solutions, Inc. RKS Software

Access IM, 8.2.3

Rater 5.4.3

WPM 2.4.0

Note Primal Solutions RKS Software has been tested only for integration.

Network Management

Cisco Broadband Access Center (BAC) is a distributed, scalable, subscriber-device management application that enables automated flow-through provisioning of subscriber services. See the Cisco BACC Administrator's Guide for Release 2.6 for more information.

Sun 220 or 440 (large environment)

Release 2.6

JacobsRimell's APS Softswitch Manager for Cisco BLISS Customers provides subscriber provisioning and infrastructure configuration for call management servers, signaling gateways, media gateways, softswitches, and BACC.

See manufacturer's recommendations.

JacobsRimell APS Softswitch Manager, Version 3.2

Note JacobsRimell software has been tested only for integration.

Auspice's Cisco Cactus Correlation Solution provides service assurance.

See manufacturer's recommendations.

Auspice Cisco Cactus Correlation Solution:

•TLX 4.2

•CCC 1.0

Note The Auspice products have been tested only for integration.