| Delivering revolutionary scale, performance and economics, the
ICSX CMS operates in cable telephony networks and
interoperates with a wide range of other PacketCable-based products
to ensure the rapid delivery of voice services. With support for
regulatory and CLASS features, the ICSX CMS meets the requirements
for cable operators to deliver primary line Voice over IP services.
The Cable Telephony Solution
Convergent Networks’ Cable Telephony Solution leverages
deployment-hardened components, including the ICS2000™ media
gateway, the ICSX™ call management server, the ICSP™
tandem proxy, the ICSG™ signaling gateway and the ICView™
management system. Deployed in carrier networks for over two years,
our systems have proven PSTN experience and carry more than
3 billion minutes of live traffic per month.
The platform fully complies with PacketCable 1.0 and 1.1
specifications, and is also designed to support PacketCable 1.2
and 2.0, which offer superior performance, scale and enhanced application
integration.
Primary Line Services
The ICSX CMS supports all requirements for cable operators who choose
to deliver primary line services, including E911, operator services
and busy line interrupt, CALEA, warm dial-tone and local number
portability. Further, the ICSX supports all basic and enhanced features
as defined by PacketCable specifications.
Additional Revenue Opportunity
The ICSX allows cable operators to leverage new IP applications
and service creation environments from multiple vendors to create
enhanced and revenue-generating voice services. With support for
CMSS and SIP, the solution provides an immediate opportunity for
carriers to deliver enhanced applications and premium service offerings,
such as carrier hosted IP PBX, IP VPN services, advanced messaging
and conferencing services.
Standards Compliance
Based on PacketCable specifications, the ICSX supports NCS, DQoS,
TGCP, Event Messaging, ISTP, Security, and both Basic and Enhanced
residential features.
- The call agent function of the ICSX provides signaling services
using the NCS protocol to Media Terminal Adapters (MTAs) at the
customer premise.
- The gate controller function coordinates quality of service
authorization and control using the DQoS specification.
- The media gateway controller manages signaling to PSTN Gateways,
such as the ICS2000 media gateway
- The announcement controller function manages network announcement
servers.
In addition to these functions, the ICSX provides CLASS features,
call routing and other call services to provide a complete Class
5 softswitch solution for voice over cable services. The ICSX supports
extensive PacketCable-based third-party interoperability, allowing
cable providers to choose best-of-breed equipment for maximum network
flexibility.
High Scalability and Density
As cable operators grow their networks and add customers, they must
be able to scale their systems to meet demands in the market. The
ICSX CMS addresses both small and large deployment needs with industry
leading scale and density, and unparalleled price and performance.
The ICSX can support more than 40,000 subscriber lines in two rack
units of space, allowing cable operators to increase subscriber
lines without increasing operational costs.
Further, the complete solution, scales in modular, cost
effective increments to provide support from 5,000 to more than
100,000 PacketCable subscriber lines in a single seven-foot telco
rack.
High Availability
The high-performance capabilities of the ICSX CMS can withstand
the demands of carrier-class voice networks, providing a carrier-grade
platform for robust and reliable voice service delivery. The ICSX
provides extreme high-availability through Active – Active
redundancy. Call state, subscriber and line information are mirrored
in the redundant nodes to support call preservation during rapid
and automated fail-over.
Implemented from the ground up for carrier-class availability,
all components exceed Telcordia availability recommendations
for telephony systems.
Simplified Element Management and Billing
The ICView management system, which includes the ICView Element
Management System (EMS), the ICView Billing Mediation Platform (BMP)
and the ICView Subscriber Management Portal (SMP), provides a common
and centralized operational view for cable operator network administrators.
ICView enables conversion of PacketCable event messages (EM) into
any format required, such as Telcordia Technologies' Automatic Message
Accounting (AMA) format based on GR-1100, GR-1083 and GR-508. Common
open northbound interfaces, such as XML, SNMP V1/3 and TL1, facilitate
tight integration with the cable operators' OSS to ensure back office
interoperability for fast service deployment. |
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