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Audience

This course is designed for the staff that interacts with Intraway Provisioning Suite in a Cable Operation, where Internet and/or Telephony services are provided.

Course Objectives

This is a basic course that makes an introduction to all software components as well as to different functioning and provisioning flow in implementations based on DOCSIS® and PacketCable™.

The objective of the course is to provide the attendees with the necessary knowledge to understand in a detailed way the capacities of the product, the modules that compose it, what you can do for your company and how it has to be integrated with the management and billing systems. In addition, it also gives basic knowledge about the provisioning flow specified in DOCSIS and PacketCable.

The topics covered in the course are:

• Provisioning systems
• DOCSIS and PacketCable Introduction
• Initialization of DOCSIS devices
• Initialization of PacketCable devices
• Devices based on SIP
• Intranet and Client Management
• Cable Modem Activation
• E-MTAs and Telephony Lines activation

Day 1

Provisioning Systems

• Service Activation
• Disintegration Problems
• Integration of all Services
• Self-management Web Site
• Cable Modems, E-MTAs and Telephone Lines Activation
• Captive Portal in all the Services

• System Capacity

– Cable Modems DOCSIS® Management
– E-MTA PacketCable™ Management
- Telephone lines in the Softswitch Management
- Centrex Groups Management
- Set-Top Boxes Management
- Hotspots Management
- IP Cameras Management
- Proactive Network Support and Monitoring
- Email, Web Hosting, DNS Parking and Other Services

DOCSIS and PacketCable Introduction

• Advantages of Broad Band in Cable Networks
• Same Network, Multiple Services
• Data Traffic over Cable Networks
• Better than Other Technologies
• DOCSIS as a Base Platform
• DOCSIS Evolution

– DOCSIS 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0
– Current DOCSIS State
– The Future based on DOCSIS

• PacketCable based Telephony
• DQoS Functioning
• ¿SIP or PacketCable based Telephony?
• PacketCable Architecture
• DOCSIS and PacketCable Specifications
• MIBS of SNMP for DOCSIS and PacketCable
• Group Work

Initialization of DOCSIS and PacketCable Devices

• DOCSIS Architecture and Provisioning
• Intraway Architecture and Description of Different Servers
• Detailed Process of Initialization of a Cable Modem
• Tests in Models are Deep Inspection of Packets
• Basic DOCSIS Configuration File
• Introduction to SNMP
• Advanced DOCSIS Configuration File with SNMP Commands
• PacketCable Architecture and Provisioning
• Basic Provisioning Flow, Hybrid and Safe
• Detailed Safe Initialization of a MTA PacketCable
• Configuration of PacketCable File

Devices based on SIP

• Introduction to Telephony based on SIP
• Available Specifications and Standards
• Comparison: Telephony based on SIP or PacketCable?
• Provisioning Problems due to Integral Standard

- Only for HFC networks: SIP devices based on PacketCable
- Only a few: SIP Devices based on TR-069 del DSL Forum
- Most: SIP Devices based on Proprietary Definitions

• When it is convenient and when it is not convenient to use SIP
• Centralized Provisioning of SIP Devices using Intraway

- Devices standardized by Intraway
- Example of Devices Provisioning based on PacketCable
- Example of Devices Provisioning based on TR-069
- Example of Proprietary Devices Provisioning

• Integration with the Softswitch
• Summary and Conclusions
• Group Debate

Day 2

PacketCable Multimedia

• Evolution from PKTC 1.0 to PCMM
• Basic Functioning
• Applications

- Turbo Button o Time Zones
- DQOS for telephone calls
- DQOS for online games
- DQOS for video on demand

• Extended Architecture of PCMM

– Session & Resource Control Domains
- PacketCable Multimedia Policy Server in Detail
- CMTS as Policy Enforcement Point
- Intraway as Policy Server PDP (Policy Decision Point)
- Integration with Traffic Shapers

• Model demonstration and team work

Intranet and Clients Management

• The Intranet
• Initial Configuration
• Login and Main Screen
• Presentation of Each Module

– Subscribers Management
– Network Monitoring
– Reports and Data Analysis
– System Configuration
- Integration with External Systems

• Clients Management

– Managing a Client
- Creation of a Space for Cable Modem
- Manual Activation of a Cable Modem
- Operations over an Active Cable Modem
- Cable Modems Technical Support (CSR Screen)
- MTA Creation
- Active Cable Modem, Inactive MTA
- CMR and Integration Simulator

Captive Portal

• Captive Portal

– What is a Captive Portal?
- News and Expiration Dates
- Effective Communication
- Billing Management and In-debt Clients
- Recovery of deactivations
- Model Demonstration

DOCSIS and PacketCable Self-Provisioning

• Activation Options of a Cable Modem

– Manual Activation
– Tech-Provisioning
– Self-Provisioning

• DOCSIS Self-Provisioning

– Sale of Service
- Management Interfaces
- Physical Installation of a Cable Modem
- Firmware Update
- Traffic Redirection to the Activation Portal
- Guarantee in the Quality of the Installation

- Cable Modem Activation
- Management System Activation
- Cable Modems Replacement

• PacketCable Self-Provisioning

- Sale of Service
- Management Interfaces
- E-MTA Physical Installation
- Firmware Update
- Calls Redirection to Intraway IVR
- Guarantee in the Quality of the Installation
- MTA Activation
- Notification to the Management System

• Notification to the Management System
• Model Demonstration

Course summary, group work