managing and testing fixed mobile convergence

Managing and Testing Fixed Mobile Convergence

Canadian CommTech

May 14th, 2008

Agenda

What is FMC Market Drivers FMC Market SDP/SOA Components to test and manage FMC

– E2E active Service testing– Home management– Passive Management

Summary

What is FMC?

FMC implementation to date

Fixed Mobile Convergence– Combines wireless and wireline services– Allows for seamless subscriber roaming between

wireline and wireless access – Methods to provide FMC

• UMA• VCC• Femtocell• IMS

UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) - The UMA standard defines a new core network element (the UMA Network Controller (UNC)) and associated protocols that provide for the secure transport of mobile signaling and user plane traffic over IP.

VCC (Voice call Continuity) - 3GPP defined specifications in order to describe how a voice call can be persisted, as a mobile phone moves between circuit switched and packet switched radio domains (3GPP TS 23.206). VCC is a SIP-centric approach to FMC.

Femtocells

Femtocells - small cellular base station designed for use in residential or small business environments. Femtocell-based deployment will work with existing handsets. It increases both capacity and coverage while reducing both capex and opex. Base Stations typically rely on the Internet for connectivity

IMS - IP based architecture based on IETF based protocols – SIP, Diameter, HTTP... It is not intended to standardize applications itself but to aid the access of multimedia and voice applications across wireless and wireline terminals

Challenges to FMC

Home/Office management Broadband IP backhaul Dual-Mode Handsets Complex Signaling

Market Drivers

Battle lines are being drawn – Dual Ended Bus Model.

• IPTV• Bundle packages with Mobile

• High Speed Data Services• Video• FMC

• SDV – 10,000• Bundle Mobile• VoIP

• Android• MMOG’s• Social Networking

Offer High Value services Provide Service quality to reduce Churn Avoid becoming a pipe Increase ARPU by providing more services Move away from dumb provider model to vertically integrated multimedia service providers

• Provide services that provide more user for more targeted ads• Network is black boxed and is not a dependency

Content ProvidersWeb 2.0

Mobile

Where do the 2010+ revenues come from?

Bandwidth to subscribers $/bit for static location (home, business) $/bit for mobile locations (multiple devices)

Delivery of (on-net or off-net) Content/Applications/Services to subscribers

$/service: ie voice, Internet, TV, VoD, targeted TV $/transaction: ie pizza, advertising

Creation of Content/Application/Service $/use: ie movies, on-line software

Utility Provider

Distributor

Creator

Provider Checkpoints

Making the network Convergent Targeting the cost: 100x traffic @ Lowest Total Cost of

Ownership (TCO) Creating an Ecosystem Capturing the Internet Opportunity Enabling services anywhere

Notes – $500 Billion investment will be made over the next 3-5 years– Little or no growth in ARPU– Biggest issue is lowering TCO

FMC Market

FMC Market Numbers

Service Deliver Platforms (SDP)/Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)

SDP/SOA requirements

Bringing user services to market quickly– common components according to business processes and feature

rules.

Differentiated user services that leverage a customer’s investments– Leveraging a customer’s “digital experience” for new services

Blended user services– applications that belong to different organizations within the service

provider (e.g., Telecom and Wireless); – applications that span organizations inside and outside the company

(e.g., position from Wireless and maps from the Web); – applications and capabilities that are strictly outside the company (e.g.,

content providers, personal content) – applications and capabilities that reside in the customer domain (e.g.,

services downloaded to a set top box, presence from an enterprise).

Softswitches OSA/Parlay Gateways

IPTV Middleware

HSS/AAA

Network Layer

Network/Subscriber Abstraction

Services

tService Creation Environment

SDP Framework

Application Servers

3rd Party ISVs

Application Servers

Web Services Environment

Source: Service Delivery Platform (SDP) Market Outlook: Worldwide Market Size and Forecast, Infonetics Research, June 2007

Service Delivery Platform Architecture

Common Points

IP based services Policy Control – COPS/Diameter Session Based Services – SIP Device and Access independent

Solution components for testing and managing FMC

covering Quadruple Playcovering Quadruple Play

One umbrella system for multiple applications

• Presents same data sets for different user groups

− Clear fault statements for 1st line support, complete value set for experts, reports for management

Enables end-to-end service quality view across different services

Flexibility• Easily adapts to a given OSS

infrastructure/SDP/SOA• Integrates new services as they

evolve• Protects investment

FMC Solution Model

Integration PortalIntegration Portal

Standalone

IntegratedM

line Active (Robot)

System

Active (Robot)System

PassiveSystem

Access/RGSystem

DataData

Checklist for T&M

Application End to end view across fixed and mobile Automated monitoring of service performance Troubleshooting of service issues Automated regression testing of new network

elements, software, Services and/or hardware upgrades prior to market turn-up

Benefits Reduced time to resolution Reduced market turn-up times Increased quality of field deployments Reduces operating costs Revenue Assurance

Solution ConceptEnd to End View

Demarcation of fault location

Reduced time to resolution

Solution Concept

End-to-EndFMC Active Service

Testing

Insight intoConsumer

Environment

Insight fromApplication Layerthrough access

network

End-to-End FMC Active Service Testing

Solution Concept

End-to-EndFMC Active Service

Testing

Environment

network

Remote Test Probe Remote Test Probe

QoSManager

QoSExecutive

Mobile Identity Server

Test CaseBuilder

Prepare Test Scripts

Compile and scheduleTest Plans

IP Network

Analyze the test results

FMC Testing Process

“CoreNetwork”

ISP ISP

Remote Test Probes will use selected SIMs

Run test Run test

End to End View

ResultsResults

FemtocellWiFi Router

BroadbandConnection

Remote Test Probe

QoSManager

FEMTOCELL

IP Network

Concept: RCATS FMC System Femtocell Approach

“Core Network”“Core Network”

Testing of Femtocell Functions and Performance

FemtoController

Cellular Network

“Smart” RF Splitter:Controls Access ofMobile Tests

Broadband Monitoring:Registrations and Performance

Landline /Ethernet

Home/Office Management

Solution Concept

End to EndFMC Active Service

Testing

Environment

network

Why the need for in Home/Office Management

Frightening Complexity for End UsersNew Domain for Providers…

Diagnostics capabilities on RG and ATA CPE devices

Performance Monitoring

End-to-End solution

Insight from Application Layer through access network

Solution Concept

End to EndFMC Active Service

Testing

Environment

network

Insight from Application Layer through access network

Signaling and Media = QoE– Signaling is session based (Data, VoIP, VOD, Presence,

Policies, ....)

Customer facing insight 3rd Party content facing

In Summary

Summary

Have to have a path to integrate into SDP– Make sure Architecture is ready

• All major standards bodies are looking to TMF for the interfaces• Does the solution have a portal/Dashboard capabilities?

– You have to ask the following questions• How does this help lower the Total Cost of Ownership?• Does This provide Revenue assurance?

Key of Monitoring and Testing– Active – Synthetic Service transactions– Passive

• Media• Signaling

– Home/Office Management – TR-069 and other standards– Customer and 3rd party facing points

managing and testing fixed mobile convergence

wireline services

new services

user services applications

differentiated user

fmc market numbers

fmc implementation

different services flexibility

services sip device

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