Triple Play

Delivering the complete IP video, voice and broadband bundle

“We've been very impressed by the rock-solid performance of the MXK from Zhone, and we expect its scalable capacity for non-blocking service to support us well as its role in our network and our business both expand.”

—Don McQueen, CEO, Edge Telecom

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• Case Studies
• TSC Consolidates Infrastructure for One-Stop Triple Play Services (PDF)
• Kentucky Telephone Delivers IPTV Bundled Services (PDF)
• Consolidated Communications IPTV Triple Play (PDF)
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• Using RPR to Converge Video, Voice, and Data onto a Single Packet-Based Network (PDF)
• Zhone's Multimedia Traffic Management Solution (PDF)

Application

Implementing Triple Play services has become a competitive necessity for service providers. Bundling video, voice and broadband services increases revenue and retains customers. Triple play creates service tiers that incorporate value-added services and features, resulting in long term growth opportunities. Games, personal TV, and personal hosting are just a few of the applications that Triple Play offers.

At its inception, triple play was defined as adding video (IPTV) and broadband HSIA to an existing POTS service using DSL. The conversion to Ethernet networks and services on a global scale has re-defined triple play as a bundled, multi-media service over IP.

Delivering IPTV, VOD, VoIP and broadband over IP requires an access platform capable of supporting all services over copper or fiber that include a full range of IP-based Quality of Service (QoS) features on a subscriber-by-subscriber basis, as well as across the network. Migrating from IP video and data overlay to existing POTS to a fully integrated IP services triple play bundle begins with access.

At the core of Triple Play is service management. Having a complete Element Management and QoS system for converged IP triple play assures commercial viability.

Solution: MXK and ZMS

The MXK Solution, Zhone’s new intelligent terabit access concentrator line, is a category-defining full service access platform that can simultaneously deliver IPTV, VoIP, POTS and broadband on fiber media. The MXK platform, featuring a 2x bandwidth improvement over the closest competitor, is an intelligent broadband IP access system designed for Triple Play, with non-blocking capacity of up to 3,600 100Mbps GPON subscribers or 360 1G Active Ethernet subscribers per chassis.

MXK, along with Zhone’s other access and transport solutions, is supported by a common management system. The Zhone Management System (ZMS) is a GUI-based EMS. ZMS manages the OSMINE-certified devices, providing service providers with all the fault, configuration, accounting, provisioning and security (FCAPS) features required for a manageable and reliable Triple Play service offering. It automates a number of complex, tedious, and error-prone tasks, thereby raising productivity, improving accuracy and reducing operational costs.

Since MXK is a multi-service, multi-media IP access platform, ZMS enables service providers to go beyond basic element management and use a variety of powerful QoS tools for prioritizing traffic, classifying traffic, performing rate shaping and limiting, as well as monitoring performance. Zhone also provides a clean interface to a fully standards-compliant OMCI implementation with Smart OMCI. Zhone’s Smart OMCI approach allows the MXK OLT to interoperate with any vendor’s ONT, yielding rapid ONT and service extension with OLT software upgrades.

As an all IP solution, the MXK enables IP Triple Play services.

Features

• Delivering triple play on fiber or copper: A part of the Zhone MSAP SLMS family, the MXK is a unified access platform, fully integrating with the entire Zhone product family to enable a comprehensive triple play offering over copper and fiber.
• Functionality for bundled services: The MXK has integrated IGMP proxy, bridging or routing, DHCP server/relay, and IP QoS to support bundled video, data and voice triple play.
• Voice Services: Support for SIP, MGCP and H.248 VoIP are also integrated into the MXK, along with IP services like IPTV, Broadband and VoIP.
• Scalable ZMS: The ZMS architecture scales to support millions of access lines off a single fault-tolerant system. ZMS integrates with northbound external NMS/OSS systems, and a HTML web-based version is offered.
• OPX Cabinets: outside plant cabinet solutions in small footprint 4300 series OPX cabinets or larger 5200 series OPX cabinets in designs specifically for FTTx application in the loop distribution plant.
• Residential modems and ONT's: Zhone has a complete line of complimentary DSL modems, multi-port routers and WiFi models for a complete residential broadband service. Zhone also has a corresponding fiber GPON, Active Ethernet, and RFOG ONTs to support a comprehensive FTTx offering.
• Environmental: The MXK is GR-487 and GR-63 compliant and is designed for outside plant deployment.

Zhone Value Proposition and Benefits

Integrating all video, voice and data services on a single platform using fiber reduces electronics in the loop network and therefore lowers capital costs. Delivering bundled triple play services from the MXK over IP provides greater operational efficiency, while Lower Opex comes with Zhone’s SLMS operating system which provides intelligent functionality across all the company’s hardware for comprehensive, simplified management. And finally, bundled triple play with superior service intelligence from our SLMS operating system enables implementation of enhanced value-added revenue services.