Networking Strategies for TelcoTV Services

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

• 1.1 Network Requirements
• 1.2 Layer 3 IP Networking and TelcoTV
• 1.3 Layer 2 Ethernet Networking
• 1.4 Basics of Optical Networking
• 1.5 TelcoTV Network Traffic
• 1.6 Traffic Management on a TelcoTV Network
• 1.7 Layer 2 and Layer 3 TelcoTV Network Strategies
• 1.8 Layer 1 TelcoTV Network Strategies
• 1.9 Building a TelcoTV Network
• 1.10 Evolving to Layer 1 Optical Architectures

2. Requirements for TelcoTV Networks

• 2.1 Proliferation of TelcoTV Services
• 2.2 Evolution of TelcoTV Services
• 2.3 The Changing Traffic Mix
• 2.4 Quality and Security in TelcoTV Networks

3. Layer 3 Technologies and Strategies

• 3.1 Basics of IP Networking
• 3.2 Cisco
• 3.3 Juniper Networks

4. Layer 2 Technologies and Strategies

• 4.1 Basics of Ethernet Networking
• 4.2 Alcatel-Lucent
• 4.3 ECI Telecom
• 4.4 Nokia Siemens Networks
• 4.5 Nortel

5. Layer 1 Technologies and Strategies

• 5.1 Basics of Optical Networking
• 5.2 Ciena
• 5.3 Net Insight
• 5.4 Sun Microsystems

6. Networking Strategies

• 6.1 TelcoTV Network Traffic
• 6.2 Quality Requirements for TelcoTV
• 6.3 Traffic Management for Multicast Traffic
• 6.4 Video On Demand Network Strategies
• 6.5 Layer 3 TelcoTV Network Strategies
• 6.6 Layer 2 TelcoTV Network Strategies
• 6.7 Layer 1 TelcoTV Network Strategies
• 6.8 Evolution to Layer 1 Optical Networks

7. Building a TelcoTV Network

• 7.1 Classifying TelcoTV Networks
• 7.2 Building a Broadcast TelcoTV Network
• 7.3 Building a Low Penetration TelcoTV On Demand Network
• 7.4 Building a High Penetration TelcoTV On Demand Network
• 7.5 Supporting NPVR Services
• 7.6 Supporting Advanced Advertising Services

8. Appendix I: Companies in this Report

9. Appendix II: Glossary

• Figure 1-1: Video Traffic Loading
• Figure 2-1: Global TelcoTV Subscriber Forecast
• Figure 2-2: Percent of Unicast for TelcoTV
• Figure 3-1: Layer 3: IP TelcoTV Network
• Figure 3-2: Cisco' s TelcoTV Network Architecture
• Figure 3-3: Juniper' s TelcoTV Network Architecture
• Figure 4-1: Layer 2: Ethernet TelcoTV Network
• Figure 4-2: Alcatel-Lucent' s TPSDA Architecture
• Figure 4-3: TPSDA Per Subscriber & Per Service QoS
• Figure 4-4: Operation of TPSDA Network
• Figure 4-5: ECI' s MPLS over SDH Architecture for TelcoTV
• Figure 4-6: Nokia Siemens TelcoTV Network Strategy
• Figure 4-7: Nokia Siemens RACS Architecture
• Figure 4-8: Nortel' s PBT Based Network Architecture
• Figure 5-1: Layer 1: Optical TelcoTV Network
• Figure 5-2: Ciena' s TelcoTV Architecture
• Figure 5-3: Hierarchical Metro Optical Network
• Figure 5-4: Impact of Packet Loss
• Figure 5-5: Net Insight Architecture
• Figure 5-6: Components of the Sun Streaming System
• Figure 5-7: Software Architecture of the Sun Streaming System
• Figure 5-8: Sun Streaming System Reference Implementation
• Figure 5-9: Sun Streaming System Network Architecture
• Figure 6-1: Video Traffic Loading
• Figure 6-2: Multicast Operation
• Figure 6-3: Video Traffic Loading with Distributed Video On Demand System

• Table 2-1: Top Ten TelcoTV Providers
• Table 3-1: Companies Offering Layer 3 Approaches
• Table 4-1: Companies Offering Layer 2 Approaches
• Table 5-1: Companies Offering Layer 1 Approaches
• Table 6-1: Network Traffic Quality Requirements
• Table 7-1: TelcoTV Network Strategies
• Table 8-1: Companies Consulted for this Report