October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Communications Platforms Trade Association’s Interoperability Efforts Chuck Hill, Continuous Computing CP-TA Member

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Mobile infrastructure market Push2Talk, ringtone download, mobile music, mobile TV, Ad-hoc conferencing, video calling, content storage, billing, DRM… Data Service Enablers: –Packet Switch Streaming (PSS); SMS & Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS); Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Mobile TV and Mobile Music –“the killer apps on the data side” Fritz Joussen, CEO- designate, Vodafone Germany (July 2005) Red hot new services… …driving AdvancedTCA growth!

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Market drivers …growth of Mobile downloads by June 2006 (International Research 2005) …of expected growth for the MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) market in 2005 (Juniper 2005) …of all mobile phones will have cameras by 2006 (Gartner 7/04) $9.0B $42.5B 66%

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Building AdvancedTCA/AdvancedMC-based systems with standardized building blocks Since the launch of AdvancedTCA and AMC from the PICMG working groups, a significant number of hardware building blocks have already become commercially available First network deployments based on AdvancedTCA Wide range of standardized hardware, OS and middleware choices are available today to build next generation telecom systems Ideal for Core and Aggregation layer due to form factor, flexibility and carrier grade functionality Wireless network infrastructure the first adopter of AdvancedTCA-based telecom systems

Where AdvancedTCA and AMC fits in telecom/wireless world ADD- DROP MUX APP SERVERS MGCFSGWGGSNSGSNCSCFMRFPMRFCHSSSSWBRASATM SWITCH BSC/ RNC RASCMTS CO SWITCH ROUTER DSLAMROUTERWiMAX VoIP GW BTS NODE B IP- PBX MTU/ NGDLC mTCA ATCA ATCA/ CPCI IM- MGW TERABIT ROUTER SONET SWITCH

The AdvancedTCA Telecom Fit TERABIT ROUTER SONET SWITCH ADD- DROP MUX APP SERVERS MGCFSGWGGSNSGSNCSCFMRFPMRFCHSSSSWBRASATM SWITCH BSC/ RNC RASCMTS CO SWITCH ROUTER DSLAMROUTERWiMAX VoIP GW BTS NODE B mTCA ATCA ATCA/ CPCI IM- MGW IMS ELEMENTS IP- PBX MTU/ NGDLC

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California No single vendor provides all the building blocks required for system design. Based on AdvancedTCA and AMCs Multiple building blocks for hardware, OS and middleware Multiple functionality in one platform –GPP CPU –Network Processing –DSP –Switching –Storage One system management interface must manage all building blocks equally Variation of backplane and fabric interfaces 2x Control & Signaling 5x Protocol RNC Redundancy 3x Transport 2x Storage 2x Storage Control HLR Redundancy 2x Subscriber DB 6x Signaling

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California MRFP - Multimedia Resource Function Processor System elements from multiple vendors Chassis Shelf Manager CPU blades 1+1 Switches 1+1 AMC carrier board with AMC’s 1+1 or N+1 Media Blades N+1 System Management CG OS

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Early Adoption Mainstream Adoption Interoperability Chasm The CP-TA Vision Shared By Industry-wide Proponents of Open Standards Via industry collaboration, drive a mainstream market for interoperable communications platforms that enable cost efficient communications infrastructure solutions based on open industry standards.

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Interoperability Value Proposition Network Equipment Providers: –Faster time-to-market –Lower integration costs –Alternative sourcing and product choice –Economies of scale through mainstream COTS adoption Service Providers: –Faster time-to-revenue –Lower operational costs –Alternative sourcing and product choice versus Buffet Menu

Value chain

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Enablers: Open Industry Standards PICMG 3 rd Generation specifications –AdvancedTCA –AdvancedMC –MicroTCA SA Forum High-Availability SW specifications –Hardware Platform Interface (HPI) –Application Interface Specification (AIS) –Systems Management Interfaces (SMI) OSDL specifications –Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) –Enterprise Linux =

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Enablers: Commercial Interests of Customers Adoption of predictive-sourcing by Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) –HW and SW Building Blocks –Base Platforms –Application Enablers –Integration Services Demand for commercial flexibility and choice –To support unique NEP value creation strategies –Enabled by layered Open Industry Standards –Requires a flexible Value-Line

Industry Landscape PICMG®, OSDL, SA Forum ™ Multidimensional Building Blocks Technical Specifications, Taxonomy and Requirements Enumeration Suppliers Profile ATCA® Profile CGL Profile Middleware Users SCOPE Alliance Reference Architecture, Carrier Grade Base Platforms Specifications Profiles CP-TA (certification program) Drive the delivery of building block level interoperability requirements & test procedures that comply with SCOPE Profiles

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California CP-TA Charter The mission of the CP-TA is to drive the creation of a mainstream market for open industry standards-based communications platforms by actively developing an ecosystem that delivers certified interoperable building blocks from multiple vendors. To achieve, CP-TA will… –Base interoperability certification on open industry specifications –When necessary, develop documents required to verify product interoperability –Enable multi-vendor interoperability by certifying building blocks to interoperability test requirements aligned to SCOPE profiles –Foster industry preference for interoperable certified building blocks Interop Delivered

PICMG-Compliant Building Blocks ATCA, AMC & uTCA, Chassis, Switches, Compute, Packet Processing and Media Processing Blades, IPMI Management Access SA Forum-Compliant Application Interface Specification (AIS) Tools OSDL-Compliant Enterprise Linux or Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) SA Forum-Compliant Hardware Platform Interface (HPI) Application Services Protocols, DBMS, etc. CP-TA Scope Time Now Future Objective & Consistent Interop Criteria & Methodology Network Equipment Provider’s Communications Applications Management Access Tools Application Services Protocols, DBMS, etc. Network Equipment Provider’s Communications Applications

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California Top Interop Issues Enhancing Building Block Interop is #1 Priority 1. Thermal 2. Manageability 3. Fabric Shelf Shelf-Boards Shelf-System Board Large Number of Fabric Options

Founding Sponsors Adopters Contributors Sponsors

October 10-13, 2006 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego California What the Industry is Saying About CP-TA… “We support CP-TA's objectives…” ~ Dieter Carl, Vice-Chairman of SCOPE “CP-TA is working to create a true ‘industry standard.’” ~ Jim McGregor, Principal Analyst, In-Stat “CP-TA fills a hole in the industry…” ~ Norm Bogen, Director of Networking, In-Stat “CP-TA is a logical choice…” ~ Brian Partridge, Senior Analyst, Communications Network Infrastructure, Yankee Group “We look forward to the increased reliability and interoperability that CP-TA certified building blocks will give us.” ~ Jim Sylvester, Vice President-Technology with Verizon

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