WELCOME

2 MSF: An Overview International forum of global carriers, equipment vendors, high-tech companies Define end-to-end service and system specifications for global networks Showcase interoperability via GMI (Global MSF Interoperability) demonstrations

3 MSF Membership—2004

4 GMI2004 Sponsors

5 IP Gains; Obstacles Remain Is IP ready for prime time? –Promise of new services, new revenue streams –Massive investments in initiatives and equipment IP obstacles –Unsophisticated Quality of Service (QoS) –Inadequate, inconsistent security –No end-to-end management –Inconsistent value-added experience

6 MSF: The Value-Add Encourage a diverse community to work together productively Identify and supply missing pieces in emerging telecom standards Implement IAs for critical capabilities –Quality of Service (QoS) –Security –Multivendor value-added services

7 MSF: The Value-Add (con’t) Enable global carriers to implement IP networks and services—profitably Help global carriers extend the life of legacy investments Publicly validate commercial viability of next-gen networks—using real carriers, real products, and real connections Move industry closer to convergence

8 Everybody wins… Global carriers gain new, revenue- generating IP services Companies gain advanced IP services to streamline business Consumers gain advanced IP services that make their lives simpler

9 A Framework for Collaboration

10 Conceptual Considerations

11 Validating Interoperability GMI validations are among the most ambitious in the world GMI2002 –2 weeks of 24/7 networked testing –3 sites on 3 continents –Validates Release 1 of MSF architectural framework Now, the MSF has completed GMI2004…

12 GMI2004 Raises the Bar Builds on success of GMI2002 “Layers” on new functionality –QoS –IPv6 –Value-added services –Security Validates Release 2 of MSF framework

13 The GMI2004 Challenge Two weeks of 24/7 testing –Three continents –Four countries –Five progressive test scenarios –Dozens of test engineers –Hundreds of networked devices Core/edge routers, bandwidth managers, call servers, application servers…

14 GMI2004: 29 Participants *

15 The GMI2004 Testbed

16 Scenario 1

17 Scenario 2

18 Scenario 3

19 Scenario 4

20 Scenario 5

21 Value-Added Services GMI2004 demonstrates that properly engineered IPv4/IPv6 packet networks can deliver a range of value-added services: –IP conferencing –Originating/terminating screening –Click to connect/conference –Emergency connection/call report –Continuous retry –Number translation –Voic media processing –Video telephony

22 Value-Added Architecture

23 The QoS Conundrum Carriers want to migrate to packet networks Call quality must be guaranteed Emergency calls must be given priority Network overload/packet discards must be avoided Delay-sensitive voice can’t wait for network to reroute around congestion

24 The MSF’s QoS Architecture

25 QoS: The MSF Way Two QoS mechanisms –MPLS traffic engineering –DiffServ traffic engineering Guaranteed capacity for specific call volume Bandwidth managers prevent overloads Call servers recognize priority calls

26 Participants in GMI2004… Showcased their success deploying a global multiservice, multivendor network Extended their reach into new markets Built close relationships with peers, customers, and suppliers

27 Participants in GMI2004… (con’t.) Proved their commitment to building best- of-breed products Earned a high-profile position in the move to IP-based global networks

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