Leveraging ATCA to Optimize IMS by Ilan Weizman Surf Communication Solutions

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Market Trends - Operators The shift from voice-centric to multimedia services continues Operators must continually reduce CAPEX and R&D investment to preserve revenue The next “killer application” has yet to be discovered New services must be launched rapidly Infrastructure must be reusable and “service agnostic”

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Market Trends – TEMs / NEPs Forces driving TEMs’ mega mergers: –Ability to offer a complete end-to-end solution –Reach right size and geographical coverage to offer “managed networks” to operators Focusing more and more on service creation and delivery Must utilize COTS HW to reduce R&D costs

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Merchant vs. Captive Server Market Source: MODT 2005 In $Billion

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Market Trends - IMS Source: Informa Telecom 2006 In $Million

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California ATCA is Built for Carriers Scalable capacity up to 2.5 Tbits/s Full redundancy High availability: "five-nines" (99.999%) High computer density Strict regulatory conformance Support for multiple switching fabric types Rich media content and transcoding

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California IMS Based on ATCA

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Building Your IMS - ATCA Eco-System Standard HW –Enclosures, CPU Blades, Storage, Switch, I/O Standard SW –OS, Middleware IMS-specific SW –SIP, Diameter, H.248, JSR309

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Leveraging the ATCA COTS Eco-system Standards-based interoperable components Avoid "proprietary COTS" "API-less" protocols such as SIP I-TDM-compliant components “Mixing and Matching" best-of-breed

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Sample MRF Configuration

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California AMC DSP Resource Board on ATCA Hosts up to 8 C64x TI DSP Fits both ATCA and MicroTCA Pre-integrated with ATCA carrier & Line cards Supports iTDM connectivity Comprehensive media processing software Modular plug-in board enabling multiple DSP board population

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Benefits for Operators Faster time to revenue Flexible network evolution Reuse of equipment Minimum list of spare parts Minimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Less rack space

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California Benefits for TEMs Decreased development costs and risk Lower production and maintenance costs Easy selection of “Second Source” Optimized development resources Increased supply-chain flexibility Faster time to market

September 10-12, 2007 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles, California About SURF Thank You for Listening…