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CISCO MULTISERVICE BROADBAND CABLE GUIDE
FALL 2004

AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB

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Preface
Cisco Multiservice Broadband Cable Guide .........................................................................vii Purpose and Scope ......................................................................................................vii Overview.....................................................................................................................viii Summary .......................................................................................................................ix
CHAPTER 1

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Next-Generation Cable IP Network

Cisco Cable Offering........................................................................................................... 1-1 Market Trends ..................................................................................................................... 1-1 Business Drivers ................................................................................................................. 1-4 Technologies/Specifications.............................................................................................. 1-5 Service Delivery Architectures ........................................................................................... 1-8 High-Speed Data Solutions ....................................................................................... 1-8 Voice Solutions........................................................................................................ 1-11 Video Solutions ........................................................................................................ 1-16 Business Services .................................................................................................... 1-19 Summary........................................................................................................................... 1-24
CHAPTER 2

Cisco Cable Product Offering

Cisco Cable Offering ........................................................................................................... 2-1 CMTS Systems .................................................................................................................... 2-2 Cisco uBR 3x10 RF Switch......................................................................................... 2-4 CMTS Products at a Glance ....................................................................................... 2-5 Video Networking ............................................................................................................... 2-6 Cisco uMG9800 QAM Product Series........................................................................ 2-6 Video Products at a Glance ........................................................................................ 2-6 IP Telephony ........................................................................................................................ 2-8 Cisco Broadband Local Integrated Services Solution (BLISS) for Cable ...................2-8 GR-303/V5.2 Cable Overlay Architecture ................................................................ 2-12 IP Telephony Products at a Glance .......................................................................... 2-14

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Routers ..............................................................................................................................2-15 Routers at a Glance ................................................................................................. 2-16 Ethernet Switching ........................................................................................................... 2-17 Ethernet Switching Products at a Glance ................................................................ 2-17 Optical Transport...