Cisco Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning 5.0 Data Sheet
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Data Sheet
Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning 5.1
Cable service providers face tremendous challenges in keeping pace with the rapid
evolution of residential subscriber services. In light of intense market competition and
increased consumer choice in broadband services (DSL, cable, 3G/4G, fiber, and
satellite), cable service providers need to innovate continually to retain market share
and grow revenue. This means quickly rolling out competitive differentiated products
and services such as DVR services and interactive IP set-top boxes, as well as
providing a high quality of experience for end users.
evolution of residential subscriber services. In light of intense market competition and
increased consumer choice in broadband services (DSL, cable, 3G/4G, fiber, and
satellite), cable service providers need to innovate continually to retain market share
and grow revenue. This means quickly rolling out competitive differentiated products
and services such as DVR services and interactive IP set-top boxes, as well as
providing a high quality of experience for end users.
As these cable subscriber services are becoming more complex, cable networks also are increasing in size and
architectural complexity. Management systems that simplify and speed the tasks of operating the network and
provisioning cable subscriber services are essential.
In addition, cable service providers are looking for ways to lower the support and other operating costs associated
with device growth and new service deployments. In part, this device growth is being driven by the introduction into
the market of new DOCSIS
®
, PacketCable
™
, and OpenCable
™
standards and new technologies like IPv6, Ethernet
passive optical network (EPON), and the associated standard, DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DpoE
™
). Cable
service providers need an automated provisioning and management tool to support these new standards.
Product Overview
Cisco Prime
™
Cable Provisioning is a distributed, highly scalable, and reliable solution for management of cable
subscriber devices and automated flow-through provisioning of the subscriber services that run on those devices.
A centralized platform allows cable service providers to control and configure network devices located at the
customer premises, including DOSCIS residential home gateways, cable modems, set-top boxes, media
termination adapters (MTAs), and digital voice adapters (DVAs). Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning automatically
recognizes devices, assigns the appropriate class of service, dynamically creates and generates device
configuration files, and activates subscribers - all at extremely fast speeds. This single device management
platform supports multiple technologies including DOCSIS, PacketCable, DPoE, OpenCable, and satellite.
Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning plays a critical role in delivering subscriber revenue-generating services and
managing the devices over which these services are delivered. The solution is able to generate thousands of
configuration files per minute - important after a network outage. It is also able to grow with the business and can
easily add hundreds of thousands of new subscribers, helping accelerate revenue when new products and
services are being introduced.