Cisco Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable 4.0 Data Sheet
Data Sheet
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applications of certain events within the system through an event-notification registration
procedure.
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Extendable technology support: Cisco BAC supports DOCSIS cable modems and set-top
boxes for high-speed data provisioning, PacketCable voice provisioning of media
termination adapters (MTAs), DOCSIS cable modems, CableHome devices, SIP ATAs, and
SIP voice gateways. It also can be extended to support other Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP)–based devices, including non-DOCSIS cable modems.
Key Features and Benefits
Table 1 outlines the features and benefits of Cisco BAC.
Table 1.
Cisco Broadband Access Center Features and Benefits
Feature
Benefit
DOCSIS 3.0 and IPv6 support
Support for IPv6 devices and IPv4/IPv6 mixed device environment.
Embedded high-performance
database, optimized for device
provisioning
database, optimized for device
provisioning
Helps ensure high-performance service request management and device provisioning and
minimum service delay; no additional external database needed
minimum service delay; no additional external database needed
Integrated Kerberos Protocol
server (KDC) for PacketCable
voice service provisioning
server (KDC) for PacketCable
voice service provisioning
Provides a single platform with all the necessary security components for PacketCable
provisioning
provisioning
Java-based provisioning API
Provides easy integration to customer OSS, billing, or workflow and mediation software
Distributed device
management servers
management servers
Offers true scalability with a simple way to extend provisioning to additional subscribers and
new markets; dramatically simplifies capacity upgrade and maintenance costs and
complexity
new markets; dramatically simplifies capacity upgrade and maintenance costs and
complexity
Distributed architecture
Offers true scalability, failover, and high reliability and provides an easy way to manage a
growing subscriber base while helping to ensure minimum subscriber service disruption
growing subscriber base while helping to ensure minimum subscriber service disruption
Technology extensions
Provides an easy means to extend this single platform to provision new devices and
technologies to meet changing network and subscriber requirements
technologies to meet changing network and subscriber requirements
PacketCable compliant
Supports PacketCable 1.0 and 1.1 and 1.5 for complete end-to-end IP voice service
provisioning and meets all PacketCable security specifications
provisioning and meets all PacketCable security specifications
DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1, 2.0, and
3.0 support
3.0 support
Easily extends to take advantage of advanced features of DOCSIS 3.0 including channel
bonding and IPv6 support
bonding and IPv6 support
Dynamic DOCSIS file
generation
generation
Offers a means to build unique DOCSIS files for individual subscriber devices to meet
needs of tiered service provisioning and true IP voice requirements
needs of tiered service provisioning and true IP voice requirements
Media Gateway Control
Protocol (MGCP) support
Protocol (MGCP) support
Provides a means to deploy voice services promptly
Safe failover
High uptime and service reliability through DPE and DHCP failover as well as TFTP
redundancy
redundancy
Product Specifications
Cisco Broadband Access Center 4.0 uses a distributed architecture for provisioning services on
broadband devices. Figure 1 illustrates the components of the Cisco BAC 4.0 solution, which
include the following:
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Provisioning API: A flow-through provisioning interface used to integrate the Cisco BAC
system with service providers’ client programs, such as workflow applications and billing
systems. Integration is implemented through a Java client library that service providers’
client programs use to drive tiered-service selection and to trigger device activation on their
networks. The client library reduces the need to develop integration code and facilitates
integration with Web-based user interfaces.
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RDU: The primary server in the Cisco BAC system. It performs the following functions:
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Manages the generation of all configurations