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Preface
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Preface
About This Guide
Introduction
This guide provides a high-level description of the OpenCable
™
Application
Platform (OCAP
™
) service offering. This guide also provides descriptions and
illustrations of how the OCAP service works with the different elements of the
Digital Broadband Delivery System (DBDS).
Purpose
The purpose of this guide is to provide the following information:
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The basic concepts of OCAP
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A general idea about the three parts of the OCAP software
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An understanding of the OCAP application environment
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The types of applications and services supported by OCAP
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How Cisco plans to implement OCAP within the cable industry
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An understanding of how different hardware and software elements of the DBDS
work within an OCAP system
Audience
This guide is written for the following audiences:
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System operator marketing managers who are responsible for determining how
service offerings should be packaged
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DBDS system administrators
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Digital Network Control System (DNCS) operators
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Cisco Services engineers
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Call-center personnel
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System operators who are responsible for maintaining the OCAP service
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Developers designing applications and services for the OCAP system
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Other parties interested in a general knowledge of OCAP
Scope
This guide provides only high-level descriptive information that applies to OCAP.
For more detailed descriptions, contact Cisco Services.