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Acquired circuit switched telephone network as part of the ATT Broadband merger
Transitioned to Voice over IP based on PacketCable 1.0/1.5 using CMS islands
Largely MGCP protocol based network
100% of PSTN connectivity TDM based
CMS to CMS calls go off network
Implemented SIP Routing and Peering
CMS to CMS calls stay on Comcast IP network
Begin sending traffic to PSTN via SIP Peering and Least Cost Routing
Now over 80% of PSTN traffic is exchanged via SIP
Launched Commercial Voice solution using SIP Clients for Small Business
Launched ISDN/PRI PBX solution using IADs with SIP Registration
Transitioning to IMS network based on PacketCable 2.0
Geo redundant solution supporting SIP Client registration to any core
Migration of residential subscribers to IMS to be complete mid year
Migration of commercial small business subscribers beginning
Launched support for SIP PBX
Launched Hosted PBX solution with hand/desk sets registration via SIP
Deployed SIP Soft Client solutions for both residential and commercial voice
Mobile OTT Applications
IMS Network
4 core locations with 2 core instances each
11M residential lines
Commercial
15 Application Servers, 6 Network Servers, and 12 Media Servers
750K commercial lines
SIP Peering and Least Cost Routing
133 Session Border Controllers
20 Direct SIP Peers
12 Least Cost Routing Providers
56 Wholesale Customers
Operator Services and Directory Assistance via SIP
Toll Free via 3 SIP Peers
Commercial Network
4 Application Servers for Small Business with over 250K lines
3 Application Servers for PRI Trunking with over 2M TNs
1 Application Server for SIP Trunking with over 20K TNs
2 Application Servers for Hosted PBX with over 200K Seats
2 Network Servers, 10 Media Servers, 12 Access SBCs, 8 Peering SBCs
SIP Publish
Leveraged for collection of voice quality metrics from all clients
SIP Subscribe Notify
Leveraged for Voicemail Message Waiting Indicator
IMS Registration Event controls
Initially used for CallerID to TV on the X1 platform
First WebRTC Deployment
Xfinity Share Recorded or Streaming personal content delivered to friends and
family X1 Set Top Box
Unified Communications
Enterprise Telecom broadly deployed SIP PBX, Call Manager, and Session Manager
solution
Connected to the broader Xfinity and Business Voice networks through SBC
Audio/Video Conference, Instant Messaging, Collaboration
Support for multiple CODECs including Transcoding on Peering
Complex Voice over IP networks require multiple messages to complete a single call
creating a high volume of SIP and other protocol traffic
Maintaining network health requires more attention to performance management than
fault management (although fault is still important!)
Key Performance Indicators
Sessions and Calls Per Second
Invite, Bye, Cancel, Option, Update, Refer, Ack/Prack Messages
Flow Messages (18X and 2XX)
Error Messages (4XX, 5XX, 6XX)
KPIs can be reported directly from network elements or generated as part of passive
signal capture and analysis
Trends need to be analyzed with threshold alerts applied
Challenge is identifying which KPIs need thresholds and where to set them
Growth is also a challenge along with other impacts to baselines for trending
Sample Dashboard
Whats Next?
Challenges
How to validate the resolution of a carrier Trouble
Ticket post re-route
How to test a new turn up during ORT
ASR testing pre LCR update
ENUM Query
Call Flow
IRDB
SBC
CMS/IMS
SRP
Peer
SBC
101402215036985129
INVITE
Max-Forwards: 70
Supported: 100rel,timer,replaces,unknown
Contact: <sip:4352490949;tgrp=7777;trunk-context=SLKDUTQSPS0aa.ssg.comcast.net@SLKDUTQSPS0aa.ssg.comcast.net:5060;user=phone; >
Allow: INVITE,ACK,BYE,CANCEL,OPTIONS,REGISTER,INFO,PRACK,SUBSCRIBE,NOTIFY,REFER,UPDATE
Min-SE: 900
Session-Expires: 1800;refresher=uac
P-Asserted-Identity: "RTS 1 Port 14"<sip:4352490949@SLKDUTQSPS0aa.ssg.comcast.net;user=phone>
User-Agent: BTS10200/900-06.00.03.V00 (SIA)
Content-Length:
435
Content-Type: application/sdp
INVITE
Max-Forwards: 70
Supported: 100rel,timer,replaces,unknown
Contact: <sip:4352490949;tgrp=7777;trunk-context=SLKDUTQSPS0aa.ssg.comcast.net@SLKDUTQSPS0aa.ssg.comcast.net:5060;user=phone>
Allow: INVITE,ACK,BYE,CANCEL,OPTIONS,REGISTER,INFO,PRACK,SUBSCRIBE,NOTIFY,REFER,UPDATE
Min-SE: 900
Session-Expires: 1800;refresher=uac
P-Asserted-Identity: "RTS 1 Port 14"<sip:4352490949@SLKDUTQSPS0aa.ssg.comcast.net;user=phone>
User-Agent: BTS10200/900-06.00.03.V00 (SIA)
Content-Length:
435
Content-Type: application/sdp
SRP config
from-address
*
to-address
7777.srp.comcast.net
source-realm
*
description
activate-time
N/A
deactivate-time
N/A
state
enabled
policy-priority
none
next-hop
enum:e164.TEST; key=cic
realm
siprxy01
action
replace-uri
terminate-recursion
enabled
carrier
start-time
0000
end-time
2400
days-of-week
U-S
cost
10
Enum Query
SNJ-SPRXY-02# show enum lookup e164.TEST +4022
SNJ-SPRXY-02#
group-name
description
state
app-protocol
strategy
WDSTGAHQ-INT.SBC.SIP.SAG
dest
WDSTGAEMBSCaa.ssg.comcast.net
WDSTGAEMBSEaa.ssg.comcast.net
WDSTGAEMBSKaa.ssg.comcast.net
trunk-group
sag-recursion
stop-sag-recurse
disabled
401,407
INVITE
Max-Forwards: 69
Supported: 100rel,timer,replaces,unknown
Contact: <sip:4352490949;tgrp=7777;trunkcontext=SLKDUTQSPS0aa.ssg.comcast.net@SLKDUTQSPS0aa.ssg.comcast.net:5060;user=phone;transport=udp>
Allow: INVITE,ACK,BYE,CANCEL,OPTIONS,REGISTER,INFO,PRACK,SUBSCRIBE,NOTIFY,REFER,UPDATE
Min-SE: 900
Session-Expires: 1800;refresher=uac
app-protocol
XYZ.PRI.SBC
XYZLCR
RoundRobin
SIP
state
enabled
dest
XYZ
trunk-group
stop-sag-recurse
sag-recursion
XYZ:PRI.SBC
401,407
disabled
Advantage
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