Broadband Solutions GroupSystems Solutions Division

Broadband Solutions Group

Broadband Solutions Group (BSG) is the front-lineorganization within Sony Systems Solution Divisionresponsible for providing integration and developmentservices required by broadband operators.

• Team members have fulfilled major software development and integration projects for Sony:– Cablevision Systems – DIRECTV Castle Rock– DIRECTV CBC– DIRECTV Japan

Broadband Solutions Group

• Engineering Staff Consists of:– System Design Engineers– Software Design and Development Engineers– System Integration Engineers– Quality Assurance and Test Engineers

BSG Services

• System AnalysisBSG works with the customer, service providers, and vendorsto define the desired features and services for deployment

– Requirements Analysis • Requirements Definition• Use Case Analysis• System Requirements Formalization

– Vendor and Product Analysis• Vendor Qualification• Product Selection and Verification• Vendor Qualification and Validation

BSG Services• Project Management

BSG provides project and program management support inconjunction with customer management, marketing andengineering groups.

– Project Planning and Phasing– Project Scheduling– Resource Management– Interface Management (ICD Process)– Vendor Management – On-Site Integration Management– Risk Management– Development Coordination

• In-house Development Teams, Vendor Development Teams,Customer Development Teams

BSG Services• System Design

BSG works with customers, service providers and vendors toensure that systems meet all agreed-upon specifications– Distributed System Architecture Development – System Component Definition– Functional Specifications– Industry Standard and Technology Selection– Data Flow Definition– Interface and Protocol Definition– Bandwidth Analysis– Software and System Development

BSG Services• System Development

BSG will develop application distribution systems and targeted applications for the deployment which meetthe requirements defined– Development Platform and Tools Selection– Application distribution framework– Application development– Quality Assurance

BSG Services• System Integration

BSG works with customers and vendors to ensure a smoothand expeditious integration phase– Component Quality Assurance– Off-Site Preliminary Integration and Validation

• Test-bed based• 3rd-Party and In-house components• Interface Validation• Service Validation

– On-Site Integration– Site Acceptance Test

Integration ServicesBSG has enabled technologies such as these for major North American content providers:

• Video on Demand• User Interface• Gaming• Email• Digital Music Channels• Customer Care• Parental Control

• Internet/Intranet• Transcoding• Chat• Enhanced Program Information• Wireless Applications• Set-top Box Platforms• Digital Broadcast Technologies

Technical Partnerships

• Cisco DOCSIS Cable Modem Termination, Networks

• OpenTV Web Browsing, UI Infrastructure, Transcoding

• SeaChange VOD, Ad Insertion• NDS Conditional Access• Harmonic/DiviCom Encoders, Multiplexers,

Out of Band Communication• Sun email, Java, JavaScript

MSO InfrastructureThe MSO Infrastructure uses a “Fiber To Node” Architecture that incorporates the following modules:

Headend - ~ 1 Million subscribers (typical)Hub - ~80,000 subscribers

Node - 500 subscribers

Hub Head-EndNode

Sub

System Architecture

Account ProfileManagement Email Server

SMS & BillingSystem

IntranetServices

Conditional Access

Middleware & UI Server

Event Information

Asset Management

Interactive Program Listing

DAVIC OOB

Set-topBoxes

CMTS

Compression &Multiplexing

Video On Demand

Server Software• Focus is on Features

• Dynamic Code Update Server

• Video-on-Demand Command and Control

• System Information Generation

• SNMP System Error Monitoring

• Custom UI Development

– Browser Based

– Handles dynamic content such as movie lists, user information, etc.