Broadband Solutions Group (BSG) is Sony's organization that provides integration and development services for broadband operators. BSG's engineering staff conduct system analysis, project management, system design, system development, and system integration for customers. Their services include requirements analysis, project planning, distributed system architecture, quality assurance testing, and on-site integration. BSG has enabled technologies for major North American content providers such as video on demand, user interfaces, and set-top box platforms.

1. Broadband Solutions Group
Systems Solutions Division

2. Broadband Solutions Group
Broadband Solutions Group (BSG) is the front-line
organization within Sony Systems Solution Division
responsible for providing integration and development
services 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

3. Broadband Solutions Group
• Engineering Staff Consists of:
– System Design Engineers
– Software Design and Development Engineers
– System Integration Engineers
– Quality Assurance and Test Engineers

4. BSG Services
• System Analysis
BSG works with the customer, service providers, and vendors
to 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

5. BSG Services
• Project Management
BSG provides project and program management support in
conjunction with customer management, marketing and
engineering 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

6. BSG Services
• System Design
BSG works with customers, service providers and vendors to
ensure 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

7. BSG Services
• System Development
BSG will develop application distribution systems and
targeted applications for the deployment which meet
the requirements defined
– Development Platform and Tools Selection
– Application distribution framework
– Application development
– Quality Assurance

8. BSG Services
• System Integration
BSG works with customers and vendors to ensure a smooth
and 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

9. Integration Services
BSG 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

10. 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

11. MSO Infrastructure
The 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-End
Node
Sub

12. System Architecture
Account Profile
Management
Email Server
SMS & Billing
System
Intranet
Services
Conditional
Access
Middleware
& UI Server
Event
Information
Asset
Management
Interactive
Program Listing
DAVIC OOB
Set-top
Boxes
CMTS
Compression &
Multiplexing
Video
On Demand

13. 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.