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.
