The document outlines Comcast's ActiveCore platform, which offers a next-generation SD-WAN solution designed to simplify and optimize networking for businesses. Key features include virtual network function orchestration, touchless installation, and a unified management interface for enhanced performance and flexibility. ActiveCore integrates various functions into a single device, streamlining IT infrastructure while enabling scalable and customizable network services.

1. COMCAST BUSINESS
ACTIVECORE
AARON WEILER – SR. SALES ENGINEER

2. AGENDA
•Intro Key Beliefs and Vision ActiveCore Intro
•SDN Orchestration
•Universal CPE
•Topologies
•ActiveCore Portal Demonstration
•Questions and Answers
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3. KEY BELIEFS &
PRODUCT VISION
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• Nex-Gen Networks Require Next-Gen Solutions
• Gigabit Broadband and Software-Defined
Networking Are Transformational Technologies
• Global Scale Cloud & Software Solutions
Demand Partnership Orientation
KEY BELIEFS
• Best Last Mile Data Products in the World
• Augmenting Current Wan Solutions
• Applications that Blend Comcast Assets &
Industry Leading Partners
• Managed Services that Simplify Customer
Experience
PRODUCT PRIORITIES

4. INTRODUCING ACTIVECORE
SM
SDN & SD-WAN
BUILDING A BETTER VIRTUALIZED NETWORK
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ACTIVECORESM
PLATFORM
• Hosted, Carrier-Grade Solution
• VNF Orchestration
• Ground-Breaking Digital Experience
• Touchless Installation
• Over-the-Top
• Designed for Hybrid WAN
• Includes Router, Stateful Firewall, and
Multipoint VPN
• Simplified Policy Management
• Underlay Agnostic
SD-WAN KEY FEATURES

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ACTIVECORESM
SDN & SD-WAN
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ActiveCoreSM
SDN
Hosted, Carrier-
Grade Solution
Full VNF
Orchestration
Gig-Powered
Integrated Digital
Experience

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ORCHESTRATED
SDN
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OUR UNIQUE ORCHESTRATION LAYER ENABLES MULTIPLE VIRTUALIZED SERVICES. LESS
HARDWARE, LOWER COSTS AND GREATER SCALABILITY — ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE.
OTHER BENEFITS
• Configure and deploy services on
demand
• Virtualize and orchestrate network
services
• Simplify provisioning through
centralized policy management
• View and manage service
components at a single site or across
multiple sites easily
• Optimize performance
OSS/BSS
Controller
VNF
Manager B
VNF
Manager A
Orchestrator
VNF A VNF B VNF C VNF A VNF CVNF A VNF B
COMCAST
NETWORK
CUSTOMER
LOCATION
VNF
Manager C
uCPE uCPE uCPE
Legend:
VNF = Virtualized Network Function
uCPE = Universal Customer Premise Equipment
DIGITAL EXPERIENCE
ActiveCore℠

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UNIVERSAL CPE:
RADICAL SIMPLIFICATION OF THE IT STACK
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VPN
uCPE
Firewall
Router
TRADITIONAL
NETWORK
EQUIPMENT
APPROACH
Different vendor-specific
boxes with dedicated
functionality
NETWORK
FUNCTION
VIRTUALIZATION
APPROACH
Flexible, vendor-neutral
device; software-based
services can be added
over time

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FLEXIBILITY WITH COMCAST SD-WAN
REPLACE OR COMPLEMENT MPLS NETWORKS
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• No controller on premises
• Secure, encrypted VPN
• Integrated Stateful Firewall
• Application-aware routing
• Universal CPE deployed at each
customer site
• Near real-time analytics
• Underlying transport is Comcast
or 3rd party Internet connection
• Service provided across U.S.
FUNDAMENTALS
FULLY INTEGRATED SOLUTION
Virtual Router
Stateful Network Firewall
VPN

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AN “ALL-NETWORK” SOLUTION
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PURE SD-WAN HYBRID WAN
HYBRID WAN WITH HIGH AVAILABILITY HYBRID WAN CUSTOMER DRIVEN
Update existing networks or cost-effectively create new ones. The Comcast Business software-defined
approach makes branch connections faster and more agile with far greater capabilities.
INTERNET
SD-
WAN
(IPSec)
uCPE Cable
Modem
LAN
LAN
INTERNET
SD-
WAN
(IPSec)
Cable
Modem
uCPE
MPLS
Customer
Router
WAN Router
INTERNET
SD-
WAN
(IPSec)
MPLS
LAN uCPE
Cable
Modem
VRRP
uCPE
LAN
uCPE WAN
Router
INTERNET
SD-
WAN
(IPSec)
MPLS
Cable
Modem
WAN Router