China Unicom

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China Unicom Project

• Presented By Kirk Topits
• (July 2003)

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Who is China Unicom?
About China Unicom China Unicom was established
in July 1994 and listed on the Hong Kong and New
York stock markets in June 2000. China Unicom is
China's second largest mobile communication
operator with over 70 million mobile subscribers
for its CDMA and GSM networks. Presently it has
over 300 branches and subsidiaries in the
country's 30 provinces, autonomous regions and
municipalities directly under the central
government. China Unicom is now the only fully
licensed service provider in the country,
providing a full range of telecom services such
as domestic and international long-distance call
service, mobile phone and data/IP network
communications. The Company has completed the
construction of the second largest broadband
optical fibre transmission network in China,
which serves as the common platform supporting
the various networks of cellular communications,
domestic and international long distance, data,
Internet and paging services. For more details
regarding China Unicom Ltd., please visit our
website www.chinaunicom.com.hk
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What do they want?
China Unicom wants to leverage its nation-wide
fiber optic network by launching the worlds
largest video conferencing network.
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Required Components

• MCUs - standards based, Carrier Grade
• Full Audio and Video Transcoding, CP with Lecture
  Mode
• Audio/Video Error correction - Packet Loss,
  Jitter, Seq Errs
• Gatekeepers (Multi-Hierarchy and PSTN style
  dialing using E.164)
• Virtual MCU Servers (with automatic cascading)
• Customer Interface Portal
• Real-time Conference CDR/Billing/Banking Servers
• Operator Assisted AND Self-serve conferencing
• Web based Conference Control/Scheduling
• Integrated in HP Openview with SNMP - Component
  Level
• End Points AND support for ALL China Endpoints
• CISCO AVVID Certified
• Industry Leader - On Standards Committee -
  Service Providers

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Overall Design Objectives

• Firewall / Proxy between VPNs and Networks
• Gateway Access to other Networks
• Any device To Any device Connectivity
• Unified Dialplan and directory
• Common Portal for all scheduling and control
• Real-time Authorization
• Common Billing / Details
• High Availability 99.99

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Challenges to Polycom

• All software developed by Chinese system
  integrator
• Its ALL Chinese Language - No English
• China Based Competition
• Political / Social / Business
• System must be REAL at Demonstration
• Constantly changing requirements
• Biggest IP network for Polycom
• Demonstrations during 9/11
• 100 IP mentality
• Heavy usage by Unicom upper management
• Designed for Enterprise Video VPN Services
• Largest VIDEO IP network in the world!

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The Project

• Project Team
• All of the Beijing Office
• Network Systems RD /Israel
• AsiaPac /Atlanta
• Network Solutions /Milpitas
• China based system integrator
• Time Line
• Start Q1/2001
• RFP and demonstrations Q3/2001
• Award Q4/2001
• Equipment Install Q1/2002
• Internal Launch Q3/2002
• Full Customer Launch Q4/2002

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Networks
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China Unicom Architecture
Video EndPoint
MCUs
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China Unicom Networks (Simplified!)
ATM/FR Fiberoptic BACKBONE (Lucent)
GSM / CDMA 13x Network
International Partner 0xx Video VPNs
IP Backbone Network
(Cisco/AsiaInfo)
Province Video VPN
193 ISDN Network
Local PSTN Last Mile
165 Internet VPN
National 100 Video VPN
Province Video VPN
Customer / VPN
Province Video VPN
Customer / VPN
Customer / VPN
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Network Topology
National 100 Video VPN
Wuhan
ShenYang
Beijing
HongKong
Shanghai
Tier 1 Backbone
Tier 2 Backbone
GuangZhou
XiAn
ChengDu
Tier 3 Link
Alternate Route
Tier 1 Data Centers
Tier 2 Data Centers
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Equipment Distribution
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Gatekeeper Topology
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Neighbor Networks GK/proxy
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The Demonstrations
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Physical Demonstration Layout
Polycom/Atlanta
Unicom/Beijing
ISDN Network
Public Internet
ADSL
Lab/Beijing
Polycom/Atlanta
Polycom/London
Polycom/HongKong
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Logical Demonstration Layout
UNICOM - Beijing
Conferences Created
ISDN EP _at_384 KB
MCU4
MCU3
Polycom - Atlanta
Conference Uptime 10 Hours
MCU2
MCU1
Cascade _at_384 KB
Lab - Beijing
Atlanta
Local EP _at_384 KB
London
Remote EP _at_128 KB
Hong Kong
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The Final Demonstration Results
  CHINA UNICOM SELECTS POLYCOM AS A MAJOR SYSTEMS
PROVIDER OF BUSINESS VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEMS FOR THE WORLDS LARGEST IP VIDEO
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK   China Unicom selects
Polycoms MGC-100, PathNavigator and ViewStation
to bring business quality video communication
services to the Peoples Republic of
China.   HONG KONG and MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 28,
2002 China Unicom (HKSE 0762 NYSE CHU) and
Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ PLCM), today announced
that China Unicom has selected Polycom as one of
its major system providers for the worlds
largest Internet Protocol (IP) video
communications network. According to the
contract, China Unicom is purchasing US(multi)
million worth of video communications systems
from Polycom beginning in the fourth quarter of
2001 and continuing during the first quarter of
2002, in addition to the contractual purchase of
other equipment and software, resulting in the
worlds largest IP video communications network
covering over 300 cities in China including Hong
Kong. Through the cooperation with operators
outside China, China Unicom will extend its
business to other countries.
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The Deliverables (Phase I)

• Polycom
• 34 MGCs in 30 Provinces
• 8 PathNavigators (1 master and 7 regional)
• GK Support 20,000 registered / 2,000 on-line
  endpoints
• (Possible 200 conferences/day, 50 cascaded)
• 800 Polycom Endpoints (Equipment)
• Installation
• China System Integrator
• Internet Portal interface for customers
• Directory Services
• Integrated accounting, billing, banking
• Complete network management package (HP Openview)
• Virtual MCU

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The Design
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Applications Created

• Account management
• End-Point Registration
• Scheduling
• Virtual MCU (cascading, failover)
• Conference Control
• Operator Services
• CDR Collection and Conversion
• Billing
• WEB Portal
• Time Synchronization
• HP Openview Traps/Alarms
• HP Openview Analysis

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Architecture Overview
Primary Data Center
7xPathNavigators
Provinces
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Management Architecture
PathNavigators
Provinces
34 MCUs
C/C API
WEB Portal ConferenceControl Server
SNMP
C/C API
PN API
HP Openview SNMP Server
PN API
Primary Data Center
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Gatekeeper Deployment
Primary Data Center
Neighbor GKs Only
Pre-Registered EP Only
Provinces (7 Zones)
Pre-Registered EP Only
Pre-Registered EP Only
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The Portal
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UserName
Password
Login
Video Conference Operation Center
Forgot Password
Registration Center (Operator Assisted)
Conference Reservations (Login Required)
Conference Control (Login Required)
(WEB Site Home Page)
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Video Conference Operation Center
Create Conference
Conference Control
Account Inquiry
Contact Us
Logout
(Logged In User - Main Menu)
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Video Conference Operation Center
Contact Us
Logout
Conf Control
New Conf
Reservation Inquiry
User Info
Modify
Address Book
Number
Name
Start Time
Duration
Type
Status
Cmd
Con f Info
Reservation Inquiry
Conf Inquiry
History
Return
Billing Info
Balance
(Account Inquiry)
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Video Conference Operation Center
Contact Us
Conf Control
Account
Logout
Conf Name
Password
Password Confirm
Conference
Meeting Room
Available Endpoints
Selected Endpoints
Chair Site
Participant Site
(New Conference)
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Video Conference Management System
New Conf
Contact Us
Logout
Account
Currrent Time
Name
Requestor
Master Site
End Time
Extended
Start Time
Available EP
Dial In/Out
Add EP
Terminate
Lock
Audio Mute
Status/Reconnect
Dial In/Out
Speaker
Name
Delete Party
Refresh
(Conference Control)
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Conclusion
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34 on-line MGCs!
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The Polycom MGC has been declared as THE standard
for IP Conferencing. H.323 compliance is defined
as compliance with the Polycom MGC-100. 10
Signed up customers Over 4,000 registered
endpoints. Target 10,000. 25 conferences/day, 150
/ week Average duration 3-4 hours
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Phase II is in planning stage. 20x Additional
MGC-100 6x Additional PathNavigators Additional
Capacity to existing MGC-100
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