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SCE 1000 2xGBE Release 2.0.10 User Guide

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This chapter provides a general overview of the Cisco Service Control solution. It introduces the

Cisco Service Control concept and the Service Control capabilities. It also briefly describes the

hardware capabilities of the SCE Platform, as well as the Cisco specific applications that together

compose the total Cisco Service Control solution.

Step 1 This chapter contains the following sections:

• The Cisco Service Control Concept 1-1

• Service Control Capabilities 1-3

• The SCE Platform 1-4

• Management and Collection 1-5

• Cisco Service Control Specific Solutions 1-6

The Cisco Service Control Concept

The Cisco Service Control concept is delivered through a combination of purpose-built hardware

and specific software solutions that address various Service Control challenges faced by service

providers. The SCE Platform is designed to support observation, analysis, and control of

Internet/IP traffic.

Service Control enables service providers to create profitable new revenue streams while

capitalizing on their existing infrastructure. With the power of Service Control, service providers

have the ability to analyze, charge for, and control IP network traffic at multi-Gigabit wire line

speeds. The Cisco Service Control solution also gives service providers the tools they need to

identify and target high-margin, content-based services.

As the downturn in the telecommunications industry has shown, IP service provider business

models need to be reworked in order to make them profitable. Having spent billions of dollars to

build ever larger data links, providers have incurred massive debts and rising costs. During the

same time, access and bandwidth became a commodity where prices continually fell and profits

disappeared. Service providers now realize that they must offer value-added services to derive

more revenue from the traffic and services running on their networks. However, capturing real

profits from IP services requires more than simply running those services over data links; it

requires detailed monitoring and precision, real- time control and awareness of services as they

are delivered. Cisco provides Service Control solutions that allow the service provider to bridge

this gap.

CHAPTER 1

Overview

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