China Unicom Project Presented By Kirk Topits (July 2003)

China Unicom Project

Presented By Kirk Topits

(July 2003)

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

http://www.chinaunicom.com.hk/





China Unicom wants to leverage its nation-wide fiber optic network by launching the world’s largest video

conferencing network.

What do they want?

Required Components

MCU’s - 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

Overall Design Objectives

Firewall / Proxy between VPN’s 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%

Challenges to Polycom

All software developed by Chinese system integrator It’s 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!

The Project

Project Team• All of the Beijing Office• Network Systems R&D /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

Networks

China Unicom Architecture

MCU’sMCU’s

Video Video EndPointEndPoint

China Unicom Networks (Simplified!)

ATM/FRFiberoptic

BACKBONE(Lucent)

ATM/FRFiberoptic

BACKBONE(Lucent)

“193”ISDN

Network

Local PSTN “Last Mile”

Local PSTN “Last Mile”

GSM / CDMA“13x” Network

IP Backbone Network

(Cisco/AsiaInfo)

IP Backbone Network

(Cisco/AsiaInfo)

“165”Internet

VPN

National“100” Video

VPN

Customer

/ VPN

ProvinceVideo VPN

ProvinceVideo VPN

ProvinceVideo VPN

Customer

/ VPN

Customer

/ VPN

InternationalPartner “0xx”Video VPNs

Network Topology

BeijingBeijing

GuangZhouGuangZhou

ShanghaiShanghai

ShenYangShenYangWuhanWuhan

HongKongHongKong

XiAnXiAnChengDuChengDu

National “100” Video VPN National “100” Video VPN

Tier 1 Data CentersTier 1 Data Centers Tier 2 Data CentersTier 2 Data Centers

Tier 1 BackboneTier 1 Backbone

Tier 2 BackboneTier 2 Backbone

Tier 3 LinkTier 3 Link

Alternate RouteAlternate Route

Equipment Distribution

合肥

杭州

呼和浩特

南京

武汉

西安沈阳

上海

广州成都

北京

郑州

哈尔滨长春

石家庄

太原

乌鲁木齐兰州

重庆

长沙

昆明南昌贵阳

南宁海口

深圳

天津

济南

福州银川

香港

MCU组网示意图

Gatekeeper Topology视讯交换层组网结构示意图目录 GK北京总部目录 GK北京总部

会议电视承载网网

北京 GK北京 GK 上海 GK上海 GK 沈阳 GK沈阳 GK西安 GK西安 GK广州 GK广州 GK 武汉 GK武汉 GK 成都 GK成都 GK

会议电视承载网网

北京、天津、内蒙古、山西、河北省 /市的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

北京、天津、内蒙古、山西、河北省 /市的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

上海、山东、江苏、浙江、安徽省 /市的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

上海、山东、江苏、浙江、安徽省 /市的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

广东、广西、海南、福建省的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

广东、广西、海南、福建省的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

湖北、湖南、河南、江西省的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

湖北、湖南、河南、江西省的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

四川、重庆、云南、贵州省 /市的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

四川、重庆、云南、贵州省 /市的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

陕西、新疆、甘肃、宁夏省的MCU和H.323会议电视终端，青海、西藏省的 H.323会议电视终端

陕西、新疆、甘肃、宁夏省的MCU和H.323会议电视终端，青海、西藏省的 H.323会议电视终端

辽宁、黑龙江、吉林省的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

辽宁、黑龙江、吉林省的MCU和H.323会议电视终端

Neighbor

Networks

GK/proxy

Neighbor

Networks

GK/proxy

The Demonstrations

Physical Demonstration Layout

Polycom/Atlanta Unicom/Beijing

Lab/Beijing

ISDNNetwork

PublicInternet

Polycom/HongKongPolycom/London

Polycom/Atlanta

ADSL

Logical Demonstration Layout

Hong Kong

Atlanta

London

MCU#2 MCU#1

MCU#3

MCU#4

Conference #4

Conference #1

Conference #3

Conference #2

UNICOM - Beijing

Lab - Beijing

Polycom - Atlanta

Conferences Created

Cascade @384 KB

Local EP @384 KB

ISDN EP @384 KB

Remote EP @128 KB

Conference Uptime 10 Hours

The Final Demonstration Results…

CHINA UNICOM SELECTS POLYCOM AS A MAJOR SYSTEMS PROVIDER OF BUSINESS VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS FOR THE WORLD’S LARGEST IP VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

China Unicom selects Polycom’s MGC-100, PathNavigator and ViewStation to bring business quality video communication services to the People’s 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 world’s 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 world’s 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.

The Deliverables (Phase I)

Polycom• 34 MGC’s 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

The Design

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

Architecture Overview

34x

MCUs

7xPathNavigators

API

Central

Servers

Top PathNavigator

MGC

Manager

Clients

Primary Data Center

Provinces

Management Architecture

HP

Openview

SNMP

Server

34

MCUs

Banking

Credit Card

System

WEB Portal Server

User Interface,

Registration

PathNavigators

SNMP

Scheduling Server

Virtual MCU

C/C++ API

WEB Portal Conference

Control Server

C/C++ API

C/C++ API

CDR

Collection

Servers

C/C++ API

Database Server

Provinces

Primary Data Center

PN API

PN API

Gatekeeper Deployment

SQL Server

Primary PathNavigator

Backup PathNavigator

SQL Server



SQL Server



SQL Server



Central Admin

Servers

Primary Data Center

Pre-Registered EP Only



Neighbor GK’s Only

Provinces (7 Zones)

The Portal

(WEB Site Home Page)(WEB Site Home Page)

LoginLogin

Forgot PasswordForgot Password

UserNameUserName

PasswordPassword

Video Conference Operation CenterVideo Conference Operation Center

Registration CenterRegistration Center

(Operator Assisted)(Operator Assisted)

Conference ReservationsConference Reservations

(Login Required)(Login Required)

Conference ControlConference Control

(Login Required)(Login Required)

CreateCreate

ConferenceConference

AccountAccount

InquiryInquiry

(Logged In User - Main Menu)(Logged In User - Main Menu)


ConferenceConference

ControlControl

ContactContact

UsUs

LogoutLogout

(Account Inquiry)(Account Inquiry)

User InfoUser InfoModifyModify

Address BookAddress Book

Con f InfoCon f InfoReservation InquiryReservation Inquiry

Conf InquiryConf Inquiry

HistoryHistory

Billing InfoBilling InfoBalanceBalance

ReturnReturn

Reservation InquiryReservation Inquiry

NumberNumber NameName Start TimeStart Time DurationDuration TypeType StatusStatus CmdCmd

Contact UsContact Us LogoutLogoutConf ControlConf ControlNew ConfNew Conf


Conf NameConf Name

PasswordPassword

Password ConfirmPassword Confirm

ConferenceConference Meeting RoomMeeting Room

Available EndpointsAvailable Endpoints Selected EndpointsSelected Endpoints

Chair SiteChair Site

Participant SiteParticipant Site


Contact UsContact Us LogoutLogoutConf ControlConf Control AccountAccount

(New Conference)(New Conference)

NameName RequestorRequestor Master SiteMaster Site

Start TimeStart Time End TimeEnd Time ExtendedExtended

Available EPAvailable EP Dial In/OutDial In/Out Add EPAdd EP

TerminateTerminate LockLock

Delete PartyDelete Party Status/ReconnectStatus/Reconnect Dial In/OutDial In/Out Audio MuteAudio Mute SpeakerSpeaker NameName

RefreshRefresh

Currrent TimeCurrrent Time

Video Conference Management SystemVideo Conference Management System

(Conference Control)(Conference Control)

New ConfNew Conf AccountAccount Contact UsContact Us LogoutLogout

Conclusion…

34 on-line MGC’s!

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

Phase II is in planning stage.

20x Additional MGC-100

6x Additional PathNavigators

Additional Capacity to existing MGC-100

China Unicom Project Presented By Kirk Topits (July 2003)

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