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Intel Corporation

Hybrid-Access: A New and Ultrafast Path for bringing

Broadband to Underserved Customers

What can you achieve by integrating an industry standard protocol with a powerful

telecom network server node and powerful Intel Home Gateway network processor?

How about a fast path to enhanced

broadband access for underserved

customers? Intel and Ericsson are

using standards-based technology to

improve the broadband experience of

consumers and optimize carrier

network utilization. The collaboration

will help telecom carriers meet

requirements for fast broadband

services on the edge of widely

distributed network service regions.

In demonstrations at Broadband

World Forum 2015, the two companies are showing an end-to-end access solution

based on Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP). The hybrid solution

aggregates the bandwidth of both DSL and LTE transmission links to multiply data

rates and create a single, powerful broadband pipe between the network service node

and customer’s Broadband gateway / router.

Benefit for User and Telcos

The global average broadband access speed is 3.9 Megabit per second. A growing

number of network operators face the challenge to upgrade these underserved

regions and customers in a cost-effective way to higher broadband speeds. Use case

scenarios show that for example a “20 UP / 20 Down Mbps data pipe” would perfectly

serve the broadband needs of today’s cloud based services, IPTV or modern office

scenarios. The combination of fast VDSL and LTE enables operators to reach this

performance goal with minimum investment as they smartly re-use their existing

network infrastructure. Carriers combining mobile and fixed line network access can

even create one broadband pipe that reaches up to 300 Mbps aggregated data

throughput with high reliability.

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The Intel / Ericsson hybrid access approach adds an LTE link to a DSL gateway,

allowing operators to boost broadband access performance. At the same time

operators significantly increase their network reliability for fallback scenarios. As a

result, combining DSL and LTE opens up new business opportunities for operators.

For the broadband subscriber, the benefits are obvious: Superfast broadband

connection on existing infrastructure, without any construction works. Users simply

need to plug in their new broadband routers at home and are ready to go.

Technology helps to bring Broadband to Underserved Regions

The MultiPath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) is a Linux kernel protocol that

is currently in the standardization process with the Internet Engineering Task Force

(IETF) (RFC6824). Ericsson is adding the protocol to the feature set of its MultiService

Proxy (MSP) network

node. Concurrently, Intel

is incorporating the

technology in a new

DSLTE™ Home Gateway

reference design based

on the AnyWAN™ GRX

350. Intel AnyWAN

platforms can be easily

configured to support any

incoming WAN data link,

including all variants of

Cable, DSL, FTTx and LTE.

That simplifies design and

implementation of

product families for OEM/ODM customers and helps ensure that carriers can source

solutions from multiple Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) vendors.

“With three years of experience as a provider of DSLTE gateways, we know that

telecom providers recognize the importance of improving the experience of end-users

on the network edge,” said Dan Artusi, Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s

Connected Home Division. “The Intel DSLTE reference design enables suppliers to

quickly develop products to fill this need for carriers. Developing this Hybrid Access

platform with Ericsson as a world leader in communications technology brings

tremendous value to carriers. They can optimize the performance of their network

assets and finally offer best user experience and ultrafast broadband connection to

the subscriber.”

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Hybrid DSL and LTE is a cost-effective way to upgrade DSL for subscribers that only

have access to low data rates today and live in areas where it is too expensive for the

operator to upgrade network infrastructure (using VDSL, bonding, vectoring, or fiber).

It’s a superb complement to the broadband mix of network operators as it extends the

reach of broadband service with no new investment in existing DSL or LTE

infrastructure.

Ericsson’s Multiservice Proxy (MSP), a part of the Media Delivery Network solution, is

the link between mobile networks and Internet services and gives the operator a rich

suite of tools with which to optimize and assure data delivery. Ericsson is the leader in

video and data delivery solutions. The Ericsson MSP is deployed with over 150 Media

Delivery customers to date.

The Intel/Ericsson collaboration is the first open, software-based end-to-end hybrid

solution to increase broadband capability and optimize carrier network utilization

using existing infrastructure. Development projects with select customers are starting

now, with general commercial availability planned for the first half of 2016.

Contact your Intel customer team to learn more about the end-to-end hybrid access

solution.

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