DOCSIS: Cable Operators May
Soon See Faster Uploads
Cisco and Texas
Instruments Complete First Interoperability Testing of DOCSIS 3.0
Network Upstream Channel Bonding
SAN JOSE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug
13, 2007 -- Cisco® (NasdaqGS:CSCO
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News) today announced successful completion of
interoperability testing of the Cisco uBR10012 Cable Modem
Termination System (CMTS) platform with Texas Instruments'
Puma 5 DOCSIS® 3.0 CPE development platform. The Cisco
uBR10012 CMTS solution demonstrated upstream channel bonding,
an important feature of CableLabs'® DOCSIS 3.0 specifications
and a key advancement for cable operators.
The DOCSIS 3.0 specification
defines interface requirements for cable modems involved in
high-speed data distribution over cable television system
networks. Channel bonding -- logically combining several radio
frequency channels -- provides cable operators with a flexible
way to increase upstream and downstream throughput for
customers. Downstream data-transmission rates are in the
hundreds of megabits and can scale to potentially gigabits per
second.
The interoperability testing
at CableLabs helps ensure that the industry-leading Cisco
uBR10012 CMTS platform and Texas Instruments' Puma 5 DOCSIS
3.0 CPE development platform can be used together to as part
of a DOCSIS 3.0 network. Already leading the industry in terms
of density, performance and features, the addition of upstream
channel bonding further extends the versatility of the Cisco
uBR10012 CMTS solution.
The Cisco and Texas
Instruments upstream channel-bonding interoperability testing
demonstrates that the Cisco uBR10012 CMTS platform may support
cable operators' high-speed cable-modem services with the
promise of upload speeds far greater than those available
today.
"This successful
demonstration of upstream channel bonding clearly shows there
is significant momentum for DOCSIS 3.0," said Tony Werner,
Comcast Cable chief technology officer. "We believe this as an
important milestone with DOCSIS 3.0 enabling a new generation
of high-bandwidth services that will benefit businesses and
consumers around the world."
"As cable operators migrate
to DOCSIS 3.0, they need a seamlessly flexible solution that
can deliver the power and reliability required for equipment
to bond several channels together and act as a single virtual
pipe upstream and downstream," said John Mattson, director of
marketing, CMTS products, Cisco. "Successfully demonstrating
upstream channel bonding demonstrates the versatility and
DOCSIS 3.0 leadership of the Cisco uBR10012 CMTS platform,
which provides a seamless migration path from today's DOCSIS
services to DOCSIS 3.0."
The demonstration of upstream
channel bonding is one of many firsts for Cisco. Cisco was
also the first to demonstrate downstream channel bonding,
multicast and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) -- all major
components of DOCSIS 3.0 -- further proving its industry
leadership in this area. More information about the Cisco
uBR10012 CMTS platform and other cable solutions is available
at www.cisco.com/go/serviceprovider.
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