DOCSIS® 3.0 Solution - Motorola Solutions Asia Pacific
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DOCSIS® 3.0 Solution


Overview

DOCSIS 3.0
The DOCSIS® 3.0 initiative allows cable operators to take advantage of the extra capacity enabled by the initiative's channel bonding technology in order to offer Ultra-Broadband services. Operators can protect their investments in existing assets while leveraging existing CMTS/edge router platforms. The Motorola Broadscape™ DOCSIS 3.0® Ultra-Broadband solutions allow cable operators to implement DOCSIS 3.0 from the headend to the home or business by relying on Motorola products and professional services expertise so they can increase revenues, reduce churn and offer innovative Ultra-Broadband services.

Features and Benefits

With DOCSIS 3.0 solutions from Motorola, cable operators can offer higher-bandwidth services to both residential and commercial customers and they will be able to increase the efficient utilisation of RF spectrum. By deploying a BSR 64000 or BSR 2000 CMTS/edge router in the headend and Motorola SURFboard® cable & digital voice modems on the customer's premises, MSOs can benefit from:

  • Channel Bonding: Channel Bonding provides cable operators with a flexible way to increase upstream and downstream throughput to customers, with data rates in the hundreds of megabits and potentially gigabits per second.

  • IPv6: Implementing IPv6 at the headend and to the customer premises allow operators to benefit from improved address space, enhanced QoS and increased data security over current-generation IPv4 technology.

  • Multicast: Multicast allows cable operators to more effectively deliver focused video offerings to subscriber groups. They will be able to offer broadcast-like services over DOCSIS based on subscriber demand. Multicast will facilitate the offering of interactive multimedia services with QoS guarantees.

  • Security: The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) offers major security advantages over its predecessor, the Data Encryption Standard (DES). AES is faster in both software and hardware implementations, is easier to implement and it requires little memory. It provides better measures for preventing theft of service and allows CMTS platforms to implement enhanced traffic encryption and check the validity of cable modems. Cable operators also benefit from enhanced provisioning security, since they will be able to authenticate a cable modem before providing it with network access.

  • Diagnostics: DOCSIS 3.0 implementations of Motorola solutions deliver enhanced plant diagnostic capabilities, including diagnostic logs, enhanced signal quality measuring and monitoring and more robust access to IP Detail Record (IPDR) usage.

  • Enhanced Physical Layer: Plants that use 6 MHz channels can extend the upstream frequency 5-42 MHz to 5-85 MHz, which doubles the amount of spectrum available.

  • Commercial Services: Cable operators can deploy Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that allow them to logically segregate their network to enterprise customers so they can securely transmit information.

  • Smooth Migration: Motorola provides the products and services that allow cable operators to efficiently migrate to DOCSIS 3.0 while leveraging existing network assets.