Integrated CMTS

In today's product architectures, traditional CMTS functions are largely deployed in integrated systems that offer the reliability and manageability demanded by real-time services. As networks evolve toward supporting higher-bandwidth services, CMTS architectures are evolving to provide increased modularity and flexibility.

Cable operators increasingly require flexible CMTS architectures that provide maximum deployment flexibility and scalability potential. Motorola offers the BSR 64000 and the BSR 2000 CMTS/edge router platforms. They support high-availability and allow operators to benefit from protected bandwidth. Motorola's award-winning BSR 64000 is deployed worldwide by operators successfully offering rich voice, data, and multimedia services. This proven platform and the compact BSR 2000 will continue to evolve to support emerging technologies and enable new services.

Motorola is evolving this core technology to support both integrated and modular CMTS platforms. Integrated CMTS platforms offer decoupled downstream and upstream channels and also support high availability and protected bandwidth. The TX32 is a high-density embedded decoupled downstream solution that is highly flexible, with each module supporting 32 QAM channels in a single slot within the fully redundant BSR 64000 router chassis.

The downstream channels on the TX32 module can be coupled with the downstream and upstream channels on existing 2:8 CMTS modules. Motorola is also evolving its core CMTS technology to support modular CMTS platforms to provide superior scalability.

Both integrated and modular CMTS solutions from Motorola are based on technology already deployed in the BSR 64000. Existing BSR 64000s deployed on the network will be compatible with next-generation CMTS platforms so that operators can protect investments in existing assets while capitalizing on emerging CMTS architectures that offer increased flexibility and scalability.

Standards and architectural requirements continue to evolve, so it is key to select an equipment provider that offers not only the proven technology but also the expertise to optimize the use of innovative products to maximize revenue and support new services.

Motorola provides cable operators with maximum flexibility for supporting next-generation architectures and services while optimizing the use of existing infrastructure. Motorola offers the expertise in routing, switching, telephony, video, aggregation, and redundancy necessary to enable critical data, voice, and video services.

During the transition of CMTS architectures, operators need to partner with an equipment provider that can support evolving standards and requirements while ensuring migration of installed equipment. No cable operator can afford to waste investments in already-deployed network assets, so one of the greatest challenges in managing the transition to a next-generation network is to minimize stranded investments. By taking a holistic view of today's revenue demands and tomorrow's architectural and service requirements, cable operators can harness the power of existing infrastructure while deploying traditional and next-generation CMTS platforms and evolving the network to deliver video and other high-speed services. Motorola will continue to offer traditional CMTS platforms as well as integrated and modular CMTS solutions that provide operators maximum flexibility in migrating CMTS functionality to support Ultra-Broadband requirements.

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