ARRIS to Show Off 4.5Gbps Data Cable

June 14, 2011 · by John Ponio

Live in the Chicago area? ARRIS, “a global communications technology company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world,” is going to demonstrate a DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) cable at a conference in Chicago by transferring a file in real-time through this 4.5Gbps-downstream cable. Also being shown is a proof-of-concept idea that uses 24 DOCSIS upstream channels with a single Fiber node, and it can transmit up to 575Mbps upstream. The 4.5Gbps cable uses 128 DOCSIS channels on a single node. The event will be at NCTA in Chicago on June 14-16, 2001. Check out more details on the cables here.

Main points of the demo:

to show the incredible capacity of the current HFC network
to illustrate the ability of the ARRIS C4 CMTS to capitalize on the HFC network’s immense capacity
to display the latent flexibility of future DOCSIS CMTS systems that can capitalize on the HFC network’s upstream capacity as well