The C2200 Cable Modem Termination System (C2200) is a new class of cable edge device that combines a third generation DOCSIS CMTS and an MPEG video Edge-QAM in a single compact 1RU platform. The broadband access over cable market has experienced two generations of DOCSIS CMTS. All of the products on the market today are either first generation CMTS or second generation CMTS that upstream ratio, instantaneous bandwidth per subscriber limited to a single RF channel, very low downstream channel density per rack unit and high cost per unit bandwidth. The legacy CMTS does not have any MPEG video processing capability and thus have any MPEG video processing capability and thus makes it necessary to implement two parallel access networks for MPEG video and DOCSIS IP. With those limitations, the legacy CMTS is not economically viable in the new market of high bandwidth applications such as IPTV or IP video delivery and is not competitive to other broadband access methods such as FTTH. As a third generation CMTS, the C2200 has several unique capabilities beyond DOCSIS 3.0 features.
1. Pre-DOCSIS 3.0 features-channel bonding of 16 downstream channels today, firmware upgradeable to upstream channel bonding of 8 channels, AES encryption, IPv6 for Cable Modems. 2. Separate downstream and upstream modules-unlike traditional CMTS with fixed downstream to upstream ratio, C2200 has separate downstream modules and upstream modules that provide flexible downstream to upstream ratio. 3. Integrated CMTS & video QAM-DOCSIS traffic and MPEG/DVB video traffic can share the same RF channel. 4. Cost effectiveness-offers the lowest cost per channel in the industry. The only economical solution for high bandwidth IP applications. 5. High density-offers the highest channel density per 1RU space in the industry. 6. Best multi-channel rf performance-exceeds DOCSIS DRFI specification. 7. Extended frequency range-downstream-downstream frequency range up to 1GHz (52~1002MHz). 8. DOCSIS 1.1 and 2.0 features-complete DOCSIS/ EuroDOCSIS 1.1 and DOCSIS/ EuroDOCSIS 2.0 (A-TDMA) feature sets. 9. Rich operational features-rich operational features such show cable modem, flap list, spectral management and IP bundling ready for deployment.