LOUISVILLE, Colo. – CableLabs, a cable industry innovation and research and development lab, yesterday highlighted the progress it made over the past year towards building technologies and specifications for the 10G network.
The 10G network, “will deliver internet speeds 10 times faster than today’s networks and 100 times faster than what most consumers currently experience,” according to a CableLabs press release.
“With faster symmetrical speeds, lower latency, enhanced reliability and improved security, the emerging 10G network will truly power the next generation of innovation,” said Phil McKinney, CableLabs president and CEO, in the press release.
“Alongside our members and other industry leaders, we are proud of the advancements we’ve made, and we look forward to continued industry collaboration on our path to bringing the network of the future to life.”
Among the achievements CableLabs highlighted is its recently published set of specifications for what it calls the Coherent Termination Device, which “enables operators to take advantage of coherent optics technologies in fibre-limited access networks,” reads the release.
“Typically used for long-haul, metro and submarine networks, coherent optics technologies enable operators to use their existing fiber assets more efficiently when teamed with wavelength-division multiplexing in the optical access network.”
CableLabs also highlighted the release of its best common practices (BCP) for device security.
“The 10G platform aims to protect increasingly complex home and business networks,” the press release says.
“The BCP document was written, with input and support from CableLabs members and vendors, to ensure a globally consistent and robust baseline for gateway device security and an ontology for simplified communication and procurement between network operators and device manufacturers.”
CableLab members Comcast, Charter Communications and Armstrong have also made progress recently in the realm of 10G.
Comcast “successfully transmitted 4 gigabits-per-second upload and download speeds simultaneously in a live lab test, effectively proving out the superior performance offered by the DOCSIS 4.0 specifications,” the release says.
“The first-of-its-kind test demonstrated the potential for DOCSIS technology to deliver the next generation of ultra-fast speeds.”
Charter Communications meanwhile “demonstrated greater than 8.5 Gbps downstream and 6 Gbps upstream on hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) cable plant,” the release says, and Armstrong “launched a 10-gigabit fibre-optic network in Medina, Ohio, providing 10G access to more than 3000 businesses and residents in the area.” Armstrong is the first operator to bring the faster speeds, lower latency, enhanced reliability and improved security enabled by 10G to residential customers, according to the release.
CableLabs recently launched the 10G Challenge to help continue innovation momentum. The challenge is designed to “accelerate the work of innovators, startups, students and entrepreneurs in their development of applications for the 10G network,” the press release explains.
The 10G Challenge, powered by CableLabs, has over $300,000 in total prize monies available for six winners. It will be judged, in part, by Mayo Clinic, Corning and Zoom. The winners will have the chance to present their work at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2022.
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