TAMPA, Fla. – Motorola today announced it has acquired next-generation cable network technology assets from RF developer Broadband Innovations.
This acquisition strengthens Motorola’s modular cable modem termination system (M-CMTS) and channel bonding solutions with patented innovations in signal transmission performance, size, and power consumption, said the company today from the SCTE Emerging Technologies show in Tampa, Fla.
Modular CMTS is an initiative currently being developed by CableLabs to provide the different functions of a CMTS through separate hardware and software elements. As service providers migrate their multiple networks to a single, IP-based network, the M-CMTS platform will scale services more efficiently by sharing the workload among several components.
Advanced services such as high-speed data, channel bonding, commercial services, and video-over-IP will require each M-CMTS component to process more signals at once. Broadband Innovations adds key RF technology innovations to Motorola’s extensive next-generation network architecture portfolio, including greater RF channel density, greater channel throughput, more effective channel management, and a highly fault-tolerant RF matrix switch — all in support of substantial downstream bandwidth, says the company.
"Motorola’s newly acquired innovations, combined with our already strong portfolio of next-generation network solutions, will help enable cable service providers to efficiently deliver highly-compelling entertainment and communications applications to the connected homes of their customers," said Charles Dougherty, Motorola corporate vice president and general manager, Connected Home Solutions, in the press release. "We are pleased to add exceptional engineering talent and highly innovative intellectual property to our Connected Home team."
Many of Broadband Innovations’ employees will join the Motorola Connected Home Solutions business, and will continue to be based in San Diego.
