TI's TurboDOX™ Technology Solution Increases DOCSIS™ Upstream Capacity
New Technology Provides Faster Consumer Broadband Cable Internet Surfing
DALLAS (Nov. 26, 2001) -- A new software solution from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) dramatically increases the network capacity for cable operators and enhances the consumer's cable broadband experience. The solution is designed to improve the performance of TI's data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) 1.1 software solution. TI's TurboDOX solution enables cable operators to expand up to three times the number of modems serviced over a single channel, while simultaneously improving the user experience by speeding upstream data flow. See www.ti.com/sc/cablemodem.)
"The TurboDOX solution gives cable operators a tremendous opportunity to deliver improved upstream capacity and application performance, while fully benefiting from TI's leading DOCSIS 1.1 technology," said Brett Butler, General Manager of TI's Broadband Cable and Wireless Communications. "TI is well equipped to provide manufacturer's the complete design support resources, technology and tools they need to deliver the optimum solution for their systems."
The new TurboDOX software extends TI's DOCSIS 1.1 solution, by including Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working group standards compatibility, without requiring any additional infrastructure investments. In addition, TurboDOX technology uses sophisticated algorithms to improve efficiency and reduce latency in broadband networks. The resulting increase in reverse-path capacity enables cable operators to provide subscribers with data and a full suite of interactive digital services over Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) networks.
Cable operators nationwide are fully embracing network upgrades for the technology since Cable Labs' recent wave of DOCSIS 1.1 certification. With two TI-based cable modems having achieved the critical CableLabs certification, TI recently became the only supplier able to provide manufacturers with a complete certified DOCSIS 1.1 solution, including hardware and software.
"DOCSIS 1.1 technology is critical for maximizing the value of broadband cable IP networks, and TI's TurboDOX works within these existing standards, requiring no proprietary silicon," said Michael Harris, president of research firm Kinetic Strategies Inc. "TI's solution enables Multiple Service Operator's (MSOs) the ability to develop clearly differentiated delivery platforms for the optimal transmission of data and broadband services, fully leveraging their investments in DOCSIS 1.1."
About TI Broadband
For OEM's developing broadband communications solutions, TI's advanced signal processing-based silicon and software platforms deliver the optimal performance, lower power consumption, and system level integration required to rapidly deploy differentiated next generation products for cable modems, digital subscriber line (xDSL) modems, integrated access devices (IADs), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateways, carrier infrastructure, and home and office wireless networking.
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