DOCSIS 3.0 solutions on display at CCBN 2015

The various flavours of DOCSIS have proven to be reliable and successful locally customised technologies for cable operators in China and around the world to deliver attractive multimedia home entertainment and services. End-user appetite for new services such as IP video, multi-screen TV and Ultra HD video is driving the need to adopt higher bandwidths enabled with DOCSIS 3.0 and C-DOCSIS 3.0.

ST serves the C-DOCSIS 3.0 market with the highly integrated gateway SoC Alicante family comprised of the STiD125/127/128, offering various configurations of its CableLabs' certified DOCSIS 3.0 SoC.

The company’s turnkey reference designs for cable modem, cable data gateways and interactive STBs are available to partners to accelerate market introduction. At the trade show, ST will demonstrate the Alicante Gateway Server and Cannes STB Client connected together through MoCA 2.0/WiFi 802.11ac for a multi-room, multi-screen, and Ultra HD experience at home.

According to an IHS study published in February 2014, 100% of cable broadband CPE shipments by 2016 will conform to DOCSIS 3.x requirements.

"As one of China's largest manufacturers of STBs and cable modems, the consumer drive to higher data rates is providing an opportunity to operators and driving the transition to DOCSIS 3.0, C-DOCSIS 3.0 and beyond. With ST's technology and Coship's experience we see a great opportunity for DOCSIS 3.0 globally," said Ken Wang, General Manager, Overseas Sales Department, Coship Electronics.

"With more than 17 years of experience in STB in the China and export market, Jiuzhou sees the transition to DOCSIS 3.0 for high performance broadband as an exciting opportunity and ST's technology and technical support have been extremely effective in making that upgrade," said Mr. Yang Zhanbing, CTO, Sichuan Jiuzhou Electronic Technology.

"In China, the big shift ongoing today is the transition to C-DOCSIS 3.0 being driven by the ever higher data requirements of the enriched applications used by cable end customers," said Philippe Notton, Group Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Product Division, STMicroelectronics. "We are supporting this with cost-effective, low-power DOCSIS 3.0 / C-DOCSIS solutions to drive the transition from DOCSIS 2.0 to 3.0 / C-DOCSIS."

ST will demonstrate its Alicante family in a private suite during CCBN 2015, and display other technologies and products to the public at booth 3306, hall 3.