Following Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK)'s claim that Docsis 3.0 upstream channel bonding is almost ready, Cox and Moto say they've hit upstream speeds of 356Mbit/s in the field by combining 12 return path channels. They followed that by demonstrating 400Mbit/s bursts at this week's CableLabs Winter Conference in Atlanta. (See Comcast Preps a Docsis 3.0 Boost.)
The tests featured Motorola's flagship cable modem termination system (CMTS), the BSR 64000, and a new dedicated upstream CMTS blade packed with 48 ports. Cox and Moto conducted the field test in the MSO's Las Vegas market using spectrum in a 5MHz-85MHz return path. (See Moto Wields Upstream CMTS Blade.)
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Also of note, they hit 141Mbit/s using a 5MHz-42MHz return path and the fusion of six upstream channels... something closer to what you'd get in a typical spectrum set-up for a US MSO. The other speed record example, to me, looks like more of a mid-split whereby you'd turn some existing downstream spectrum into upstream spectrum.
But interesting they were able to hit those kinds of speeds in the field tests and at the lab demo. They also follow a string of recent downstream D3 trials that achieved speed bursts of greater than 1Gbit/s. Here's more detials on the Cablecom (Switzerland) trial, and Get (Norway) achieved in its test. JB
Also of note, they hit 141Mbit/s using a 5MHz-42MHz return path and the fusion of six upstream channels... something closer to what you'd get in a typical spectrum set-up for a US MSO. The other speed record example, to me, looks like more of a mid-split whereby you'd turn some existing downstream spectrum into upstream spectrum.
But interesting they were able to hit those kinds of speeds in the field tests and at the lab demo. They also follow a string of recent downstream D3 trials that achieved speed bursts of greater than 1Gbit/s. Here's more detials on the Cablecom (Switzerland) trial, and Get (Norway) achieved in its test. JB