Cable Television Laboratories Inc. Announces International Telecommunications Union Approves DOCSIS Modem Standard.LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 1998--The Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (communications, networking) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification - (DOCSIS) ITU-approved interface requirements for cable modems involved in high-speed data distribution over a cable television network. (DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. ), created by Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (CableLabs[R]), its members and a wide array of suppliers, has been approved as an international standard for transmitting data over cable systems. The International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU) Study Group 9, which is responsible for cable television system matters, approved the landmark standard, designated J112, during meetings in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland the week of March 16 to 20. The measure had been out for ballot by ITU Telecommunication (ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union ) members for several months before that. "It's a tremendous achievement for the cable industry and its suppliers to have taken the idea of having interoperable high-speed data delivery over cable from a concept in late 1995 and to have made it an international standard a little over two years later," said Dr. Richard R. Green, CableLabs president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Green is active in Study Group 9 and attended the meetings in Geneva. CableLabs has managed the DOCSIS process on behalf of its members as its seeks to foster interoperability among suppliers' devices. The DOCSIS process was started by four CableLabs member companies - TeleCommunications Inc., Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Comcast Corp., and Cox Communications, and was known at first as Multimedia Cable Network System (MCNS MCNS Managing Cisco Network Security MCNS Multimedia Cable Network Systems MCNS Media Centre for National Security (Sri Lanka) MCNS Ministerial Committee for National Security (Iraq) ) Holdings LP. The latest information on the DOCSIS process is available at http://www.cablemodem.com/. The ITU standard defines modulation and protocols for high-speed bi-directional data transmissions over cable. Recommendation J112 will enhance interactive cable television services, providing transmission data rates up to 30 Megabits (million) per second and should result in worldwide economies of scale and interoperability benefits, the ITU said in a news announcement. Jose Louis Tejerina, chairman of ITU T SG9, said: "This work is a significant achievement for the ITU as it supports the needs of industry to produce advanced data communications equipment See DCE. Data Communications Equipment - Data Communication Equipment for the emerging cable television services. World wide standards enable the economies of scale and lower costs so important to telecommunications infrastructures in the developing countries." Recommendation J112 includes three annexes which address the unique requirements of the European, North American and Japanese Asia sectors respectively. CableLabs is a research and development consortium of cable television system operators representing the continents of North America and South America. CableLabs plans and funds research and development projects that will help cable companies take advantage of future opportunities and meet future challenges in the cable television industry. It also transfers relevant technologies to member companies and to the industry. In addition, CableLabs acts as a clearinghouse to provide information on current and prospective technological developments that are of interest to the cable industry. CableLabs maintains web sites at http://www.cablelabs.com; http://www.cablemodem.com; http://www.cablenet.org; http://www.opencable.com; and http://www.packetcable.com. CONTACT: CableLabs, Louisville Mike Schwartz, 303/661-9100 m.schwartz@cablelabs.com |
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