CableLabs Announces Certified Home-Networking Equipment.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2003 Three more cable home-networking products achieved certified status for CableHome(TM) 1.0 in CableLabs(R) Certification Wave 25, which concluded this week. The companies achieving certified status for residential gateways were Ambit (language) AMBIT - Algebraic Manipulation by Identity Translation (also claimed: "Acronym May Be Ignored Totally"). An early pattern-matching language, developed by C. Christensen of Massachusetts Computer Assocs in 1964, aimed at algebraic manipulation. , LinkSys and Thomson, Inc. CableHome is a CableLabs(R)-managed initiative that provides the consumer with a secure and managed residential gateway that can be connected to the cable network in a plug-and-play fashion. It builds upon the already successful 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. (R)) project that has helped launch deployment of more than 25 million high-speed, always connected, interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. cable modems cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. internationally. Hundreds of cable modems have achieved DOCSIS certified status. This announcement marks the conclusion of the second CableHome certification wave and there now are five certified CableHome devices. CableHome, coupled with cable broadband service See broadband and broadband service provider. , allows for distribution of broadband service throughout a consumer's home. The initiative offers the consumer a secure and managed residential gateway and offloads much of the technical burden inherent in home networking from the consumer to the cable operator. Ralph Brown, Broadband Access See broadband and wireless broadband. Vice President and CableLabs Chief Software Architect, said CableHome continues to advance rapidly. "Cable's broadband platform, with DOCSIS and CableHome, offers consumers great choice, control and convenience," Brown added. CableHome 1.0 provides a number of effective and friendly home network trouble-shooting tools, which in many cases will enable the cable operator to remotely detect and resolve customer home-networking issues. In addition, CableHome 1.0 helps ensure customer privacy, as it does not provide the ability to query or configure consumer devices, such as PCs, within the home. CableHome 1.0 also helps protect the customer from hackers attempting to gain unauthorized access to their wireless home network. The home-network, service-support tools the operator receives in a CableHome-compliant residential gateway enable improved customer support and relationships, and increase the efficiency of customer care operations. CableHome 1.0 provides standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting of home-networking functionality within a residential gateway, allowing for deployment of a single common back office support infrastructure, and providing a multiple supplier environment. CableHome 1.0 has also been internationally standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. within the International Telecommunication Union International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters at Geneva. It was created in 1934 as a result of the merging of the International Telegraph Union (est. (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ) as Recommendation J.191. CableLabs(R) Certified(TM) or CableLabs Qualified means that the device has passed a series of tests for compliance with the indicated version of the CableHome Specification and has thus demonstrated interoperable functionality with any other "CableLabs certified/qualified" device. Many of these devices provide other functions or are designed to comply with other specifications, in each case tailored by the manufacturer to meet the growing needs of consumers or cable operators in an evolving communication/entertainment sector. While CableLabs encourages such innovation and diversity, the phrase, "CableLabs certified/qualified" should not be understood as an endorsement of these other attributes (or that the product is certified to other specifications or versions), which are solely the responsibility of the company making the additional claims. Founded in 1988 by members of the cable television industry, Cable Television Laboratories is a non-profit research and development consortium that is dedicated to pursuing new cable telecommunications technologies and to helping its cable operator members integrate those advancements into their business objectives. Cable operators from around the world are members. CableLabs maintains web sites at www.cablelabs.com; www.packetcable.com; www.cablemodem.com; www.cablenet.org; and www.opencable.com. |
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