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CMTS-Bypass

GigaQAM® IP

Delivering IPTV over Cable...Today!

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The GigaQAM IP uses CMTS-bypass technology to enable GigaQAM 3000 edgeQAMs to deliver any mix of traditional MPEG-2 video transport streams and IPTV, even within a single QAM channel.

Benefits of the GigaQAM IP include:

  • Complete cable IPTV solution
    • Provides CMTS core and upstream functionality
    • Works with GoBackTV GigaQAM (edgeQAM) and RetroVue Application Server (resource manager) to deliver switched multicast IPTV
    • Integrated with multiple third-party conditional access and middleware vendors
  • Standalone video solution
    • Operates in parallel with existing video, data, and voice services
  • Converts QAMs to IPTV or mixed MPEG2-TS/IPTV 
    • One GigaQAM IP enables IPTV on up to 8 GigaQAMs (192 QAM channels)
    • Eliminates the perceived TelcoTV technology edge
    • Provides the same spectrum re-use savings as switched broadcast
    • Allows the use of new (IP) video sources and destination platforms
  • Uses standard DOCSIS® 1.1/2.0 cable modems at subscriber site
    • Available, low-cost, standards-based
  • Enables the use of commodity IP set top boxes
    • Expands the available sources of hardware, codecs, conditional access, and middleware
  • Compatible with existing headend infrastructure and services
    • Supports a flexible migration path from MPEG2-TS broadcast/narrowcast to IPTV multicast/unicast
  • Combines VBR video and DOCSIS traffic in the same channel
    • Reduces the need for complex, expensive grooming and statistical multiplexing equipment
    • Supports linked MPEG/IP video enhancements in the same channel