This requires massive growth in bandwidth supported at the edge of the network, without requiring additional rack space and power consumption," stated Charles Cheevers, ARRIS VP, product line management, multimedia and CTO, Europe, in a release. “More services are moving to narrowcast and unicast. The new QPM 8DX4 integrates into the existing D5 UEQ chassis and provides all the system level capabilities that is expect in ARRIS Edge QAM products. The QPM 8DX4, reportedly offers the lowest channel power per QAM of any device in this class with < 3W per channel in deployed configurations. The number of output channels can be set independently for each RF port, ranging from 1 QAM per port to 8 QAMs per port to offer the operator a 'deploy now' and 'wire once' migration to higher QAM channels counts per service group.
The compact and scalable D5 UEQ is a modular device that allows delivery of multimedia content in a redundant, modular, two-rack unit. The QPM 8DX4 also offers other features to MSOs like demodulation of the Downstream Channels to monitor the performance of the QAM channel. The D5 UEQ with QPM 8DX4 will support up to 192 Annex B (News - Alert) QAM 256 Channels and 144 Annex A QAM 256 channels with software Release 3.0. The configuration of each RF output is flexible, allowing support for multiple services on a single QAM channel, on multiple QAM channels within a bonded serving group, or on different QAM modules in the D5 UEQ.
The module has 4 RF ports, for outputting up to 8 QAM channels that meet the DOCSIS DRFI specification. Operators can start with MPEG-2 or DVB-C digital video today and migrate to IP TV services in the future. The D5 Edge QAM’s modular architecture and flexible configuration economically speed network transitions to all-digital systems and enable inexpensive set-top boxes, cable modems and IP Set-Top Boxes to coexist on the same HFC downstream. Operators can benefit from reducing the expenses and operational complexity of using single purpose Edge QAMs when launching advanced multimedia delivery and future high-speed data services with the multi-service ARRIS D5 Universal Edge QAM. A software-only field upgrade achieves Modular Cable Modem Termination System (M-CMTS) compliance for simultaneous delivery of DOCSIS downstream data and MPEG-2 Digital Video content. Extensive management and provisioning features are integrated in the D5 solution using a set of local or remote graphical and command line tools.
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