In addition, Docsis 3.0 also touts IPv6 support for the first time. "Besides providing IPv6 addressing, the standard also allows switching and routing--this is useful for home networking," Green said.

However, because all DOCSIS standards are cross-compatible, your old modem will still work just fine at your existing speeds. James Risley is a technology writer living in Seattle.

The DOCSIS standards are created to work with both all-coax and HFC cable networks. Update : an earlier version of this article stated that in the downstream direction, DOCSIS reuses the DVB ...

This was supplanted by DOCSIS 2.0, which kept the same download speed as DOCSIS 1.0, but the upload speed increased to 27Mb/s. Both DOCSIS 1.0 and 2.0 accomplished these speeds over a single channel.

DOCSIS 4.0, an improved version of DOCSIS 3.1 standard, ... However, despite the advantages, there are some challenges that can hinder widespread upgradation to DOCSIS 4 standards.

Averna, a global leader in test and quality solutions, announced today that Kyrio® has officially selected its Jupiter platform as the go-to solution for validating and certifying DOCSIS® 4.0 ...

To be fair, fiber is expensive and complicated to lay down, but cable-based broadband service simply isn’t as futureproof. While further updates to the DOCSIS standards will bring faster speeds ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Imedia Semiconductor Corp. here today launched its second-generation, cable-modem chip set, based on the latest DOCSIS 2.0 (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) ...

The DOCSIS 3.0 and 3.1 standards currently constrain the spectrum allocated to upstream traffic with upper bounds of 85MHz and 204MHz, respectively.

Broadcom® 1G and 10G EPON ONU and OLT SoCs and DOCSIS mediation layer (DML) middleware provide OEM customers with a rapid integration path towards CableLabs® DOCSIS® provisioning of EPON (DPoE) 1.0 ...

Touted as the industry's most advanced single-chip EuroDOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) cable modem, the BCM3350 QAMLink Cable Modem chip supports both ...