Harmonic has
announced CableOS Reef, a new dense Remote-PHY Shelf (RPS) that changes the
dynamics of cable network capacity expansion.
By fully converging IP-based data, video and legacy services in
centralised or remote facilities, this new compact indoor platform enables operators to more swiftly and
economically address capacity issues while still leveraging their existing HFC
outdoor access networks.
“CableOS
Reef RPS builds on the growing success of our CableOS solution by defining a
new category of DAA that helps operators scale bandwidth rapidly utilising
their existing HFC network. With this future-proof solution, operators don’t
need to continue deploying costly legacy CMTS to address immediate bandwidth
capacity issues.
“Instead,
they can leverage modern technology to realise instant scalability, agility and
cost savings,” said Nimrod Ben-Natan, senior vice-president and general
manager, Cable Access Business at Harmonic.
With Harmonic’s CableOS Reef RPS, a cable operator’s services are
converged over IP and transmitted from a single RF port, saving significant
wiring, space and time when a node split is needed. Housing up to nine modular
line cards in two standard rack units, each with two independent Remote-PHY
devices (RPDs) for a total of 18 RPDs.
CableOS
Reef RPS extends Harmonic’s Pebble-inside family of R-PHY devices, which also
includes the modular Ripple node. With 2x4 segmentation, the Ripple node also
accelerates capacity expansion through efficient node splits, with the capability
to host up to two RPDs while consuming significantly less power than
traditional solutions.
