SUWANEE, Ga., April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS
(Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced that its DOCSIS® 3.0 C4® CMTS and
Touchstone® WBM760 Wideband cable modems, using generally available
software, have been successfully deployed for an IPv6 services
trial by Comcast in the MSO's Denver area systems. The trial featured
a live application of native dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6
simultaneously) CPE support.
This trial's successful completion is a key milestone in the
IPv6-related research and development efforts conducted by ARRIS, a
leader in DOCSIS 3.0 technology. "Over the past year we've
worked very closely with our customers to plan IPv6 feature support
for both our C4 CMTS and our Touchstone CPE portfolio of cable
modems and E-MTAs," said Todd
Kessler, ARRIS VP, CMTS Product Management. "We're
thrilled to see the success that Comcast has had using our products
in their IPv6 customer trials, and we plan to remain at the
forefront of delivering real-world IPv6 functionality to our
customers. We continue to see a rising level of interest in
conducting live IPv6 evaluations from cable operators around the
world."
Commenting on the Denver
systems' native dual stack trials, John
Jason Brzozowski, Comcast's distinguished engineer and chief
IPv6 architect, noted: "We are pleased with the progress of our
IPv6 deployment and trials to date. The performance of the
products and the support we've received have been excellent,
allowing us to offer a seamless native dual stack experience to our
trial users. As such, Comcast values ARRIS as a partner in
cable-based IPv6 technology."
Since 1981, IPv4 has been the publicly used Internet Protocol
and is currently the foundation for most Internet communications.
The exponential growth of the Internet and the traffic it enables
has created a need for more addresses and IPv6 fills that need.
The last block of free IPv4 addresses was assigned last
month.
For more information on the ARRIS C4 CMTS and IPv6, please
visit: http://www.arrisi.com/get/c4
About ARRIS
ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing
in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting
triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and
business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband
operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver
carrier-grade telephony, network video processing, whole home
video, demand driven video, next-generation advertising, network
and workforce management solutions, access and transport
architectures and ultra high-speed data services. Headquartered in
Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has
R&D centers in Suwanee;
Beaverton, OR; Chicago, IL; Kirkland, WA; State
College, PA; Wallingford,
CT; Waltham, MA;
Cork, Ireland; and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and
sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS
products and services can be found at www.arrisi.com.
SOURCE ARRIS