Broadcom Delivers Industry’s Highest Density G.fast Modem Solution
October 15 2019 - 4:00AM
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) today announced the availability of
its BCM65450 family of G.fast modem devices. As telecom operators
drive toward gigabit broadband via fiber deployments, the existing
twisted pair copper infrastructure often remains the fastest and
most cost-effective method to complete the customer premise
connection. The BCM65450, with the highest G.fast density
available, is designed specifically to bridge this fiber-copper gap
and get the operator to gigabit services revenue in the shortest
possible time. Together with the BCM68650 10G PON OLT solution also
announced at the 2019 Broadband World Forum, the introduction of
the BCM65450 demonstrates Broadcom’s significant commitment in
support of wireline broadband infrastructure.
With four times the port density and 20% lower per-line power
consumption than the widely deployed BCM65400 family, the BCM65450
is ideal for the highest-density multi-dwelling unit (MDU) and
reverse-powered DPU system designs. Each BCM65450 device supports
up to 16 G.fast 212MHz interfaces, with embedded crosstalk
cancellation (‘vectoring’) of up to three devices interconnected
seamlessly for a fully-vectored 48-port MDU. Coupled with
Broadcom’s previously announced BCM65550 vector processor, system
designs in excess of 100 lines are now possible with uncompromised
crosstalk cancellation across the entire G.fast spectrum.
The BCM65450 does more than increase density and improve
efficiency. As a true copper infrastructure platform, it delivers
on all of the critical innovations of the copper industry and
standards bodies, including: echo-cancellation technology, offering
the opportunity to use the full G.fast spectrum for simultaneous
upstream and downstream transmission; G.fastback, now standardized
in the ITU, a technique that extends gigabit coverage via G.fast
backhauling and cascading; a dedicated line-bonding engine to
provide previously unachievable multi-gigabit throughput over a set
of bonded copper lines; and Dynamic Time Allocation to offer
gigabit symmetrical services by dynamically adapting downstream and
upstream rates. With all of these, plus fallback to earlier
deployments of standardized DSL protocols, the BCM65450 is the
ideal copper infrastructure solution for the gigabit broadband
era.
BCM65450 Product Highlights
- 4X improvement in 212MHz G.fast interface density
- 20% reduction in 212MHz G.fast per-line power consumption
- Echo-cancellation technology enabling full bandwidth in both
directions simultaneously
- Support for the G.fastback standard enabling G.fast for DPU
backhauling
- Dedicated hardware bonding engine supporting aggregate
throughput in excess of 10 Gbps
- Comprehensive fallback to all commonly-deployed DSL and G.fast
protocols
“Quick deployment of ultrafast broadband across our territory is
a critical requirement for A1,” said Gerald Clerckx, head of Fixed
Access Engineering at A1 Telekom Austria AG. “It is encouraging to
see the continued leadership of Broadcom in offering the solution
set necessary to realize this for both fiber and copper
networks.”
“There is little debate that fiber is the future for gigabit
broadband,” noted Jeff Heynen, senior research director at Dell’Oro
Group. “But there still remains untapped potential in the existing
twisted-pair copper plant. In many cases, a gigabit service can be
offered quickly, and at far lower expense, by relying on G.fast for
the final connection to the customer premise. Broadcom’s BCM65450
solution addresses service provider demand for delivering gigabit
broadband over copper.”
“Broadcom’s approach to broadband infrastructure has always been
comprehensive; we look to deliver all the tools an operator needs
to deploy the latest broadband protocols. The BCM65450
family, coupled with the BCM68650 we are also releasing at the
Broadband World Forum, offers strong validation of this commitment.
Through our system vendor partners we can now deliver all the
technology required for a quick and cost-effective 10G fiber
rollout, utilizing the physical plant assets available to each
operator, with the minimum investment and operating expense,” said
Greg Fischer, senior vice president and general manager of the
Broadband Carrier Access Products Division at Broadcom.
Availability
Broadcom is now sampling its BCM65450 device to qualified
customers. Please contact your local Broadcom sales representative
for samples and pricing.
Further information on Broadcom’s BCM65450 can be found online
at:https://www.broadcom.com/products/broadband/xdsl/bcm65450
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