SEAC at the Western Cable Show, see below:
CableLabs' tech showcase, CableNET, focuses on 'plug and play'
Louisville, Colo.‹Nearly 60 companies have signed up to participate in
CableNET '98, co-sponsored by Cable Television Laboratories Inc.
(CableLabs) and the California Cable Television Association.
This year's theme, "Plug and Play," will be demonstrated through
interoperable modems, digital set tops, and Internet phones. "Never
before has there been a demonstration of such powerful companies in the
telecommunications marketplace working together in an integrated exhibit
like this year's CableNET," said Dr. Richard R. Green, president and CEO
of CableLabs. "Not only are these companies working with us on the
overall CableNET, but many are interoperating amongst themselves within
the demonstration."
The CableNET '98 exhibit will cover about 8,000 square feet, where
approximately 90 pedestals will be showcasing and demonstrating the
interoperable service delivery options of the companies participating in
this year's event. A brief description of what those companies will be
exhibiting follows.
3Com will demonstrate IP telephony, video conferencing, and Web-based
data applications integrated with an end-to-end DOCSIS cable modem
system. A joint demonstration with MCK Communications will feature a
private branch exchange (PBX) extension for home office applications.
8x8 Inc. will display its Via-IP Broadband Voice and Videophone with an
integrated DOCSIS cable modem. The Via-IP product will demonstrate
PacketCable participation, and TV-quality video communications for home
and business.
Arepa will demonstrate a software-on-demand system for broadband HFC and
DSL high-speed Internet networks.
Bellcore will exhibit technology that allows cable operators to offer
telephone service, including a voice-over-cable IP network.
Broadcom will demonstrate DOCSIS cable modems and a headend system with
advanced quality-of-service (QoS) features.
CableData will use a WebTV device to display software that shows the
power of integrating Internet and video. The seamless merging of data
and video allows delivery of interactive services using today's
technology.
Cisco Systems plans to demonstrate voice-over-IP, fax-over-IP, and
video-conferencing which will be available to small office/home office
customers.
Com21 intends to show voice-over-IP and real-time audio and video
content, delivered from sites on the Web, using DOCSIS cable modems.
Daewoo Electronics Co. Ltd. will use DOCSIS cable modems to access the
Internet over the CableNET HFC network.
DIVA Systems Corp. will demonstrate a complete video-on-demand service
offering a continuously available selection of movies, an interactive
navigator and digital broadcast programming-on-demand through a General
Instrument DCT series digital set-top box.
e-Net Inc. plans to display voice-over-IP services.
Equator Technologies Inc. will demonstrate a media processor targeted at
an OpenCable set-top box.
Ericsson will demonstrate voice over IP-based telephone services.
General Instrument intends to demonstrate high-speed Web access using
its DOCSIS cable modem, as well as an end-to-end high-definition
television system, using the industry's 64-quadrature amplitude
modulation (QAM) format.
Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc. plans to use its DOCSIS cable modem
for high-speed Internet access and video streaming.
Hybrid Networks and Ascend Communications will demonstrate IP telephony
using a DOCSIS cable modem.
ICTV Inc. will exhibit an interactive service that provides high-speed
Internet access, e-mail, games and other CD-ROM content to
cable-connected TVs.
Intel will demonstrate software for managing cable modems built into
personal computers, as well as a video telephone system that uses a
standards-based cable modem.
Intertainer Inc. intends to demonstrate an entertainment-on-demand
system.
Libit Signal Processing will demonstrate its DOCSIS standard-based cable
modem design, a DOCSIS cable modem with voice-over-IP capabilities, the
Libit burst receiver, and an OpenCable( digital set-top box using
Libit's three-way physical layer circuit board.
Lucent Technologies plans to demonstrate how IP telephony applications
(such as voice, audio conferencing, video conferencing, and data
collaboration) can be provided to homes and businesses over a DOCSIS
cable modem using either an analog phone with a Packet Phone Adapter or
a personal computer.
MatchLogic Inc. will demonstrate a system for measuring and modeling
viewer activity and behavior using software in a set-top box to collect
viewer activity data.
MCK Communications Inc. will demonstrate how telecommuters may be
provided with remote voice access to their companies' telephone systems
using DOCSIS modem technology from 3Com.
MediaOne Labs will demonstrate the exchange of video e-mail between
cable-connected television sets.
Mediatrix Telecom Inc. will exhibit a phone adapter which connects to a
DOCSIS modem and translates telephone numbers into IP addresses.
MoreCom, 3Com, C-Cube/DiviCom, Pioneer and Zenith will demonstrate the
seamless delivery of digital TV and Internet access, Internet
video-on-demand, and enhanced TV over an end-to-end platform. The
demonstration will integrate client server software (MoreCom), digital
video equipment, and integrated circuits (C-Cube/DiviCom), digital
set-top boxes (Pioneer, Zenith) and DOCSIS cable modems (3Com).
Motorola Inc.'s Multimedia Group intends to demonstrate cable modem
interoperability between its headend device and DOCSIS cable modems from
a number of other companies, IP multicast across the various DOCSIS
cable modems and IP telephony technology.
Network Computer Inc. will display its DTV Navigator Internet platform
running on a Scientific-Atlanta Explorer 2000 digital set-top box.
NetSpeak Corp. plans to demonstrate PacketCable interoperability.
Nortel/Bay Networks plans video-conferencing demonstrations for remote
learning, IP telephony, electronic commerce, and a virtual private
network which enables wireless/cordless computing. All these
demonstrations use Nortel/Bay Network's DOCSIS modems.
Panamsat will exhibit a satellite alternative to Internet access.
Phasecom Inc. intends to demonstrate interoperable internal and external
DOCSIS cable modems.
Philips will demonstrate its Streamcutter product, which is being
developed to conform to the expected SMPTE specification for splicing
MPEG-2 bit streams in digital ad and local program insertion
applications.
Pioneer Electronic Corp. expects to display its Voyager digital set-top
box and an interactive program guide. It also plans to demonstrate an
IEEE 1394 interface between its digital set top and a plasma display
television.
Samsung will demonstrate high-speed Internet access and real-time audio
video content delivery using its DOCSIS cable modem, InfoRanger.
Scientific-Atlanta plans to demonstrate multiple applications running
over its Explorer 2000 digital set-top box, including a high-definition
television demonstration running over an IEEE 1394 interface.
SeaChange International intends to demonstrate a video-on-demand system
that includes a digital set-top application, video server and software
that offers VCR-like functions for the home as well as for hotels.
ShareWave Inc. will demonstrate high-bandwidth distribution of
multimedia content delivered to the home via cable modem, and wirelessly
shared with other digital appliances within the home.
Source Media/Interactive Channel plans to demonstrate its interactive
television system including Internet access and a server-based
interactive electronic programming guide using General Instrument's DCT
1000 set-top terminal.
Spyglass Inc. will display a streaming video Web browser that has been
integrated into a Motorola digital set-top box.
TeraLogic Inc. will demonstrate its Puma software development platform
for deploying video and graphics-rich interactive applications on
enhanced analog or digital TV platforms.
Thomson Consumer Electronics will provide an interactive entertainment
demonstration involving high-speed data delivery and a normal television
viewing experience.
Torrent Networking Technologies will demonstrate the quality-of-service
(QoS) capabilities of its gigabit router.
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. intends to demonstrate DOCSIS
modems and headend equipment providing high-speed Internet connectivity
and voice-over-IP.
VideoServer will demonstrate audio conferencing and telephone calls made
using cable modems over the Internet.
Vienna Systems Corp. intends to demonstrate IP telephony over a cable
system.
VocalTec Communications Ltd. will demonstrate the VocalTec Ensemble
Architecture (VEA), a complete scalable, end-to-end solution for global
IP telephony services for cable networks.
Wipro Limited plans to exhibit a Web-based cable network management
system that will manage DOCSIS-compliant headends and cable modems.
Zenith Electronics Corp. will demonstrate its interoperable DOCSIS cable
modem system, which is designed to offer cable operators flexibility,
scalability, and functionality. It also will demonstrate a cable
industry solution for delivering high definition television. |
