High quality, low cost triple-play service software
(Product News, 18 Oct 2007 )
Entropic Communications, Inc., a leading provider of systems solutions to enable connected home entertainment, has announced the availability of c.LINK Access 1.5 software, which allows cable operators to offer high quality, triple-play services over existing cable connections in multi-dwelling units (MDUs), high-density dwellings and single-family homes. The new software from Entropic enhances the company's current c.LINK Access triple-play solution by supporting new features such as: multicast filtering, Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), IP Type of Service (TOS) mapping, and virtual LAN (VLAN) support.
With Entropic's c.LINK Access, cable operators have an easy and low-cost solution for delivering combined IP video, voice and data services to consumers. Since c.LINK Access has been designed to work over the existing coax infrastructure, operators can deliver revenue enhancing premium services without making significant investments in new capital expenditures.
c.LINK Access 1.5 software enables the efficient delivery of bandwidth intensive services such as: streaming high definition (HD) video and Video on Demand/IPTV through multicasting and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) filtering. These important features deliver IP multicast traffic only to subscribed hosts and preserve network bandwidth for other functions.
