Arris and Comcast will do field trials of a...
Arris and Comcast will do field trials of a new, open-source software stack integrated into cable modems that they expect to be a foundation for a coming version of RDK (reference design kit) for broadband devices. Cable operators and vendors…
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use RDK to help run customer devices like set-top boxes in a standardized way that makes upgrades easier and allows for improved features for customers (CD March 3 p4). After next quarter’s field test, new Arris Touchstone TG1682 DOCSIS 3.0 voice gateways with the new software will see general availability in Q1, said the cable equipment vendor and Comcast in a news release Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1rnqLwS). “The RDK was designed to accommodate multiple devices,” said General Manager Steve Heeb of RDK Management, a joint venture that has included a few big cable operators and administers RDK. “This new broadband software development for modems and routers is based on open source code, and plays into the philosophy of the RDK to provide operators with more transparency to the code that runs their video and broadband devices.”