Broadcom inc. announces the availability of its bcm65450 family of g.fast modem devices

Broadcom inc. 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 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 are 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 and comprehensive fallback to all commonly-deployed dsl and g.fast protocols.
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