Ikanos Communications (News - Alert) has expanded into the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) residential gateway market with the introduction of the Fusiv Vx170 gateway processor.

 

Boasting 2.7 GHz of processing power, the Vx170 gateway processor drives gigabit packet processing and enables integrated security, voice and wire speed Quality of Service (QoS). This makes it an ideal choice for meeting the emerging requirements of next-generation FTTH.

 

According to Infonetics analyst Jeff Heynen, FTTH is expected to show continued strong growth with the number of subscribers worldwide reaching 47 million by 2010, and growing on average by 58 percent a year.

 

Heynen explained in a statement that service providers will need to support high-bandwidth applications with the expansion of Passive Optical Network (PON)-based FTTH deployment.

 

“The Fusiv Vx170, with its gigabit performance and wire speed QoS, is well suited for FTTH gateway designs,” he added.

The Vx170 is based on Ikanos’ Fusiv architecture and is designed to provide wire speed performance across all local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) interfaces, while utilizing less than 2.5 watts of power.

 

Since the Vx170 has a RISC CPU, dedicated DSP engines for Voice over IP and multiple Accelerator Processors, it can offer 2.7 GHz of processing power. This ensures that the Vx170 meets the processing needs of current and future applications. Most of the Vx170’s RISC CPU's processing power is available for customer applications since various tasks are offloaded across several Accelerator Processors.

 

The Vx170's rich set of integrated peripherals enable the processor to easily interface with many in-home distribution solutions like 802.11n, MoCA, HomePNA and Power Line Communication. Service providers can use the performance, flexibility and available processing power of the Vx170 to offer higher bandwidth and new services such as IPTV, Video on Demand and network attached devices.

 

A comprehensive suite of Vx170 software is also provided by Ikanos that includes operating system-independent drivers for Ethernet and integrated peripherals.

 

“Building upon our leading-edge gateway processor technology, we believe Ikanos can now address the needs of the fast growing FTTH residential gateway market,” said Daniel K. Atler, CEO of Ikanos, in a statement to the press.

 

“Our gateway processor architecture enables services providers to leverage software development across copper and fiber deployments while building efficiencies in customer support and delivering high-quality, access-agnostic services to customers,” he concluded.

Ikanos Communications, Inc. develops chipsets that enable carriers to offer Fiber Fast bandwidth and high-speed network processing for enhanced triple play services.

 

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