Cable solution provider Core Networks and Jungo Software Technologies which supplies residential/SOHO gateway software have announced the first CableHome 1.1-based integrated network management and residential gateway system.

The solution comprises of Jungo's CableHome 1.1-based OpenRG software for residential and Soho gateways (cable modems, secure VPN storage routers, secure wireless access points, etc.) tightly integrated with Core Networks' CoreEnsemble which claims to be the cable industry's first intelligent home-network management solution.

An official release informs that with the combined systems, cable MSOs are able to provide home and Soho users with plug-and-play solutions for home networking and other managed broadband services, creating additional revenue streams with reduced costs of implementation and management. The solution from Core Networks and Jungo will be unveiled at Cablelabs' winter conference which kicks off today.

The Cablehome specification defines the management protocols required to extend additional broadband services, such as Firewall protection, to residential broadband customers. Jungo's CableHome 1.1-based OpenRG software allows MSOs to provide subscribers with plug-and-play home networking, network security, Web- filtering services for parental control and employee productivity, and additional broadband services. From the network operations center CoreEnsemble then allows the MSO to manage the residential gateway device remotely.

With the system, MSOs have granular control over home networking services, plus the ability to turn services on and off, control parameters of services, and obtain detailed usage statistics by device -- all of which adds up to greater revenue potential. The total solution allows simple implementation of networks and other services while reducing the support costs necessary to manage them.