India, June 20 -- Looking to optimize applications such as virtual reality and online gaming, CableLabs has quietly released an annex to DOCSIS 3.1 that can support sub-1 millisecond latencies.
According to CableLabs, existing DOCSIS 3.1 equipment will be able to support low-latency DOCSIS (LLD) with just a software upgrade.
"Although VR is still struggling to gain widespread adoption, that low and reliable DOCSIS latency will be a boon to gamers in the short term and will enable split renderings of VR and augmented reality (AR) in the longer term," Steve Glennon, distinguished technologist of the Advanced Technology Group at CableLabs, explained in this blog item posted Thursday about the relatively new capability.
A CableLabs official ...