DATA SHEET
SURFboard ® SB6121
Cable Modem
Highlights
Compatible with Windows ® ,
Macintosh ® , and UNIX ® computers
DOCSIS 3.0 Certified, featuring:
• Channel bonding of up to four downstream channels and four upstream channels increasing data rates of well over 100 Mbps in each direction
• Supports IPv4 and IPv6 to expand network addressing capabilities
• Enhanced security: supports AES traffic encryption
Enhanced network management
Ability to provision and manage IP multicast
GigE (RJ-45) data port with
Auto Negotiate and Auto
MDIX
Strengthen your broadband leadership — Count on Motorola’s SURFboard
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/ EuroDOCSIS 3.0 CPE to help you deliver innovative, ultra broadband data services to your premium customers.
High Value and Increased Data Rates
Motorola’s easy-to-use SB6121 SURFboard DOCSIS
3.0 Cable Modem unlocks the potential of offering innovative high-bandwidth data and multimedia services to customers.
Utilizing the power of DOCSIS 3.0, the SB6121 enables channel bonding of up to four downstream channels and four upstream channels, which allows an operator to offer their customers advanced multimedia services with data rates of well over 100
Mbps in each direction. The SB6121’s higher-speed services enable operators to:
Protect their installed base of high-speed data customers
• Deliver high-bandwidth, multimedia services
Deliver competitive, high-capacity commercial services to their business customers
User-friendly online diagnostics
Updated SB6120 with a sleeker enclosure and additional features:
• Power saving Energy
Conservation Switch allows user to disable the modem when not in use (optional feature)
• Internal Low Pass Filter to eliminate MoCA signal overload
Economic and Flexible
The Motorola SB6121 SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 Cable
Modem provides operators with an economic option for providing Ultra-Broadband services, with four times the current maximum user data throughput approximating 160 Mbps in DOCSIS mode and 195
Mbps in EuroDOCSIS mode*, without the need for hybrid fiber coax (HFC) plant upgrade. Maximizing an operator’s current infrastructure investment, the SB6121 can be deployed without service interruption.
Backwards compatible to DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0, the SB6121 also supports both IPv4 and IPv6,
Advanced Encryption Services, and all other DOCSIS
3.0 standards.
As part of Motorola DOCSIS 3.0 Ultra-Broadband family of products, the SB6121 includes an enhanced tuner that supports up to a 1 GHz downstream input, which allows operators to increase the frequency spectrum for deployment of new high-value services, such as bandwidth on-demand, commercial services, interactive gaming, and IPTV, to their customers.
The SB6121 features a 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet
(RJ-45) port, as well as intuitive, easy-to-read front-panel operational status LEDs. Operators can optionally activate dual colored LEDs for their customer to have visual verification of bonded channels and GigE link use.
With Motorola’s cable modems, high-speed Internet access is always at your fingertips – always on and always connected. The SB6121 is the ideal competitive solution for the high-end residential user, the small home office owner, and the medium to large business enterprise.
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SURFboard ® SB6121 Cable Modem
In addition to delivering high-quality gateways to its customers, Motorola is also committed to helping its customers reduce their environmental footprint. We approach this in several ways: improving the environmental profile of our products, running our operations in a safe and energy-efficient manner and helping our customers to be greener when they use our products.
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Motorola’s SURFboard portfolio of customer premises equipment (CPE) helps service providers lower their energy consumption, thereby helping them reduce their carbon footprint. Motorola has a global commitment to be part of the solution to climate change, and has worked for years to continually improve our environmental profile. We are in step with our customers and their increasing interest in partnering with a company that helps them reduce their environmental impact, while offering compelling products to help them grow their ecoconscious customer base.
Motorola is working to make products with a reduced environmental impact. In the development of our next-generation SURFboard portfolio of customer premises equipment, we have focused on energy efficiency, lead-free manufacturing, and packaging
/ recycling enhancements.
Depending on models and market, our units are
ENERGY STAR qualified and compliant with European
Code of Conduct regulations.
In addition, the devices and power supplies are lead-free and RoHS compliant. Finally, all new SURFboard CPE use environmentally friendly package designs. The CPE are available in single bulk pack boxes that eliminate the use of suspension plastic and reduce box size, thereby reducing waste and transport costs. Motorola’s SURFboard modem’s packaging is 100% recyclable and is marked with standard recycling codes to make it easier for our customers to identify recycling opportunities.
Motorola’s Service Assured DOCSIS
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3.0 Solutions enable you to deliver increased bandwidth, enhance security, and cost-effectively deploy data services to your bandwidthdemanding consumers — all while maximizing current infrastructure investment and lowering capital spend.
General Specifications
Cable Interface
CPE Network Interface
Data Protocol
Dimensions
Power
Power
North America
75 Ω F-connector
10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet (RJ-45)
TCP/IP
5.24 in H x 5.24 in W x 1.65 in D
(133 mm x 133 mm x 42 mm)
9W (nominal)
Outside North America 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz
Regulatory
105 to 125 VAC, 60 Hz
RoHS compliant, ENERGY STAR V2 , COC V3, Compliant per the
“Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband
Equipment”,
Environmental
Operating Temperature
Storage Temperature
Operating Humidity
32 F to 104 °F (0 °C to 40 °C)
–22 °F to 158 °F (–30 °C to 70 °C)
5 to 95% R.H. (non-condensing)
Downstream
Modulation
Capture Bandwidth
Frequency Range
Frequency Plan
64 or 256 QAM
100 MHz (edge to edge)
Maximum Theoretical Data Rate**
Bandwidth
DOCSIS
EuroDOCSIS
DOCSIS
EuroDOCSIS
Symbol Rate
DOCSIS
EuroDOCSIS
Operating Level Range
Bonded Channel RF
Level Tolerance
Input Impedance
EuroDOCSIS
DOCSIS
171.537 Mbps (4 channels) / 42.884 (single channel)
@ 256 QAM at 5.36 Msym/s
222.464 Mbps (4 channels) / 55.616 (single channel)
@ 256 QAM at 6.952 Msym/s
≤ 24 MHz
≤ 32 MHz
64 QAM 5.057 Msym/s; 256 QAM 5.361 Msym/s
64 QAM 6.952 Msym/s; 256 QAM 6.952 Msym/s
–15 to 15 dBmV
10dBmV
75 Ω (nominal)
DOCSIS and EuroDOCSIS 108 to 1002 MHz (edge to edge),
Optional 91 to 1002 MHz (edge to edge)
Security
J-DOCSIS Annex B, modified for Japan Frequencies
Network Management
Annex A
Annex B
DOCSIS 3.0 Security (BPI+, EAE, SSD)
SNMP v2 & v3
Provisioning Supports IP addressing using IPv4 and/or IPv6 (dual stack)
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SURFboard ® SB6121 Cable Modem
* Actual speeds will vary, and are often less than the maximum possible.
Data transmission speed is approximate and depends on the configuration and capacity of your network, as well as the amount of traffic on the network.
** Actual data throughput will be less due to physical layer overhead (error correction coding, burst preamble, and guard interval).
Certain features may not be activated by your service provider, and/or their network settings may limit the feature’s functionality. Additionally, certain features may require a subscription. Contact your service provider for details.
All features, functionality, and other product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation. DOCSIS
3.0 modem capabilities are dependant on the services available through the CMTS.
Please verify with your CMTS vendor their specific DOCSIS
3.0 implementation roadmap.
Upstream
Modulation
Maximum Channel Rate**
DOCSIS
Channel Width
Symbol Rates
EuroDOCSIS
Operating Level Range
QPSK and 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 QAM
131.072 Mbps (4 channels) / 32.768 Mbps (single channel):
@ 128 QAM at 6.4 MHz
131.072 Mbps (4 channels) / 32.768 Mbps (single channel):
@ 128 QAM at 6.4 MHz
200 kHz, 400 kHz, 800 kHz, 1.6 MHz,
3.2 MHz, 6.4 MHz
160, 320, 640, 1280, 2560, 5120 ksym/s
Level range per channel (Multiple Transmit Channel mode
DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS disabled, or only Multiple Transmit Channel mode enabled with one channel in the TCS)
TDMA
Pmin to +57 dBmV (32 QAM, 64 QAM)
Pmin to +58 dBmV (8 QAM, 16 QAM)
Pmin to +61 dBmV (QPSK)
S-CDMA
Pmin to +56 dBmV (all modulations), where:
Pmin = +17 dBmV, 1280 kHz modulation rate
Pmin = +20 dBmV, 2560 kHz modulation rate
Pmin = +23 dBmV, 5120 kHz modulation rate
Level range per channel (two channels in the TCS)
TDMA
Pmin to +54 dBmV (32 QAM, 64 QAM)
Pmin to +55 dBmV (8 QAM, 16 QAM)
Pmin to +58 dBmV (QPSK)
S-CDMA
Pmin to +53 dBmV (all modulations), where:
Pmin = +17 dBmV, 1280 kHz modulation rate
Pmin = +20 dBmV, 2560 kHz modulation rate
Pmin = +23 dBmV, 5120 kHz modulation rate
Level range per channel (three or four channels in the TCS)
TDMA
Pmin to +51 dBmV (32 QAM, 64 QAM)
Pmin to +52 dBmV (8 QAM, 16 QAM)
Pmin to +55 dBmV (QPSK)
S-CDMA
Output Impedance
Frequency Range
Compatibility
Pmin to +53 dBmV (all modulations), where:
Pmin = +17 dBmV, 1280 kHz modulation rate
Pmin = +20 dBmV, 2560 kHz modulation rate
Pmin = +23 dBmV, 5120 kHz modulation rate
75 Ω (nominal)
DOCSIS 5-42 MHz (edge to edge), EuroDOCSIS and optional DOCSIS 5 to 65 MHz (edge to edge)
PC: 90496, Pentium, or later; Windows Vista™, 2000, XP or 7
or
Windows, although not specifically supported, will work with this cable modem)
Macintosh: Power PC or later; OS 9 or higher, Ethernet
connection
UNIX: connection
Home Networking: Ethernet router or wireless access point
COMPLIANT
Motorola, Inc. www.motorola.com
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. SURFboard is a registered trademark of General Instrument Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Motorola, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark and Vista is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group in the United States and other countries. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. ENERGY STAR is a registered mark owned by the U.S. government. DOCSIS is a registered trademark of Cable
Television Laboratories, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © Motorola, Inc. 2010 All rights reserved.
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