By CableLabs — One of the first efforts CableLabs engaged in was to address what is known as “buffer bloat,” increased latency caused by large packet buffers in cable equipment. This was initially addressed by providing controls to manage the size of the packet buffers, allowing a reduction in latency.
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By Chuck Chapman – There are several emerging technologies that will improve emergency management in cities and municipalities. These emerging technologies will better their service to their constituents and personnel through the deployment of Smart City solutions.
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By Alison Barlow – A digitally inclusive city is one where all individuals, including the most disadvantaged, have access to online resources, as well as the skills to use them meaningfully.
Read MoreBy Rolando Barja – The migration of habitants to urban areas has become one of the main problems in the development of today’s cities. With the great combination of people and various technologies, we use creativity to make these “new cities” more sustainable and efficient.
Read MoreBy Matt Tooley – A computer science example of security through obscurity would be hiding or hardcoding a user’s passwords inside the binary code for an application. The idea here assumes the application is secure because the attacker won’t read or reverse engineer the password-containing code.
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By Matt Carothers – In the world of cybersecurity, what would happen if the CEO ordered the security team to reduce the number of attacks it detected?
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By Steve Goeringer – Why do we even need to worry about broadband security? There are a lot of very good answers to that question. We could say because it’s the right thing to do.
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By Douglas Guthrie – With a growing universe of IoT applications and solutions, it can be challenging to determine what product or solution is right.
Read MoreBy Tom Williams — Active radar is a well known method to locate objects in the air and is based on sending a probing signal out and receiving reflections to determine distances and bearings to objects such as ships, aircraft, or UFOs. In military applications there is an undesirable side effect of a radar transmitter revealing itself to an enemy.
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By Alberto Campos — Historically in cable, network reliability did not require much attention. Early on, when our industry focus was video delivery, we promoted the amount and diversity of content, and ensured that technology kept up with the increasing video resolutions.
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