By 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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By Tom Cloonan — This is no time to relax! Something big is happening! This is a new decade! It’s the 2020s!” he exclaimed. “Everything in the DOCSIS/HFC network is about to change.
Read MoreBy Colin Howlett — As with most technologies, DOCSIS has gone through bundling and unbundling phases over the last decade in the bundling of separate edge-QAM modulator and DOCSIS CMTS in an integrated centralized CCAP, then unbundling again with remote PHY using CCAP cores and distributed remote PHY devices (RPDs).
Read MoreBy Robert Ferreira and Barak Hermesh — Over the last three decades, residential broadband technology has been advancing at a fast pace, from dial-up connections to gigabit services. The technology advanced in several vectors including manageability, reliability, security and privacy.
Read MoreBy Asaf Matatyaou — Cloud-native virtualization supports management, control and data plane processing of high performance and mission-critical broadband services. However, it’s important to state that hardware is still required for physical layer processing, such as RF.
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By Ron Hranac — During the week of September 30th, industry technologists made their way to the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for 2019’s SCTE·ISBE Cable-Tec Expo. Known for Cajun and Creole cuisines — there are differences — and great music.
Read MoreBy Bill Beesley — New Network Technologies Require New Approaches to Training. There are literally any number of applications that, with the appropriate level of imagination, can be created to empower technicians.
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By Derek Rieckmann — GIS adds a visual element to analyses while detailing powerful stories. However, GIS goes far beyond to serve as an engine that examines data through a spatial lens — in ways not possible in standard reporting software. As more systems and workflows integrate with GIS, the problem-solving possibilities will increase.
Read MoreBy Tom Monaghan — Among our most notable advances has been our implementation of virtual reality as a training tool. We now have technicians who have the ability every day in the training to “see” and “feel” and “touch” the plant and to “touch” devices within the home without actually being there.
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