By Jeff Finkelstein – Generationally each version of DOCSIS has given us between 8-10 years. I expect that DOCSIS 3.1 will last in many cases until 2030 or so. DOCSIS 4.0 and its possible follow-on releases have the potential to last to 2040 or a bit longer.
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By John Ulm – Normally, day-time usage is much lower than peak evening hours, but that changed dramatically for the upstream. It hits its peak late morning and then stays there until almost midnight.
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By Bill McFarland – Like other industries, carriers saw significant financial impact. New technologies can help in at least two areas: the costs of customer support and additional revenue from new services.
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Jim Walsh – The current pandemic will eventually be in our rearview mirror, but the consensus is that life will not revert to exactly what we previously knew. Working from home will continue at least part time for many employees based on statements from many major corporations.
Read MoreBy Bill O’Donnell – We were fortunate when we got hit with what we did, and with the marketing tactics we employed, that we were able to actually deal with it because we started the quarter in the 55% range of self-installation. We were at about 70% when everything changed and we’re over 90% now for self-installation
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By Theresa Dudley – A successful telehealth infrastructure also needs to be flexible and scalable enough to handle Internet of Things (IoT) integrations, wearables and increasing numbers of providers and patients using their personal devices to access telehealth.
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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.
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.
Read MoreBy Harj Ghuman — Cable operators are investigating how access networks can deliver 10 Gbps Internet and perhaps as much as 20 Gbps in the next 10 to 20 years to meet demand generated by 4K, Internet of Things (IOT), virtual/mixed/augmented (VR/MR/AR) reality and other applications.
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