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Q&A with Steve Heeb

By Steve Heeb – Why has RDK decided to participate at SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo® this year? SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo is now the largest cable telecom event in North America, and it provides a key gathering place for technical decision makers from across our industry. From our perspective, Expo provides us with a unique forum to discuss the global activity driving the RDK community, including CPE manufacturers, SoC vendors, software developers, system integrators, and service providers.

Access Network Energy Reduction

By Rob Anderson — According to SCTE Energy 2020 research, up to 83% of operators’ overall energy consumption is from hubs, headends, and access network power supplies powering active equipment along the HFC network. including CPE manufacturers, SoC vendors, software developers, system integrators, and service providers.

Testing the Limits of DOCSIS as a Backhaul for 5G

By Tom Conklin — Cable operators are making plans to get into the wireless business for a number of reasons. 5G specifically satisfies a need for lower cost last mile service for high demand fixed broadband customers as an alternative to fiber to the home.

Machine Learning Will Transform the Way the Cable Industry Manages Alarms

By Doug Junkins — As networks have grown more complex, it’s become a huge challenge for communications service providers (CSPs) to continue to operate their networks more efficiently.

Unleashing the Speed of Innovation

By Kevin Hart — Cox’s Kevin Hart is serving as Program Chair of SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo for the second time this decade. Broadband Library caught up with him for an inside view on what to expect in Atlanta.

The Cable Center Edward D. Breen Technical Archives Ribbon Cutting

Courtesy The Cable Center — On December 11th, The Cable Center celebrated the official ribbon cutting of the “Edward D. Breen Technical Archives” and the “Breen Room” meeting lounge. The ribbon cutting was commemorated with a reception and celebration of the many improvements made possible through a generous donation from Ed Breen.

Will Smart Robots Automate OSP Maintenance?

By Ray Thomas – The time has come for the use of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to maintain the outside coaxial cable network. Robotics technology has developed well beyond what would be required for a product that is specialized for cable outside plant (OSP) maintenance. Artificial intelligence is also well advanced and capable of guiding an autonomous robotic unit, which we shall refer to as the “OSP-bot.”

Product and Technology Innovation

By Chris Bastian – The Fall Technical Forum at SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2017 promises to be the technical exchange event of the year. We are very excited to team with CableLabs and NCTA — The Internet & Television Association — to plan and offer this event. Planning started early for this forum: Back in March the Expo program committee, comprising more than 20 executives

Reflections on Automation in Testing

By Ray Thomas – As test equipment has gotten “smarter” through the addition of automated measurement routines, does the flip side of the coin mean that techs’ understanding of basic electronics theory is being negatively affected? An executive at a large search engine company has speculated in public that the ability to search online for easy answers to life’s questions was dumbing people down.

Getting TDR Functionality on In-Service Cable Lines

By Tom Williams – One of the tough decisions facing line technicians is deciding if suspected line damage is severe enough to warrant taking cable service down to shoot the line with a time domain reflectometer (TDR). This decision is no longer necessary as it is now possible to measure a standing wave on a block of digital signals, and accurately range the distance to a fault on in-service plant using live digital traffic as test signals.