By Doug Jones – Over the years there have been many different splits which recently have been standardized by the DOCSIS specifications as sub-split, mid-split and high-split. The accompanying table translates each split to the available broadband capacity using DOCSIS 3.1.
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By Srilal Weera, Ph.D. – Trained teams manually examine tens of thousands of ads a month and quarantine the failed ones. The challenge for AI is how to automate that process with a machine learning engine embedded within the ad ingest workflow.
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By Ron Hranac – The days of designing, building, and operating service provider networks in silos has finally sunset. Make way for converged IP networks where the “network” is truly an end-to-end solution integrated and automated for networking, security, and compute.
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By Jim Kane – The ideal fiber management system should start with a diverse portfolio of basic building blocks; medium to high-density, Layer 1 modules.
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By Dave Burns – The days of designing, building, and operating service provider networks in silos has finally sunset. Make way for converged IP networks where the “network” is truly an end-to-end solution integrated and automated for networking, security, and compute
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By Mu Xu, Alberto Campos, and Zhensheng Jia – In this article, the trends of energy usage in ICT and optical.
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By Dave Wachob – Another possible alternative is via telco twisted pair, given it already serves most if not all the rural areas. Advances in DSL over the last 20+ years have enabled respectable data rates from 25 Mbps to 100 Mbps.
Read MoreBy John Downey – Surgically placing RPDs at MDUs could be a quick fix and a way to “get our feet wet.” A compact 1 RU shelf with 3×6 modularity could provide three SGs for multiple risers in a building with easy powering and rack and stack capability. CPE would be placed where needed and older CPE would still work fine.
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By Matthew Olfert – Once cable modems start utilizing OFDMA, new issues will emerge. Since OFDMA requires the latest cable modems, this new technology creates a divide between OFDMA-enabled cable modems and older cable modems.
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By Robin Fenton – Among the most unique aspects of SCTE’s CORTEX system are its VirtuLearn™ trainings. This interactive format incorporates a variety of learning approaches in one flexible module.
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