By Stuart Kurkowski and Joel Derrico – In this article we discuss this end-to-end system at a high-level, identifying technologies and standards that can get us to this exciting new architecture for video interoperability.
Read More
By Timothy Cooke and Jason Charette – When planning a new power supply for a single bay, or many bays, there are several key areas that should be considered.
Read More
By Bill O’Donnell – Note in the chart that bandwidth increases will result in substantial attenuation increases requiring operators to change the design of their plant.
Read More
By Andrew Ip and Dhananjay Lal – The SCTE Cable-Tec Expo demonstration was a powerful example of how cable industry partners came together to showcase a novel application that would need an entire ecosystem.
Read More
By John Chapman – There is more good news regarding specific improvements to DOCSIS for small cell backhaul. The first is the DOCSIS Time Protocol (DTP).
Read More
By Tom Cloonan and David Grubb – it should be clear that operators will have many technologies and many options from which to pick as they migrate forward towards 10G operation in the future.
Read More
By Kinney Bacon – Cable operators need to start thinking about how they will distribute the 10 Gbps signal through the home network once 10 Gbps technology is available and offered as a service.
Read More
By Dave Wachob – Changing consumer and business needs have greatly increased the need for additional upstream capacity, especially due to recent outbreaks of COVID-19. With the introduction and enhanced capabilities of DOCSIS 3.1, remotely configuring the modems to operate in the mid- (5 MHz to 85 MHz) or high-split (5 MHz to 204 MHz) return bands is relatively straightforward.
Read More
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.
Read More