MAKING THE GRADE

Network Reliability

By Chris Topazi – When I joined Scientific Atlanta in 1999, I could not have envisioned the growth and development of cable telecommunications that I would witness and in which I would play a part. Our team was working on development of…

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AI in the DOCSIS Engineering Realm

By Regis Tiebi – In January of this year I attended a two-day training event on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). I was impressed by the number of tools and resources that were exhibited and had no doubt that the cable industry will certainly take advantage of such advanced technology.

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Smart Amplifiers, Smart Results

By Chris Topazi – As many operators are moving toward DOCSIS 4.0-capable network upgrades, much of the industry is migrating toward more intelligence deeper in the network. Continuing the trend from distributed access architectures (DAAs) using remote PHY, active network elements are becoming a vital means of collecting metrics

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Extended Spectrum DOCSIS Out of the Lab and Into the Wild

By Alan Skinner – We look forward to additional field testing in 2025 using production CMTS/node hardware and longer cascades, but with the results of this field trial we feel confident in the direction we’re going with ESD and should be able to enjoy generous network capacity and competitive subscriber tiers for years to come.

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“Hey, OFDMA, Why Are You So Sensitive?”

By Chris Topazi – We have discussed OFDMA, its benefits and some of the lessons learned in our deployments. In this article, we seek to address a question that we are asked quite frequently from our leadership and from our field personnel—why does OFDMA appear to be more sensitive to noise than our traditional ATDMA upstream

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