Pasi Järvenpää – The insatiable demand for bandwidth, the growing need for reliability, competitive dynamics, and the need to expand their footprint are driving operators to massively invest in their network infrastructures and operations.
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Guest Author, Enersys (Sponsored) Today’s cable broadband hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) network delivers video and high-speed Internet into millions of homes
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By Juan Bravo – There’s a little irony in the fact that now it seems more than ever, cable operators are seriously seeking ways to make the most of their extensive legacy HFC infrastructure
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By Jim Kane – The distribution network may be limited, however, by the capacity available in its outside plant (OSP) splice closures, particularly those that are near or have already exhausted internal space.
Read MoreBy Bernie Cadieux – As DOCSIS continues to spread its wings, new applications are emerging, too. As previously mentioned in last year’s advertorial, non-intrusive measurements leveraging adaptive equalization coefficients are being introduced more and more as non-intrusive alternatives to more traditional (and sometimes intrusive) methods.
Read MoreBy James Medlock – It seems like every day there is another press release announcing a new or expanded DOCSIS® 3.1 based gigabit service. Many operators have reported heavy interest from their subscriber base, looking for higher speed services to support the increasing number of devices and applications that they rely on each day.
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By Mike Venter – The cable industry’s optical networks are undergoing rapid and radical changes to support new distributed access architectures (DAAs). A DAA basically involves replacing legacy analog infrastructure with new remote PHY devices (RPDs) or remote MAC/PHY devices (RMDs).
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By Greg Calton – In the fast-paced environment of broadband communications, a simple approach to the creation and growth of networks is highly desirable. Strategic suppliers can help broadband service providers by bringing entire solutions to the table from a variety of technical disciplines.
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By Cyrille Morelle and Winston Chang – When it comes to modern monitoring systems, proactive network maintenance (PNM) and predictive modeling are major parts of the solution to increasing customers’ quality of service and expectations. Advanced cable modems can now provide the information needed for constant monitoring at the customer premises.
Read MoreBy James Medlock – When you ask cable operators who have not deployed a proactive network maintenance (PNM) solution why, the first response is usually something along the lines of, “we have too many problems to fix already, we don’t have time for any more.”
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