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No Matter Where You Go, There You Are

By Jeff Finkelstein — In this issue of the Futurist article, I am going to discuss a topic I have covered before but is worth repeating. That topic is why we set a roadmap

FDX, More Options for Operators

By Brady S. Volpe — Proactive network maintenance (PNM) has been steadily growing in acceptance and popularity over the past several years with adoption amongst cable operators from Tier 1 such as Comcast all the way to the smallest Tier 4 operators.

DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON, Passport to the Future!

By Steven Harris — Our networks are evolving to meet the ever-increasing thirst for bandwidth, whether that is with DOCSIS, fiber deep (FD), or passive optical network (PON) technology.

What Can DOCSIS PNM Do For Me?

Cable’s Future’s So Bright We Gotta Wear Shades

By Jeff Finkelstein — As a “Futurist” and innovator, I spend a lot of my time researching and chatting about past, current, and future technology trends, while trying to figure out where our industry possibly needs.

Training is Paramount

By Dr. Alexander C. Adams – The cable industry is at a turning point. Conceptualized as classic delivery platforms for analog video signals, broadband systems have been leveraged into flexible IP networks over the years to meet increasing customer demands.

The Transformation of the Internet

By Jeff Finkelstein — The Internet has become part of the daily lives of millions and millions of users. In fact, most of us would have a difficult time going through our days without it.

Demystifying OOB and R-PHY

By Brady S. Volpe – In this article we dive into Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) remote PHY (R-PHY) testing challenges and how these can be overcome using out-of-band (OOB) channel communications.

Yoga for DOCSIS

By Jeff Finkelstein — I am amazed at how the flexible, yoga-like abilities of DOCSIS allow us to continuously improve it with incremental evolutionary changes that leverage past efforts. Thanks to the continuing work by CableLabs, vendors and operators, the useful life of the cable plant still has a long, long way to go.

Optimizing the DOCSIS Upstream

By Brady S. Volpe — As an industry we are fortunate to have new technologies such as DOCSIS 3.1 to support the ever-increasing demand of subscriber traffic growth. This “back-to-basics” article covers some of the fundamentals DOCSIS experts should know.