9 06, 2020
  • OFDMA

DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream OFDMA

2021-08-17T10:43:08-04:00June 9th, 2020|

Hi Everyone, we are going to give an update on the DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream OFDMA - lessons learned and more This is episode 60 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. We have two guests with us today, John Downey,  CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.  Also with us is Jason Miller, Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco Systems, welcome to the show Jason. If you like what you are watching

14 05, 2020
  • DAA Plant Balancing - Volpe Firm 59

Plant Balancing in Distributed Access Architecture- Part Two

2021-08-17T10:45:06-04:00May 14th, 2020|

Plant Balancing in a Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) Part Two This is episode 59 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. John Downey is with me today. John is CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Recap from last week: Balancing the plant is not the same in a distributed access architecture network When you migrate to Remote PHY - you lose analog video channels and those important analog test signals

6 05, 2020
  • Plant Balancing in Distributed Access Architecture

Plant Balancing in Distributed Access Architecture

2021-08-17T10:47:14-04:00May 6th, 2020|

Today we are going to discuss Plant Balancing in a Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) Hello Everyone. This is episode 58 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. John Downey is with me today. John is CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Upstream balancing and design, but it’s focused on Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) and eventual 204 MHz. Address Downstream: Downstream sweepless sweep is the easy solution when spectrum fully used and

2 04, 2020
  • Capacity Challenges Created by COVID-19

Capacity Challenges Created by COVID-19

2021-08-15T17:41:52-04:00April 2nd, 2020|

Hello Everyone.  This is episode 57 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. John Downey is with me today.  John is CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.  Today we are going to discuss Capacity Challenges Created by COVID -19 I want to plug ZCorum’s latest Tech Tuesday podcast where Rick Yuzzi has a lot of good information on what cable operators should be doing in the midst of COVID-19. I won’t

1 04, 2020
  • DOCSIS 3.1 Channel Bonding

DOCSIS 3.1 Channel Bonding

2021-08-15T18:15:38-04:00April 1st, 2020|

Hello Everyone.  This is episode 56 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. John Downey is with me today.  John is CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.  Today we are going to discuss DOCSIS 3.1 Channel Bonding But first: In the News: The latest issue of Broadband Library is out, so check out my article as many others at broadbandlibrary.com NCTC Inks New Deals - BTR How will the rollout of

13 02, 2020
  • RF Measurements

Misunderstood RF Measurements

2021-08-17T10:50:22-04:00February 13th, 2020|

Hello Everyone.  This is episode 55 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. John Downey is with me and also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, and Ron Hranac also of Cisco Systems, welcome John and Ron.   Today we are going to discuss Top Commonly Misunderstood RF Measurements. An overall discussion on confusing topics and commonly misunderstood RF measurements in cable. Over 100 years of RF knowledge. Topics Covered: Fun Math problem

19 12, 2019
  • DOCSIS Evolution

DOCSIS Evolution

2021-08-15T18:29:09-04:00December 19th, 2019|

Where we were and where we are going Hello Everyone.  This is episode 54 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. John Downey is with me and also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.   Today we are going to discuss DOCSIS Evolution But first from watchers:  This is in reference to another episode (52) where we were discussing another viewer’s (Jessie) issues with Hitron modems: Jason writes: Hey there! I watch the

5 12, 2019
  • DAA pros and cons

DAA Pros and Cons

2021-08-15T18:32:06-04:00December 5th, 2019|

Distributed Access Architecture Pros and Cons for cable operators Hello Everyone. This is episode 53 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us is, John Downey, in the flesh. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Today we are going to discuss DAA Pros and Cons. But First Question from Watcher: Love the podcast, so thanks! Secondly, as we know DOCSIS 1.1 introduced BPI+ in 2001. Well

30 10, 2019
  • Technology Trends in Cable

Technology Trends In Cable

2023-08-28T12:53:32-04:00October 30th, 2019|

Low Latency DOCSIS, RF is sexy again, 5G, 10G, Coherent Optics and more Hello Everyone.  This is episode 52 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This.  With us is, John Downey, in the flesh.   John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.  Also with us is Mia Colabrese of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Today we are going to discuss Technology Trends in Cable.  BUT First - John

24 09, 2019
  • DOCSIS cable connector basics

DOCSIS Cable Connector Basics

2021-08-15T18:35:46-04:00September 24th, 2019|

Craft issues in coax can create havoc later on... Happy Friday Everyone. Today is September 20th and this is episode 51 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us is, John Downey, who will strike a pose at this years SCTE EXPO. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Also with us is Rich Maroney Product Line Manager Coaxial Cable from PPC. Today we are going to discuss

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