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3 11, 2014

Load Balancing DOCSIS 3.1

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:27:23-04:00November 3rd, 2014|

Load Balancing, DOCSIS 3.1 and Power Calculations Episode 7 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey of Cisco. Discussion Highlights included DOCSIS 3.1, Load Balancing, Proactive Network Maintenance - PNM and Power Calculations. We do our best to bring our audience great technical content every month. You can watch us live on the air or catch our recorded episodes on YouTube. Or download our audio only version with your favorite podcatcher. If you have enjoyed this episode, please do hit the subscribe button so that

29 09, 2014

SCTE EXPO 2014 Technology Review Episode 6

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:32:14-04:00September 29th, 2014|

SCTE EXPO 2014 Technology Review Episode 6 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with Guest John Downey of Cisco. With a review of SCTE EXPO. The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. Tips, suggestions and recommendations. Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. Discussion Highlights DOCSIS 3.1 Symposium Remote PHY PNM Wi-Fi SCTE EXPO 2014 Show Highlights Best give aways We do our best to bring our audience

25 08, 2014

DOCSIS 3.1 Backwards Compatible – Episode 5

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:34:23-04:00August 25th, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.1 Backwards Compatible so it can Co-Exist with Legacy DOCSIS Episode 5 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with Guest John Downey of Cisco. DOCSIS 3.1 backwards compatible is good news. Other discussion highlights: Remote PHY Different bandwidths in DOCSIS 3.1 Difference between DFB, FP and digital returns Legacy DOCSIS and DOCSIS 3.1 can coexistist in the same bandwidth DOCSIS 3.1 capacity planning can be a challenge since modulation can change dynamically We do our best to bring our audience great technical content every

31 07, 2014

DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Channel Bonding

Mia Colabrese2021-08-13T16:08:00-04:00July 31st, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Bonding have many advantages Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm with guest John Downey of Cisco. DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Bonding have many Advantages. For example: DOCSIS Upstream and Downstream Pro's and Con's: DOCSIS Cable Modem service flows Partial service DOCSIS Downstream resilience Why Downstream goes bad - ingress, headend issues, household issues, off air ingress More frequencies / spectrum means more space for issues How Cable Modems chooses it's primary channel T3 timeouts Pre-equalization benefits Diplex filter uses Dynamic

28 07, 2014

DOCSIS Channel Bonding Episode 3

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:36:58-04:00July 28th, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonding – Your Questions Answered Episode 3 Hosted by Brady Volpe of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This with Guest John Downey of Cisco. Brady and John will discuss the many advantages and disadvantages of DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding. When everything is operating properly, we have great advantages for modem speed and operation at the expense of allocating more spectrum for more DOCSIS 3.0 channels. When things are not going well, we may not be aware or we may not have the expertise to troubleshoot the situation or even

25 07, 2014

DOCSIS Pre-Equalization Part Two Episode 2

Mia Colabrese2021-08-13T16:01:47-04:00July 25th, 2014|

DOCSIS Pre-Equalization (Pre-Eq) and Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) Part 2 Episode 2 Hosted by Brady Volpe of The Volpe Firm with guest John Downey of Cisco. Episode 2 we will cover how DOCSIS pre-equalization data can be used to identify upstream impairments through Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) and why this is valuable to a cable operator. Benefits of Proactive Network Maintenance RF Problems in cable plant DOCSIS PNM - Proactive Network Maintenance Spectrum Analyzer in the CMTS Upcoming events can be seen under Broadband Events. Previous events can be seen under

23 07, 2014

DOCSIS Pre-Equalization

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:46:27-04:00July 23rd, 2014|

The Benefits of DOCSIS Pre-Equalization and Proactive Network Maintenance Part I Episode 1 Hosted by Brady Volpe of The Volpe Firm with guest of John Downey of Cisco. Part one covers the benefits and limitations of DOCSIS Pre-Equalization and critical features in the CMTS and how they impact Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM). The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. Tips, suggestions and recommendations. Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. Need answers about DOCSIS Pre-Equilization (Pre-Eq)? Everyone's talking about PNM, but you aren't

30 06, 2014

DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonding – Episode 3

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T10:54:31-04:00June 30th, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonding - Your Questions Answered Brady Volpe and John Downey will discuss the many advantages and disadvantages of DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding. When everything is operating properly, we have great advantages for modem speed and operation at the expense of allocating more spectrum for more DOCSIS 3.0 channels. When things are not going well, we may not be aware or we may not have the expertise to troubleshoot the situation or even remedy the issues properly. DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding - Upstream and Downstream bonding have

18 06, 2014

DOCSIS Channel Bonding – Your Questions Answered Friday June 20th

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T10:58:02-04:00June 18th, 2014|

DOCSIS Channel Bonding - Your Questions Answered Presented by Brady Volpe of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This and with guest John Downey. DOCSIS Channel Bonding with a focus on Upstream (US), Downstream (DS), Partial mode, BW allocation, and SG sizing. About John - John has over 20 years in the data/telecommunications/networking industry with a 4 year BS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University. He has been working for Cisco the last 13 years as a Broadband Network Engineer presently with the Cable and Access Business Unit (CABU).

1 05, 2014

DOCSIS Experts – Ask Pre-Eq and PNM questions May 2nd

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T11:07:36-04:00May 1st, 2014|

DOCSIS Pre-Eq and PNM :: (Part 2) As a follow up to Part one (which can be viewed here) Part two we will cover how pre-equalization data can be used to identify upstream impairments through Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) and why this is valuable to a cable operator. Join us page to ensure that you can view the event. Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) in combination with DOCSIS pre-equalization are game changing technologies for the cable industry. PNM started as a technology research project at CableLabs and has now