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4 11, 2013

First-Gen DOCSIS 3.1 Test Solution – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2023-12-13T11:03:56-05:00November 4th, 2013|

Rohde & Schwarz Demonstrated a First-Gen DOCSIS 3.1 Test Solution Fresh Tech - SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO 2013 Rohde and Schwarz had a popular demo at this years SCTE EXPO and not only was it popular it was innovative since it was the only DOCSIS 3.1 demo on the show floor. Using off-the-shelf equipment R&S demonstrated a first-gen DOCSIS 3.1 test solution. This is a precursor to their eventual delivery of real-time equipment. The demonstration consisted of a signal generator (AFQ100B + SMBV) and signal analyzers (FSW wide-band vector

30 10, 2013

Cable App for iPad and Android – Cable-Tec EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2013-10-30T09:44:55-04:00October 30th, 2013|

Cable App for iPad and Android SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO 2013 At this years SCTE EXPO I again walked the show floor looking for innovative and cool technology that equipment vendors were showing. This years Expo had some great new products, one I'll be highlighting in this article, which is a cable app for iPad and Android devices by 4Cable.tv. Now to be totally honest I actually never made it to all the booths. I ran out of time! Which is a good and a bad thing. It means

21 08, 2013

DOCSIS PNM – Something Really Interesting!

Mia Colabrese2021-08-18T09:15:32-04:00August 21st, 2013|

DOCSIS PNM - Get Excited! Awhile back I wrote an article about DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM). Not only did I find this technology fascinating I decided to really get involved with PNM. I will also be speaking at SCTE EXPO on the topic of PNM this year. Topic: DOCSIS Pre-Equalization: Vastly Powerful, Often Undervalued For those of you who have not heard of PNM, here are the highlights. DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) developed by InGeNeOs™ under Cablelabs®. It is one of the coolest technologies I've been involved

22 07, 2013

DOCSIS Channel Emulator – Impairments Made Easy

Mia Colabrese2013-07-22T09:00:55-04:00July 22nd, 2013|

DOCSIS Channel Emulator - Impairments Made Easy by Averna While at ANGACOM this year I came across Averna's DOCSIS Channel Emulator (DCE). It's an interesting product that can be put to good use in an MSO lab, vendor lab or anyone needing to create real-world impairments that impact DOCSIS. Intrigued by the product, I followed up with Averna and got a hands-on demonstration at Averna's Atlanta office. Averna's DOCSIS Channel Emulator - What's Good... So first, if you are doing DOCSIS testing, it is likely that you have

8 07, 2013

ANGACOM Review

Mia Colabrese2013-07-08T09:00:09-04:00July 8th, 2013|

ANGACOM 2013 Review Here is a quick review of the ANGACOM Cable Show, Europe’s leading Business Platform for Broadband Operators and Content Providers for over 10 years. Exhibition and congress topics include Next Generation Networks, DOCSIS, HDTV, Smart TV, VoD, PNM, IPTV & Connected Home. This year Brady Volpe had two topics he presented at ANGACOM. We already posted one presentation "DOCSIS & Testing Best Practices in an All Digital Network" which you can review here. We will be posting the other presentation on Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) soon. ANGACOM is a very professionally run trade

23 07, 2012

Tech Review | HbbTV, Linux & a Cool Box

Mia Colabrese2020-08-06T11:33:35-04:00July 23rd, 2012|

While checking out the booths at ANGA we came across a company by the name of Vu+. What caught my eye was Linux written in big letters on the side of the booth. Anything Linux will usually get me to walk into a booth. We met with two associates one from Vu+, Victor Heo and one from Marusys, Rose Chang who gave us a tour of their companies products and introduced us to HbbTV. What is HbbTV? Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) is both an industry standard and promotional initiative for hybrid

17 07, 2012

Tech Review | DEVISER S7000 TV Analyzer

Mia Colabrese2012-07-17T08:51:17-04:00July 17th, 2012|

Deviser's S7000 TV Analyzer - Many features, small package! This year at ANGA Cable show I came across a new product by DEVISER called the S7000 TV Analyzer (DEVISER OEM's their spectrum analyzer to a US based test equipment manufacturer so they have been in the business for a while and they know what they are doing). The S7000 supports measuring ITU J.83 Annex A/B/C/D standard signals and provides Power level, MER, BER, and constellation measurements in a small package. Also, there is an EVS tool for measuring interference

11 07, 2012

Tech Review | AND… what? Don’t let a name fool you

Mia Colabrese2012-07-11T08:48:16-04:00July 11th, 2012|

AND Mapping Solutions - With so much more! While at ANGA this year I was told about AND (Advanced Network Design) from a fellow convention goer. He seemed really impressed with the company and it's product. Honestly, I've never gotten excited over a mapping tool. This is not normally something that I pay a lot of attention to. Sure I'm aware of them and have experience with them but I just had visions of lot's of typing, imputing data, reviewing ports on nodes and connecting lines manually. Not very exciting stuff. AND

2 07, 2012

Tech Review | ByteBlower from Excentis

Mia Colabrese2023-01-14T17:04:23-05:00July 2nd, 2012|

The ByteBlower :: Blowing Bits and Bytes - Cool Tech The team at Excentis, located in Ghent, Belgium, have really outdone themselves with an incredibly cool packet generator which was on display at the Anga Cable 2012 show. This is their second generation on the product, called the ByteBlower 2100. It builds on the previous model, the ByteBlower 1000. What does it do? It generates packets of data - lot's of them and very quickly and accurately. Why is this important? For everyone who has a test lab and needs

20 06, 2012

Anga Cable 2012 – Tech Reviews

Mia Colabrese2020-08-06T11:32:53-04:00June 20th, 2012|

Anga Cable 2012 Full of Cool Tech If you missed this years Anga Cable 2012, fear not we attended and interviewed the new, innovative and coolest of the cool technology on the floor. In the coming weeks we will be covering a number of the top pics from the show including some sweet test equipment, hot cable modems, intelligent mapping applications, set tops you'll want in your home, and more. What is Anga Cable? If you are not familiar with Anga Cable, it is the European version of