Adaptive Pre-Equalization Archives

13 12, 2022

OFDMA Capacity Estimation

Mia Colabrese2023-01-27T12:27:23-05:00December 13th, 2022|

OFDMA Capacity Estimation, pre-eq, LTE & 5G Ingress and more! Your questions answered Brady Volpe and John Downey discuss OFDMA Capacity Estimation, pre-eq, LTE & 5G Ingress and more! In this episode we cover incoming questions from our listeners covering a wide variety of topics. Be sure to join and ask your own questions in the live chat! 0:00 Intro 3:55 Calculating OFDMA Capacity 11:56 Summary of SC-QAM and OFDMA Calculations 17:40 Understanding 1.6 MHz Upstream power reference 28:14 Entering the industry and finding training 36:17 What are

10 09, 2018

Optimizing the DOCSIS Upstream

Mia Colabrese2018-09-10T08:37:20-04:00September 10th, 2018|

Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) version 3.1 offers a host of exciting possibilities and realities for cable operators. I have covered many of these topics in previous articles but the one thing that cannot be overlooked is the basics. It doesn’t matter how great these new technologies are if you do not pay attention to the foundation. It’s not any different than a house. If your foundation isn’t solid who cares if you have the best theater system in it. It can crumble under foot if the foundation

15 03, 2017

Future Field Operations Technologies Cable

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T17:11:07-04:00March 15th, 2017|

Future Field Operations Technologies Cable What’s Coming in Field and Operations Technology with Comcast and Cisco Episode 26 of our show on All Things DOCSIS. Hosted by Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Today we have a fantastic episode for you on Future Field Operations Technologies but first let me introduce our panelists for todays show: With us we have the John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. Larry Wolcott, Comcast Fellow in Operations Technology. Finally, a man who needs little introduction, the esteemed

12 09, 2016

Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) with Larry Wolcott, Leader at Comcast’s Next Gen Technology Group

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T19:52:13-04:00September 12th, 2016|

Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) with Larry Wolcott, Leader at Comcast’s Next Gen Operations Technology Group Episode 23 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm, this podcast will focus on Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) and the next generation in technology in 2016 and a peak of what is to come in 2017. Guest John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems. Special Guest Larry Wolcott, Leader at Comcast’s Next Gen Operations Technology Group. Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) Transcription So in our show today we going to have a lot of discussions around proactive

30 08, 2016

Comcast Larry Wolcott Get’s His Tech On PNM 3.0 – Advances 2016 & Expectations 2017

Mia Colabrese2022-01-07T11:38:13-05:00August 30th, 2016|

Comcast Larry Wolcott Discusses PNM This video and podcast with host Brady Volpe and guests Larry Wolcott and John Downey feature Comcast Larry Wolcott Discusses PNM and Advances in Technology 2016 Advances in PNM Technology What to expect in 2017 Find out the exciting new industry happenings when it comes to PNM (Proactive Network Maintenance). Larry Wolcott of Comcast will be joining Brady and John to PNM. Larry has been heavily involved with PNM via Comcast and a leader in the industry when it comes to championing and

12 11, 2015

GETTING PROACTIVE ABOUT NETWORK MAINTENANCE

Mia Colabrese2023-01-14T17:05:14-05:00November 12th, 2015|

GETTING PROACTIVE ABOUT NETWORK MAINTENANCE Proactive network maintenance (PNM) is more abstract than reacting to a crisis, and therefore, cable operators must have operational practices in place to ensure that once PNM tools are purchased they are used successfully, their benefits are tracked, and the organization is achieving the expected ROI. "Cable operators have been reactive since day one," said Brady Volpe, president and founder of the Volpe Firm. "They know how to fight fires very well. What they want is for the fires not to start. If

14 09, 2015

SCTE DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance – See Us

Mia Colabrese2015-09-14T14:57:44-04:00September 14th, 2015|

SCTE DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance: Getting Ahead Of The Game Wednesday, October 14, 10:45-11:45 am. This workshop will provide useful information for craft technicians as they try to troubleshoot current networks and to prepare for DOCSIS® 3.1 networks of the future. This session will describe the many features that can be used within the DOCSIS PNM tool suite, showing the benefits of using different tools at different times. The talks will also focus on the use of Pre-Equalization information as a means to uniquely identify and precisely locate

11 05, 2015

INTX The Internet & Television Expo Review – Episode 12

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T08:49:48-04:00May 11th, 2015|

INTX The Internet & Television Expo Review Episode 12 hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey with discussion highlights on INTX The Internet and Television Expo plus many other topics including PNM (Proactive Network Maintenance), DOCSIS 3.1 and answering several questions from followers. 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

9 03, 2015

Downstream Full Band Capture and CableLabs Winter Conferance- Episode 10

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:13:56-04:00March 9th, 2015|

Brady and John cover the CableLabs Winter Conference, the press release from Broadcom and upstream expansion to 85 MHz and beyond.If you have not heard about Broadcom's press release on upstream analysis capability in the cable modem you will defiantly want to check out this video.

26 01, 2015

Full Band Capture a Spectrum Analyzer in DOCSIS Cable Modem Episode 9

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:11:29-04:00January 26th, 2015|

DOCSIS 3.0 Full Band Capture and So Much More Episode 9 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey of Cisco. Brady and John cover the benefits of the latest technology available (full band capture) in DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems such as: Full band capture offering spectrum analyzer functionality in every subscriber home with DOCSIS 3.0 modem Extended transmit power allowing cable modems higher transmit power when in bonded modem with the new CableLabs ECR Built-in FTP transfer allowing local speedtest functionality PNM