20 08, 2021
  • Cisco vCMTS

Cisco vCMTS

2021-08-23T11:57:31-04:00August 20th, 2021|

Cisco vCMTS? Brady Volpe founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This, John Downey and Jason Miller Technical Marketing Engineer of Cisco discuss Cisco's virtual CMTS (vCMTS). The topic came up during ANGACOMs 2021 presentation. I didn't know Cisco even had a vCMTS, did you? Well, let's find out what they are doing and if they are really taking away the CLI as discussed at ANGACOM. The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. Tips, suggestions and recommendations. Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS

15 07, 2021
  • Primary Channel Impairment

DOCSIS Primary Channel Impaired Downstream Troubleshooting

2023-02-17T18:41:43-05:00July 15th, 2021|

In this episode Brady and John discuss what happens to an impaired DOCSIS Primary channel & ANGA COM highlights. When an impaired DOCSIS Primary channel occurs, do to one ore more impairment, how does it impact other DOCSIS channels? Primary being a type of "management" SC-QAM channel. Does it make a difference? We also cover the top content from the ANGA COM show. Didn't have time to watch all of the ANGA COM show material. No problem. Brady and John will make sure your up to speed

3 07, 2018
  • ANGACOM2018

ANGACOM | FDX, R-PHY and Big Data

2021-08-16T09:56:37-04:00July 3rd, 2018|

ANGACOM - FDX, R-PHY and Big Data Happy Friday Everyone.  Today is June 22th and this is episode 40 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, whose motto is - “Let’s Pump You Up”.   John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John.   And Mia Colabrese who has spent her entire adult life in cable. Welcome Mia. Today’s topic is ANGACOM. Slide Show ANGACOM Highlights: DOCSIS

27 06, 2017
  • Virtual CCAP

Virtual CCAP – Technology Recap R-PHY, FDX, IPTV and NDF/NDR

2021-08-16T15:38:13-04:00June 27th, 2017|

Technology recap R-PHY, FDX, Virtual CCAP, IPTV, NDF/NDR and more Episode 29 “Technology recap R-PHY, FDX, Virtual CCAP, IPTV, NDF/NDR and more" ANGACOM 2017 was very exciting this year with a lot of exciting products and interesting ideas. Remote-PHY, FDX technologies where featured as was a virtual CCAP solution.  IPTV was also heavily featured, a new German company debuted it's 10G Ethernet overlay network and an interesting NDF/NDR solution was also displayed.  Brady will discuss all the technologies seen and this will build up to feature podcasts where we plan on

4 06, 2014

ANGACOM 2014 Always Worth a Technology Look

2020-04-04T11:45:58-04:00June 4th, 2014|

ANGACOM 2014 in this year was an exciting and well organized convention of international cable operators.  The weather was fantastic, which is really worth mentioning.  The technology in cable is always progressing and this year DOCSIS 3.1 and proactive technologies took center stage. For those of you not familiar, the ANGACOM Cable Show is Europe’s leading Business Platform for Broadband Operators and Content Providers for over 10 years and is hosted annually in Cologne Germany. A general theme on the show floor was the continued progression to the

23 05, 2014
  • Splitter with Barrier Technology ingress / egress elimination built in

Reduce Ingress and Egress – Simple is Genius

2022-05-16T15:47:05-04:00May 23rd, 2014|

It's a smart idea that doesn't cost a lot more than a regular splitter and also helps reduce ingress. It's called BarrIER technology by Teleste. BarrIER® technology is an innovative solution for reducing ingress/egress that addresses the complete in-home interconnect domain and solves the problem of maintaining adequate C/N levels. Using BarrIER® will reduce the need for manual maintenance work, greatly reduce operational costs, and incrementally increase service reliability and enhance network performance".

20 05, 2014

ANGACOM 2014 DOCSIS 3.1 Technology Panel

2014-05-20T16:21:23-04:00May 20th, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.1: Challenges to make DOCSIS 3.1 operational in HFC Networks ANGACOM Moderator: Brady Volpe - President and CTO, The Volpe Firm 11.45 - 13.00 Technology Panel ROOM B Access Network Dimensioning in DOCSIS 3.1 Dr. L. Alberto Campos - Principal Architect Advanced Technology Group, Cable Television Laboratories Impact of DOCSIS 3.1 on HFC Network Design Dirk Langer - Head of Marketing Broadband Communication Systems, KATHREIN-Werke KG Ingress/Egress/LTE: The Imperative to improve the In-Home Interconnect Keith Mothersdale - Head of Engineering, Passives and Indoor Solutions, Teleste Corporation Challenges

13 03, 2014

DOCSIS 3.1 Challenges to make DOCSIS 3.1 Operational in HFC Networks

2014-03-13T09:09:28-04:00March 13th, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.1 : Challenges to make DOCSIS 3.1 Operational in HFC Networks ANGACOM 2014 May 21, 2014 - Technology Panel 11:45am - 1:00pm - Room B Come See Brady Volpe at ANGACOM Moderator: Brady Volpe - President and CTO, The Volpe Firm Access Network Dimensioning in DOCSIS 3.1 Dr. L. Alberto Campos - Principal Architect Advanced Technology Group, Cable Television Laboratories Impact of DOCSIS 3.1 on HFC Network Design Dirk Langer - Head of Marketing Broadband Communication Systems, KATHREIN-Werke KG Ingress/Egress/LTE: The Imperative to improve the In-Home Interconnect Keith Mothersdale - Head of

8 07, 2013

ANGACOM Review

2013-07-08T09:00:09-04:00July 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

2 07, 2013

DOCSIS & Testing Best Practices in an All Digital Network

2021-11-24T10:51:51-05:00July 2nd, 2013|

DOCSIS & Testing Best Practices in an All Digital Network ANGACOM - 2013 Missed ANGACOM 2013?  Don't worry, you can still see the presentation on DOCSIS & Testing Best Practices in an All Digital Network along with the speaker notes for each slide.  This was only a 15 minute presentation, so time was limited on the depth of material that could be covered in the time given. Slide 2 – Overview What do I mean by all digital networks and why is the cable industry moving in this

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