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20 11, 2013

PNM – Proactive Network Maintenance – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2020-04-02T12:44:14-04:00November 20th, 2013|

PNM - Proactive Network Maintenance CableLabs Booth - SCTE EXPO 2013 - Fresh Tech The PNM demonstration in the CableLabs booth was very popular at this years SCTE EXPO as was Armstrong and Comcast. Both very impressive. Comcast's demonstration of their PNM Scout Flux solution by the SCTE Pavilion was most impressive. It won the BTR 4.5 diamond award in 2012, but it is not for sale. Now Comcast has been working on their solution for over five (5) years with a team of smart people working on

18 11, 2013

Next Gen Spectrum Analyzer – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2013-11-18T09:00:38-05:00November 18th, 2013|

Next Gen Spectrum Analyzer SCTE EXPO 2013 - Fresh Tech At this years SCTE EXPO equipment and software venders were showing they knew they need to keep an eye to the future. Already featured (Rohde & Schwarz, VeEX, Cisco and Nimble-This) JDSU showed a nifty next gen spectrum analyzer. Now it's not available to ship until Q2 2014 but it's still worth a look. VSE-1100 Video Spectrum Expert JDSU states it's "the industry’s first converged digital spectrum video analyzer and noise-troubleshooting platform designed for the challenges of the

6 11, 2013

Cisco’s New CMTS and Nodes – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

Mia Colabrese2013-11-06T09:00:16-05:00November 6th, 2013|

Cisco's New CMTS and Nodes SCTE EXPO 2013 - Fresh Tech Feeling special having been invited into the "whisper suit" at CISCO's booth to get a first look at Cisco's new CMTS and Node. No one was permitted to take photo's so my description will have to be enough. Cisco has gotten completely out of their normal box for their new CMTS. It is much smaller than the traditional 10k. It's also much quieter than the 10k. It also looks cool. Those are the small things... What really

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

3 10, 2013

DOCSIS PNM DEMO SCTE EXPO 2013 CableLabs Booth #1969

Mia Colabrese2020-04-04T09:20:40-04:00October 3rd, 2013|

DOCSIS PNM DEMO SCTE EXPO 2013 - CableLabs Booth #1969 Come See a DEMO of the exciting DOCSIS PNM Technology at this years SCTE Cable Tech Expo in the CableLabs Booth #1969. Brady Volpe will be giving demonstrations. To find out more about PNM you can also attend one of two PNM presentations or watch a brief tutorial overview. "By using PNM as network probes, cable operators can collect device and network parameters. Combining the analysis of the data along with network topology and device location, it is

12 09, 2013

DOCSIS 3.1: Begin Preparing Now

Mia Colabrese2013-09-12T14:45:51-04:00September 12th, 2013|

DOCSIS 3.1: Begin Preparing Now Posted on September 11, 2013 by Carl Weinschenk-BTR Experts believe that DOCSIS 3.1 is few years off. The specification has not yet been finalized. After that, test and early customer premise equipment (CPE) and corresponding CMTS and CCAP line cards will be sprinkled through systems. The bottom line is that it will be a long time until DOCSIS 3.1 is an element of everyday cable operations. So preparations should start now. The industry has been down this road before. What seems like a long road, with

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

6 08, 2013

A Briefer History of CableTV

Mia Colabrese2021-11-29T14:49:22-05:00August 6th, 2013|

A Briefer History of CableTV For those in the know... A briefer history of CableTV provides an abridged version of how we got to where we are now and CableTVs impact on modern-day test equipment. Looking at the history of CableTV, its beginnings were very humble with many taking credit for its first invention. Let us not delve into those disputes, but look towards where CableTV really started to emerge in the mainstream. It was not until 1947, post WWII when TV began to start getting momentum with

24 09, 2012

DOCSIS Return | Dirty Fiber Optic Connectors

Mia Colabrese2012-09-24T03:14:16-04:00September 24th, 2012|

An often overlooked, but easy to resolve RF impairment are loose and/or dirty fiber optic connectors. This issue often manifests itself as an increased noise floor when viewed on a spectrum analyzer. The key to determining the difference between regular ingress and fiber connector noise is that the noise created by a loose or dirty fiber connector does not stop at the diplex filter roll-off frequency (typically 42 MHz in North America and 65 MHz Europe). The image below shows a perfect example of this type of impairment:

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