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24 09, 2019

DOCSIS Cable Connector Basics

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T18:35:46-04:00September 24th, 2019|

Craft issues in coax can create havoc later on... Happy Friday Everyone. Today is September 20th and this is episode 51 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, who will strike a pose at this years SCTE EXPO. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Also with us is Rich Maroney Product Line Manager Coaxial Cable from PPC. Today we are going to discuss

21 08, 2019

High Latency is “Killing” you

Mia Colabrese2019-08-21T10:30:19-04:00August 21st, 2019|

Why is Low Latency DOCSIS Relevant to Gameplay and Why You Should Care Gaming is a billion-dollar industry with billions of players, and they use broadband to get there. I’ve spent a lot of time discussing the importance of low latency DOCSIS over the last couple of years on my podcast and YouTube channel. Let’s dive into it a bit more. Low latency or ping is desirable to achieve smoother gameplay and a user experience without lagging. If the ping is around 1000 milliseconds or higher, it’s definitely

19 08, 2019

DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T18:39:37-04:00August 19th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is July 12th and this is episode 50 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. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Todays show overview: FDX / CBR-8 - Is it dead at CISCO? Node plus Zero DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream - General discussion Low Latency / ESports OFDMA Remote-PHY ATDMA 85Mhz systems Bonding groups Profiles in the upstream Different and challenging

19 07, 2019

T3 & T4 Timeouts Cable Modem Registration – Back to Basics

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T18:42:34-04:00July 19th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is July 12th and this is episode 49 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, who recently carried a CBR-8 on his back, up Mount Kilimanjaro to ensure broadband service. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Todays show: Upstream MER registration explained Cable modem registration T3 and T4 Timeouts In The News: https://www.lightreading.com/cable/ccap-next-gen-nets/comcast-commits-millions-to-harmonics-cableos-platform/d/d-id/752671 Comcast Commits Millions to Harmonic's

24 06, 2019

Low Latency and Virtualization

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T18:44:51-04:00June 24th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is June 14th and this is episode 48 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. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. AQM (active que management) Mini slot proactive grant service OFDMA John thank you for your time today. This was a great episode. Our next Episode 49 is scheduled in July 12. We do our best to bring our

28 05, 2019

FDX More Options for Operators

Mia Colabrese2019-05-28T11:11:54-04:00May 28th, 2019|

The full duplex (FDX) DOCSIS extension to the DOCSIS 3.1 specification has been finalized in Annex J of that spec. What does this mean? A major goal of FDX DOCSIS is the ability to deliver symmetrical data speeds up to 10 Gbps in hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks. How does it work? I covered some of this in the Spring 2018 issue of Broadband Library on FDX which you can find here: https://broadbandlibrary.com/full-duplex-docsis/ and will further explore the benefits of FDX now. Why FDX Now? Why am I focusing

16 05, 2019

DOCSIS 3.1 and FDX

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T18:47:04-04:00May 16th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is May 10 and this is episode 47 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 today is: John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. Today’s topic is a discussion on DOCSIS 3.1 and FDX. But also: Ethernet over Coax Overlay Modulated Signal Over coming barriers point to point wireless FDX brings more upstream speed but needs R-PHY to go 1GIG service 4 upstream channels from 5 to

18 03, 2019

PNM Round Table with Brady Volpe, Comcast, CableLabs, Cisco

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T18:53:49-04:00March 18th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is March 15 and this is episode 46 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 today is: John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. Larry Wolcott PNM Round Table with special guests Larry Wolcott (SCTE Member of the year) Leader at Comcast’s Next Generation Technology Group Jason Rupe Principal Architect, Wired, R&D of CableLabs. Today’s topic is a follow up on last year's popular PNM show and

26 02, 2019

What Can DOCSIS PNM Do For Me?

Mia Colabrese2020-06-11T11:10:05-04:00February 26th, 2019|

It's a Question You Might Ask Yourself Proactive network maintenance (PNM) has been steadily growing in acceptance and popularity over the past several years with adoption amongst cable operators from Tier 1 such as Comcast all the way to the smallest Tier 4 operators — both in the U.S. and internationally — as a tool for optimizing their work force and improving subscriber quality of experience (QoE). No longer is it seen as a shiny gimmick or a novelty to detect the poltergeist in the network before it

20 02, 2019

R-PHY / DAA Round Table follow up with Brady Volpe, Arris, Cisco and Harmonic

Mia Colabrese2021-08-16T08:15:06-04:00February 20th, 2019|

Happy Friday Everyone. Today is February 15 and this is episode 45 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 today is John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco, Asaf Matatyaou Vice President of Solutions and Product Management, for Cable Edge Business, Harmonic and Tal Laufer, Director of Product Line Management at ARRIS. Today’s topic is a follow up on last year's popular R-PHY / DAA show. Asaf and Tal will each take 15