DOCSIS Archives

4 11, 2020

SCTE EXPO Highlights – What Rocked

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T18:20:07-04:00November 4th, 2020|

This is episode 67 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Join in the conversation with Brady Volpe as he explores the many ways cable operators can benefit from PNM and services. With John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. In our Power Hour of Cable on All Things DOCSIS join us and drop your comments into the chat. Real world experiences discussed. Overview: Brain Teaser SCTE EXPO discussion - sessions Overview

26 10, 2020

PNM services and benefits to Cable Operators

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T16:25:05-04:00October 26th, 2020|

This is episode 66 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Join in the conversation with Brady Volpe as he explores the many ways cable operators can benefit from PNM and services. With John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco and special guests Todd Gingrass, CCI’s VP of Solution Architectures, and Bill Halvorsen, a CCI Customer Solution Architect. Join in with to discuss how PNM Services can help operators uncover the hidden

13 10, 2020

Gain Distortion and Hybrids

Mia Colabrese2023-01-14T17:01:02-05:00October 13th, 2020|

This is episode 65 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 Systems, welcome back John. With special guests Bob Simmers - Sr. Marketing Manager, CATV & Broadband Access Products Qorvo and Rainer Hillermeier – General Manager Design and Operations Qorvo Germany. Find out about broadband amplification and how it works. Join in on the exciting conversation of hybrids in the cable network. We will

8 10, 2020

Rocking PNM

Mia Colabrese2023-01-14T17:10:23-05:00October 8th, 2020|

Hi everyone, we are going to give an update on rocking Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) and full band capture (FBC). New and exciting features in PNM that every cable operator needs. This is episode 64 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 Systems, welcome back John. Join us with special guest Larry Wolcott, PNM pioneer and guru, while we discuss some

9 06, 2020

DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream OFDMA

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T10:43:08-04:00June 9th, 2020|

Hi Everyone, we are going to give an update on the DOCSIS 3.1 Upstream OFDMA - lessons learned and more This is episode 60 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. We have two guests with us today, John Downey, CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Also with us is Jason Miller, Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco Systems, welcome to the show Jason. If you like what you are watching

5 06, 2020

Do T3 Timeouts Impact My Service?

brady2020-07-04T15:36:10-04:00June 5th, 2020|

I see T3 timeouts in my cable modem's log - does this impact my data speeds? The answer is yes, the T3 timeouts could be an indicator that your data speeds and overall service performance is degraded and there is something you may even be able to do about it. To fully understand T3 timeouts and why this is something you may be able to change, read on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjieCgQ6Ji0 What are T3 Timeouts? First, let's start with a basic understanding of why you are seeing T3 timeouts and

14 05, 2020

Plant Balancing in Distributed Access Architecture- Part Two

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T10:45:06-04:00May 14th, 2020|

Plant Balancing in a Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) Part Two This is episode 59 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. John Downey is with me today. John is CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Recap from last week: Balancing the plant is not the same in a distributed access architecture network When you migrate to Remote PHY - you lose analog video channels and those important analog test signals

19 12, 2019

DOCSIS Evolution

Mia Colabrese2021-08-15T18:29:09-04:00December 19th, 2019|

Where we were and where we are going Hello Everyone. This is episode 54 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS. I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. John Downey is with me and also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Today we are going to discuss DOCSIS Evolution But first from watchers: This is in reference to another episode (52) where we were discussing another viewer’s (Jessie) issues with Hitron modems: Jason writes: Hey there! I watch the

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

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