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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

9 09, 2015

BTR Tech Breakfast DOCSIS 3.1 Revisited

Mia Colabrese2015-09-09T11:30:00-04:00September 9th, 2015|

BTR Tech Breakfast Encore! DOCSIS 3.1 Revisited See Brady on the BTR panel Part of the SCTE Media Breakfast Program Date: Thursday, October 15 Time: 8:00-9:00 am Location: New Orleans Convention Center Room: 271-273 The new DOCSIS 3.1 spec will bring with it a host of advantages for the cable operator in both speed and bandwidth. However, DOCSIS 3.1 roll-outs will not be "plug and play" easy in all cases. This is a FREE event Join BTR and a panel of industry experts for the DOCSIS 3.1 command

22 07, 2015

DOCSIS – Change is Coming and it is Good

Mia Colabrese2021-11-24T09:43:56-05:00July 22nd, 2015|

DOCSIS - Change is Coming and it is Good Everyone is talking about it. Everyone in cable will be impacted by it. You may not realize it but DOCSIS 3.1 will change the cable industry — whether cable operator, vendor or consumer. Even if you don’t plan to upgrade to DOCSIS 3.1 you will be impacted. There are two fundamental technologies that DOCSIS 3.1 has me excited about. First, DOCSIS 3.1 enables gigabit speeds, which allows us to extend the life of coax cable without the expense of

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

13 04, 2015

DOCSIS Internet Security – internet security and recommended best practices Episode 11

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:01:26-04:00April 13th, 2015|

DOCSIS Internet Security Episode 11 Brady Volpe was joined by John Downey, Dan Hegglin and Brian Wilson discussing the challenges cable operators face with DOCSIS internet security and recommended best practices they can follow to secure their networks from DDoS, DoS, DNS, High Value Targets and many more. More about Dan Hegglin of Cisco and Brain Wilson of Alcatel-Lucent Brian has been in the IT Security & Cable industry for just at 20 years. He started his career in the US Army in the Signal Corps and has worked since with many

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

22 12, 2014

DOCSIS Load Balancing Continued Episode 8

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:20:34-04:00December 22nd, 2014|

DOCSIS Load Balancing Continued, DOCSIS 3.1 and other questions answered Episode 8 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey of Cisco. Brady and John cover what DOCSIS load balancing is all about, best practices for load balancing, and common challenges faced with DOCSIS load balancing. The guys also go over some Q&A from the audience and write-in questions from viewers. If you have questions about an episode or have a suggestion for a new topic write in on comments. We do

3 11, 2014

Load Balancing DOCSIS 3.1

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:27:23-04:00November 3rd, 2014|

Load Balancing, DOCSIS 3.1 and Power Calculations Episode 7 Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm and Nimble This with guest John Downey of Cisco. Discussion Highlights included DOCSIS 3.1, Load Balancing, Proactive Network Maintenance - PNM and Power Calculations. 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 you have enjoyed this episode, please do hit the subscribe button so that

2 09, 2014

Hot Technology Topics SCTE EXPO 2014

Mia Colabrese2024-03-11T15:14:36-04:00September 2nd, 2014|

Recap Overview of Trending Technology Topics SCTE EXPO 2014 Fri, September 26, 2:00 PM Can't make it to SCTE EXPO this year? Or you were just to busy to make all the rounds. Find out what you may have missed. John and Brady will discuss the latest and greatest from SCTE EXPO 2014. From new products to new technology.

31 07, 2014

DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Channel Bonding

Mia Colabrese2021-08-13T16:08:00-04:00July 31st, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Bonding have many advantages Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm with guest John Downey of Cisco. DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Bonding have many Advantages. For example: DOCSIS Upstream and Downstream Pro's and Con's: DOCSIS Cable Modem service flows Partial service DOCSIS Downstream resilience Why Downstream goes bad - ingress, headend issues, household issues, off air ingress More frequencies / spectrum means more space for issues How Cable Modems chooses it's primary channel T3 timeouts Pre-equalization benefits Diplex filter uses Dynamic