Catch Brady and John live on the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo show floor discussing the latest technologies they saw during the show including DOCSIS 3.1, DOCSIS 4.0, FDX amplifiers and even a discussion about Pi modems - what is that? Watch to find out.
DOCSIS 4.0 is the next DOCSIS standard important topics, such as the optimal frequency split and extended spectrum. This is episode 62 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. Next is special guest Jan Ariesen, CTO of Technetix. Listen or watch Brady, Jan and John Downey discuss and debate the latest technologies in DOCSIS 4.0.
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
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
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
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
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
Happy Friday Everyone. Today is January 18 and this is episode 44 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, the Ant Man of Cable. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Today’s topic is a show discussing a full range of technology topics. But first... <In the News> Netflix thinks ‘Fortnite’ is a bigger competitor than other streaming services [marketwatch.com] Netflix Loses 8% of
Benefits and Limitations, Choose your R-PHY Wisely In this article we dive into Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) remote PHY (R-PHY) testing challenges and how these can be overcome using out-of-band (OOB) channel communications. Test and Measurement Challenges with R-PHY Let’s understand the fundamental challenges with testing in an R-PHY world. Today’s radio frequency (RF) test equipment, such as sweep, return path monitoring, and leakage is based on analog signals. Figure 1 illustrates how typical headend / hub test equipment signals traditionally flow to or from an analog
Happy Friday Everyone. Today is September 28th and this is episode 42 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, the Van Dam of Cable. John is also CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome John. Also with us is Tal Laufer who in her sleep orchestrates 1’s and 0’s into beautiful broadband magic, Tal is also Director, Product Manager Network Intelligence and Automation at ARRIS, welcome back Tal.
