19 03, 2014

The Future of Test Equipment

2014-03-19T11:54:39-04:00March 19th, 2014|

The Future of Test Equipment and the Role of Proactive Network Maintenance At a recent convention, I had the opportunity to listen to Daniel Howard, CTO of the SCTE, speak about how Comcast is using, Rohde & Schwarz in conjunction with their PNM (Proactive Network Maintenance) Scout Flux system.  This highlights that although PNM is the future of troubleshooting cable plant problems proactively, high-end test equipment will still be needed.  One common thread across the industry that I like to re-iterate is that the cable plant does not

4 11, 2013

First-Gen DOCSIS 3.1 Test Solution – SCTE EXPO 2013 – Fresh Tech

2023-12-13T11:03:56-05:00November 4th, 2013|

Rohde & Schwarz Demonstrated a First-Gen DOCSIS 3.1 Test Solution Fresh Tech - SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO 2013 Rohde and Schwarz had a popular demo at this years SCTE EXPO and not only was it popular it was innovative since it was the only DOCSIS 3.1 demo on the show floor.  Using off-the-shelf equipment R&S demonstrated a first-gen DOCSIS 3.1 test solution.  This is a precursor to their eventual delivery of real-time equipment.  The demonstration consisted of a signal generator (AFQ100B + SMBV) and signal analyzers (FSW wide-band vector

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