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22 07, 2013

DOCSIS Channel Emulator – Impairments Made Easy

Mia Colabrese2013-07-22T09:00:55-04:00July 22nd, 2013|

DOCSIS Channel Emulator - Impairments Made Easy by Averna While at ANGACOM this year I came across Averna's DOCSIS Channel Emulator (DCE). It's an interesting product that can be put to good use in an MSO lab, vendor lab or anyone needing to create real-world impairments that impact DOCSIS. Intrigued by the product, I followed up with Averna and got a hands-on demonstration at Averna's Atlanta office. Averna's DOCSIS Channel Emulator - What's Good... So first, if you are doing DOCSIS testing, it is likely that you have

2 07, 2013

DOCSIS & Testing Best Practices in an All Digital Network

Mia Colabrese2021-11-24T10:51:51-05:00July 2nd, 2013|

DOCSIS & Testing Best Practices in an All Digital Network ANGACOM - 2013 Missed ANGACOM 2013? Don't worry, you can still see the presentation on DOCSIS & Testing Best Practices in an All Digital Network along with the speaker notes for each slide. This was only a 15 minute presentation, so time was limited on the depth of material that could be covered in the time given. Slide 2 – Overview What do I mean by all digital networks and why is the cable industry moving in this

10 08, 2012

Brady Volpe – Panelist for CED Webinar

Mia Colabrese2020-04-02T09:58:15-04:00August 10th, 2012|

Upstream Challenge * Register Here Wednesday, August 15, 2012 • 11:00 a.m. ET; 8:00 a.m. PT • Duration: 1 Hour The CED is presenting an Educational Webinar on the ever increasing traffic on the upstream. Brady Volpe, as an impartial industry expert, will be discussing the impact of advanced DOCSIS and testing of next generation test equipment in the upstream. He will be sharing his view of the challenges the industry will be facing and the direction of next generation test equipment. "The biggest strain on cable bandwidth is

17 07, 2012

Tech Review | DEVISER S7000 TV Analyzer

Mia Colabrese2012-07-17T08:51:17-04:00July 17th, 2012|

Deviser's S7000 TV Analyzer - Many features, small package! This year at ANGA Cable show I came across a new product by DEVISER called the S7000 TV Analyzer (DEVISER OEM's their spectrum analyzer to a US based test equipment manufacturer so they have been in the business for a while and they know what they are doing). The S7000 supports measuring ITU J.83 Annex A/B/C/D standard signals and provides Power level, MER, BER, and constellation measurements in a small package. Also, there is an EVS tool for measuring interference

20 06, 2012

Anga Cable 2012 – Tech Reviews

Mia Colabrese2020-08-06T11:32:53-04:00June 20th, 2012|

Anga Cable 2012 Full of Cool Tech If you missed this years Anga Cable 2012, fear not we attended and interviewed the new, innovative and coolest of the cool technology on the floor. In the coming weeks we will be covering a number of the top pics from the show including some sweet test equipment, hot cable modems, intelligent mapping applications, set tops you'll want in your home, and more. What is Anga Cable? If you are not familiar with Anga Cable, it is the European version of

11 09, 2011

DOCSIS 3.0 Speaking Engagements

Mia Colabrese2011-09-11T18:04:11-04:00September 11th, 2011|

See me present at IBBS's symposium during September 13-14, 2011 or Cable-Tec Expo during November 15-17, 2011 on DOCSIS 3.0 test equipment and troubleshooting.