Identify Downstream RF Impairments With This eBook
As a cable operator you have to do a lot of path monitoring to gauge the health of your plant. Most often the problems are in the upstream signals, but the downstream, while typically a [...]
WiFi Connections Gone Wild – Is Your Customer’s WiFi on Spring Break?
When Wi-Fi technology first started taking off, people were connecting one or two devices to their Wi-Fi network. Today it’s a WiFi party with most households having at least four connected devices and planning to [...]
Is Your Data Center Ready for the Internet of Things?
Can your networks handle anticipated increases in information flow related to Internet of Things (IoT) optimization? Subscriber to Service Provider: “So what you’re telling me Mr. Internet Provider is that I can run my lawn sprinkler [...]
The Hold Up with the Internet of Things
The term Internet of Things was first coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999, but actually, the Internet of Things goes back a lot further than merely 15 years. In fact, already in 1926, we saw [...]
Internet of Things: What’s the World Coming To?
Sitting with a group of people at halftime last weekend, I threw out the phrase The Internet of Things and asked them what they thought it was or would be. (Without looking it up on [...]
Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6: Conservation and Migration Strategies Webinar
The question for IPv6 is not “if” but “when” In late July the CEO of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the numbering authority that hands out Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, announced that it may [...]
SCTE’s Steve Harris on DOCSIS PNM Training
SCTE's Steve Harris on DOCSIS PNM Training DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) allows cable operators to leverage existing technology to troubleshoot and maintain their network more efficiently. Steve Harris, Senior Director of Advanced Network Technologies, [...]
Buddy Bertram on Ingress and Return Path Analysis
Buddy Bertram on Ingress and Return Path Analysis One of the big questions being asked by providers is how do I handle ingress encountered in the reverse path? To their exasperation, many are finding that [...]
Finding Common Impairments with DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance
Finding Common Impairments with DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance Proactive network maintenance (PNM) and DOCSIS pre-equalization are important tools to mitigate upstream impairments. When a CMTS has pre-equalization enabled, it can look at the quality of the [...]
Training and Employee Development for Cable Operators
Ask an Expert: Training and Employee Development Ever wonder where you can find the education for you and your staff to help improve various aspects of your cable operation? We turned to the cable curriculum [...]
Ask a Broadband Expert – DDoS Attacks
Mitigating DDoS Attacks with Ingress Filtering Help I’m Under Attack! Unfortunately that plea is becoming more and more common these days. Here’s why, and some ways that the ISP community can help. All networks receive [...]
Ask a Broadband Expert – DOCSIS Pre-Equalization
DOCSIS Pre-Equalization with Brady Volpe DOCSIS pre-equalization is a subject that every cable provider should know more about. With a simple line of code on the CMTS, you can achieve an immediate and significant improvement in [...]