Finishing the P2P Coherent Optics Puzzle
This past June, CableLabs publicly released the first issued version of the Coherent Termination Device (CTD) Requirements Specification. The same month, the Institute of...
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Everything You Want to Know About Coherent Optics for Access Networks (But Were Afraid to Ask)
The cable industry has been well served by its extensive fiber deployment that took place during the initial hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) buildout. Even though...
Cable Network Reliability: ProOps Platform for PNM and More!
Cable network reliability has many important dimensions, but operators are all too familiar with the significant cost of maintenance and repair, and some with...
OFC: A Third of a Mile of Next-Gen Optics
0.0000026 seconds. For the more technically inclined, that’s 2.6 microseconds. Which is how long it would take light to travel a third of a...
Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM): Cable Modem Validation Application(s)
Sometimes, two apps are better than one. We now have two versions of the Cable Modem Validation Application (CMVA) available for download and use:...
Forward Error Correction (FEC): A Primer on the Essential Element for Optical Transmission Interoperability
Forward error correction (FEC) has been a powerful tool in the cable industry for many years. In fact, perhaps the single biggest performance improvement...
The P2P Coherent Optics Specification of the Future, Available Today
Today, CableLabs is announcing another addition to our family of Point-to-Point Coherent Optics specifications: The Physical Layer 2.0 (PHYv2.0) specification. This new specification defines...
Preparations for Full Duplex DOCSIS® Technology are Marching Along
Built on the successful completion of CableLabs’ DOCSIS 3.1 specification, Full Duplex (FDX) DOCSIS® technology (now a part of DOCSIS 4.0 technology) is a key component...
Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM): Are You InGeNeOS?
I love a good acronym! InGeNeOS™ is an acronym built from Intelligent General Next Operations Systems. It’s the name of a CableLabs working group...
Proactive Network Maintenance: Where Is Common Data Collection Going Next?
Welcome to 2019, and the future of Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM)! As CableLabs’ PNM solutions mature, we look toward developing a framework for PNM...
The Profile Management Application: Optimizing DOCSIS® 3.1 Networks
Cable operators are broadly deploying DOCSIS 3.1 technology around the world. Operators in North America and Europe have announced gigabit service offerings that use...
First Light for CableLabs® Point-to-Point Coherent Optics Specifications
On June 29th, CableLabs publicly unveiled for the first time two new specifications: P2P Coherent Optics Architecture Specification P2P Coherent Optics Physical Layer v1.0...