Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing

Broadband is entering a new phase defined by how networks perform at scale, support seamless experiences, and adapt as both demand and threats evolve. Over the past year, CableLabs has focused on technologies highlighted in its Technology Vision, a roadmap to prepare the industry for this next era of broadband innovation. In 2025, CableLabs made […]

For years, the broadband industry’s innovative energy focused on speed: faster downloads, higher throughput, more gigabits per second. But as online activity has been woven more deeply into the fabric of daily life, user expectations have shifted. Today’s success metrics place less emphasis on speed and more on quality, reliability and seamless experiences that adapt […]

As cable networks evolve to meet the demands of next-generation connectivity, a quiet transformation is unfolding within the fibers that carry our data. Distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) is emerging as a transformative technology that enables real-time environmental awareness, infrastructure monitoring and intelligent network optimization — all using the existing fiber infrastructure. This sensing revolution […]