interoperability
Common Provisioning and Management of PON: A New Working Group Launches
March 21, 2024
Consistent with the strategy outlined in a recent blog, CableLabs has recently launched two new working groups related to fiber to the premises (FTTP). Information on one of the working groups — Optical Operations and Maintenance — can be found here. The subject is this blog is the provisioning and management of passive optical networking […]
Combined DOCSIS 4.0 Interop Event Stresses Network Interoperability and Virtualization
February 27, 2024
CableLabs and Kyrio hosted a combined DOCSIS® 4.0 technology and Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) Interop•Labs event February 12–15 at our headquarters in Louisville, Colorado. This was the first combined interop between CableLabs and its subsidiary, and the involved suppliers and operators made it a success. At this Interop•Labs event, the exercises included both DOCSIS 4.0 cable modems […]
Focus Shifts to Network Reliability in DOCSIS 4.0 Interop·Labs Event
November 28, 2023
CableLabs and Kyrio hosted a DOCSIS® 4.0 Interop·Labs event November 6–9 at our headquarters in Louisville, Colorado. It was a busy, week-long experience that highlighted multiple facets of DOCSIS 4.0 technology, and the many suppliers involved worked together to make it a success. The primary focus of the event was network reliability — in particular, […]
DOCSIS 4.0 Interop·Labs Event Draws Excellent Participation
August 1, 2023
For the first time since we published the DOCSIS® 4.0 specifications in 2020, the DOCSIS community recently came together for an Interop•Labs event. With Kyrio support, CableLabs hosted the interop July 17–21 at our headquarters in Louisville, Colorado. The event was a success on multiple fronts, and I was particularly excited by the strong turnout […]
Charged Up and Gaining Ground: Global PlugFest Moves Open RAN Ecosystem Closer to Commercial Deployment
January 30, 2023
Service providers constantly reconsider their network architectures in search of economies of scale and new business model opportunities, keeping a close eye on open network architectures. Taking advantage of the continuous decoupling of hardware and software, the mobile industry has been working on a software-defined open radio access network (RAN) initiative called Open RAN. What […]
A Jolt of Light: CableLabs Holds First 200G P2P Coherent Optics Interop
July 28, 2022
Anyone remember the jingle for Jolt® Cola? All the sugar and twice the caffeine! Perhaps the phrase dates me, but I still hear it in my head—although I now have new words to set to it: All the distance and twice the capacity! OK, maybe it doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. But […]
Interop·Labs for DOCSIS® 4.0 Technology
July 20, 2021
On behalf of CableLabs, Kyrio will be hosting upcoming DOCSIS 4.0 interoperability events! DOCSIS 4.0 technology is the next evolution of the HFC network, moving the industry towards the 10G vision and offering multigigabit symmetric services as well as low latencies over the network. As vendors work to create the development of DOCSIS 4.0 products, CableLabs and Kyrio are busy preparing for the next phase of technology development: conducting interoperability events. CableLabs has established a rigorous process for technology […]
Medical Grade Connectivity: How IoT Drives Digital Transformation in Healthcare
April 20, 2017
The connected world that is enabling the digital transformation of our lives and society is pervasive. So often, people view the radical transitions as dehumanizing – that technology moving us further from each other, making our relationships more distant and our interactions impersonal. However, this really doesn’t hold up to close scrutiny when we consider […]
Cable Connects with Healthcare
March 15, 2017
The connection between cable and healthcare may not be immediately obvious to the casual observer. However, upon further reflection, this connection becomes more evident. Cable companies have been expanding their commercial services to focus on the healthcare vertical.[1] Cable operators are able to deliver a cost-effective bundle of broadband, telephone, and television services that meet […]
DOCSIS 3.1 Technology: Spec to Product in One Year
December 22, 2015
Around this time last year, CableLabs kicked off the first DOCSIS® 3.1 interoperability event. Looking back, it is amazing how far we have come. Over the last year, CableLabs has held seven DOCSIS 3.1 interoperability events that provide manufacturers with the opportunity to work together on interoperability, development, and compliance. A total of 27 vendors […]