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Network Comprehension: Teaching AI to Monitor Your Network Traffic

July 17, 2025

In November 2024, CableLabs released NetLLM: Your Handy Automated Network Assistant. NetLLM is a set of tools that collects metrics from the network and passes them as text to an out-of-the-box Large Language Model (LLM) trained on natural language for analysis.  This approach works well and has the added benefit of allowing people to communicate […]

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The Sticky Wi-Fi Challenge: Aligning Minds for Seamless Solutions

July 2, 2025

“Have you ever had to…” This phrase sometimes precedes a story about a challenging or difficult experience. For internet users around the world, maybe this rings a bell: Have you ever had to turn off the Wi-Fi on your phone to prevent calls from dropping when leaving home? It’s likely that many people reading here […]

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Speed, Scale and Seamless Integration: Key Industry Firsts at DOCSIS 4.0 Interop

June 24, 2025

The broadband industry is experiencing a transformative moment — one defined by unprecedented collaboration, groundbreaking technology and milestone achievements that set the tone for the future of connectivity. Today, we’re excited to highlight a convergence of firsts that represent significant strides in driving scalable, interoperable and high-performance broadband networks. These advances were on full display at the […]

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From If to When: What’s Next for Coherent PON?

June 18, 2025

There are a lot of reasons to attend an industry conference. To name just a few, events like SCTE TechExpo or the recent CableLabs Winter Conference provide opportunities to: Learn about the latest technology research. Discover emerging products. Network with colleagues.  Identify technology trends. The last of these was very much evident at this year’s […]

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Wi-Fi Spectrum: 6 GHz Use Is Surging and Headed Toward Exhaustion

May 20, 2025

As U.S. and global policy makers debate the future of spectrum policy, CableLabs is releasing initial results of our Wi-Fi network use analysis, which further confirms the critical need to keep the current unlicensed spectrum resources and add more soon. In short, the 6 GHz band — the key frequency band for Wi-Fi, alongside the […]

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Driving Alignment: New Progress Toward XGS-PON Equipment Interoperability

May 16, 2025

With more and more CableLabs member operators deploying or preparing to deploy ITU-T-based passive optical networking (PON) technologies such as XGS-PON, interoperability of equipment from different vendors is more important than ever. One well-known source for the lack of cross-vendor interoperability of XGS-PON equipment stems from differing implementations of the ONU Management Control Interface (OMCI) […]

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Preparing the Industry for the Next Era of Broadband Innovation

May 6, 2025

The broadband industry is only as strong as the people who power it.  At CableLabs, we believe that innovation isn’t driven by technology alone — it’s driven by the people behind it. That’s why we’re focused on strengthening the industry through three key areas: collaboration, connection and preparation. By creating environments where people can exchange […]

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CableLabs and Industry Leaders Unite to Advance Open AFC Solution

May 1, 2025

CableLabs is proud to partner with Broadcom, Cisco, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and the Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) to offer an open-source version of the Open Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) solution. This platform enables unlicensed devices to operate as Standard Power (SP) devices within the recently opened 6GHz band. SP devices have a higher power […]

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CableLabs Certifies First DOCSIS 3.1+ Device with Four OFDM Channels

April 25, 2025

CableLabs is pleased to announce the certification of the industry’s first DOCSIS 3.1 Plus (DOCSIS 3.1+) device supporting four orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) channels. The certified device, developed by Vantiva, represents a key milestone in advancing broadband performance and capacity for cable operators worldwide. The DOCSIS 3.1 specifications require support for at least two OFDM […]

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CableLabs’ Connectivity as a Service: Simpler, Smarter and Always On

April 22, 2025

For most consumers, staying connected to the services they rely on every day likely requires subscriptions to two separate services: a broadband service at home and another for their mobile phone when they’re away from home. What if network operators could provide a single connectivity service that ensures their subscribers’ applications and devices would work […]

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