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Future Proofing Cable’s Optical Access Network: “A Coherent Story”
February 6, 2017
The demand for data network capacity has been growing exponentially year after year with no sign of stopping. If the past is a guide to the future, the cable industry must come up with radically more efficient use of the existing cable infrastructure in order to meet demand. Today, the most constrained part of the network, and the […]
The Analog Monkey on Our Backs: Wrong-Thinking about Data over Cable
March 10, 2016
We inherit a lot of things from the past – not all of them good. When the telephone was invented by Elisha Grey, it evolved from wired telegraph lines. This was a natural evolution since the telegraph lines already existed and were proven, whereas radio technology was still in its infancy. When television was first […]
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 […]