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Five Steps to Achieving Certification

Developed in cooperation with cable operators and cable equipment manufacturers, this leading Certification program is crucial for ensuring interoperability, maintaining quality standards, instilling customer confidence, and promoting collaboration and innovation within the cable industry. It serves as a mark of excellence and facilitates the success of companies operating in the ecosystem. A device that is “CableLabs Certified” or “CableLabs Qualified” has passed a series of compliance tests and has demonstrated interoperable functionality with other CableLabs Certified devices.

  1. 01.

    Register

    Register for access to the Product Submission Tool (PST) and CableLabs documents

  2. 02.

    Plan

    Understand what you need to do to get your device certified

  3. 03.

    Submit

    Submit your application and devices to be tested

  4. 04.

    Testing

    Test your device to ensure that it is compliant with the specification

  5. 05.

    Board Approval

    Upon completion, your device results are sent to the Certification Board for approval

Already have a certified device? Obtain a DOCSIS PKI Certificate.

CableLabs Certification for DOCSIS 4.0 compliance is here!

To support the rollout of this new technology, CableLabs has incorporated several innovations into the certification testing process for DOCSIS 4.0 devices. Two of the key highlights include Success-Based Testing and 2-for-1 Test Results.

Success-Based Testing

As an introductory offer, devices submitted for DOCSIS 4.0 Certification will be tested using an iterative approach which permits devices to be updated as many times as necessary to achieve CableLabs Certification without additional fees. This allows device manufacturers to submit devices as early as possible without risk, rapidly address issues, and therefore demonstrate specification compliance and interoperability as soon as possible.

2-for-1 Test Results

Devices submitted for DOCSIS 4.0 Certification testing will be tested both for compliance to the DOCSIS 4.0 specifications as well as for interoperability with DOCSIS 3.1 networks in order to support some early deployments. Once submitted, initial device testing will focus on verifying operation on DOCSIS 3.1 systems. After that testing is completed successfully, devices will be listed on the CableLabs website as Verified for Interoperability for DOCSIS 3.1. Devices will then be tested against DOCSIS 4.0 systems to verify compliance with DOCSIS 4.0 specific requirements to become CableLabs Certified for DOCSIS 4.0 compliance, providing 2 test results in a single submission.

Accelerate certification through the Pre-Testing Program

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Resources and Documents

The following materials include information to prepare and submit for certification as well as links to the DOCSIS and PacketCable engineering documents. Your CableLabs account login is required to access certain documents.

Certification Fees