docsis 3.1
DAA for Cable Access, separating myths from reality
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Tasked with answering the question of “Why is a Remote PHY Architecture is better than a Remote MAC/PHY architecture” it would be prudent to articulate first what advantages Remote PHY has to offer over other proprietary solutions and let the readers draw their own conclusion. Let’s first call out immediately that the only ratified specification […]
Remote Phy, The wonderful thing about standards
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“The wonderful thing about “standards” is that there are so many to choose from!
Designing CCAP for DOCSIS 3.1 and Beyond
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Written By Daniel Etman, Director Product Marketing CABU We often get asked what we mean by claiming that the Cisco cBR8 is designed from the ground up for DOCSIS 3.1 and beyond. In fact, there is a lot of confusion out there with regard to different hardware architectures in use by the various CCAP vendors. […]
Upskill U on Gigabit & the Great Migration
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Submitted by Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, the Editor of Upskill U at Light Reading While the number of gigabit broadband deployments are rapidly increasing, service providers continue to face growing challenges in identifying the right architectures to support advanced networks, how to migrate from legacy equipment and how to successfully strategize for future upgrades and deployments. […]
Cisco @ SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2016: Get Your Philly of Gigabit Broadband, Cloud Video, Virtual Video Distribution, And Mor …
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By Daniel Etman It’s that time of the year where pundits from the cable and broadband industry gather at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2016. This year we will be in the historic and largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. While many of us are looking forward Philly Cheesesteaks, we are also looking forward to […]
The race to gigabit internet is on, and cable operators can take a shortcut
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Nobody loves door-to-door salesmen. Unless, that is, they’re offering fiber. Then, they’re more popular than the ice cream truck. If you’re a cable operator, that’s a big problem. Your competitors—both telcos and new entrants like Google—make fiber sound better than chocolate. They’re rolling it out to the node, sometimes all the way to the home. […]
Innovation in the Cable Access Market – DOCSIS 3.1, Remote Phy and Beyond
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Written By Daniel Etman, Director, SP Segment, Infrastructure Group It is ANGA COM time again; I always look forward to this gathering of industry experts where we are able to show the latest innovations that Cisco has to offer to the European Cable market. The ANGA COM is scheduled to run three days from June […]
Cisco at ANGA 2016
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By Yves Padrines, VP, Global Service Provider EMEAR, Cisco Broadband meets content meets transformation through innovation at this year’s ANGA COM gathering, scheduled to run three days from June 7-9 in Cologne, Germany. ANGA COM is one of my favorites in the trade show cycle, because it’s such a focused marketplace for network operators, content […]
KRBO: Delivering One Gigabit per Second Connectivity with the Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router
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Guest Blog by Igor Dayen, Service Provider Product and Solutions Marketing KBRO, the largest cable television provider in Taiwan, has announced that it will use the Cisco cBR-8 Converged Broadband Router to deliver one gigabit per second high speed internet connections to its customer base. Already known for its innovations and forward-thinking network architectures, KBRO […]