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In this episode Brady Volpe of Nimble This and The Volpe Firm, and John Downey (of Cisco) elaborate on how to use PNM tools to identify house amps, Cable Modems with filter issues, etc. So houses can be identified with incompatible filters for intended UpStream spectrum deployments. Want to know what might be interesting and The post House amps, Cable Modems with filter issues appeared first on Volpe Firm.

In this episode Brady Volpe of Nimble This and The Volpe Firm, discusses PTP clocks with subject matter experts Jim Olsen from Microchip and Rob Jodrie from Syncworks. This discussion includes a very high level break down of PTP profiles and why you should care? The evolution of PTP, Boundary clocks, best practices and things The post PTP Clocks appeared first on Volpe Firm.

In this episode Brady Volpe of Nimble This and The Volpe Firm, and John Downey of Cisco discuss the best of SCTE EXPO 2021 The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. Tips, suggestions and recommendations. Another power hour of cable. The best of SCTE EXPO 2021: SCTE EXPO 2021 wrap up Exceptional show, watch The post SCTE EXPO 2021 Wrap-up appeared first on Volpe Firm.

In this episode Brady Volpe of Nimble This and The Volpe Firm, and John Downey of Cisco discuss interpreting Full Band Capture (FBC) and RxMER which is the MER of the subcarriers in the OFDM channel. Cable is a technology business and we seem to always come up with new terms and new things The post Interpreting Full Band Capture and RxMER appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Cisco vCMTS? Brady Volpe founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This, John Downey and Jason Miller Technical Marketing Engineer of Cisco discuss Cisco's virtual CMTS (vCMTS). The topic came up during ANGACOMs 2021 presentation. I didn't know Cisco even had a vCMTS, did you? Well, let's find out what they are doing and if they The post Cisco vCMTS appeared first on Volpe Firm.

In this episode Brady and John discuss what happens to an impaired DOCSIS Primary channel & ANGA COM highlights. When an impaired DOCSIS Primary channel occurs, do to one ore more impairment, how does it impact other DOCSIS channels? Primary being a type of "management" SC-QAM channel. Does it make a difference? We also The post DOCSIS Primary Channel Impaired Downstream Troubleshooting appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Dynamic Range Window (DRW) and OFDMA Upstream Troubleshooting. Tips, suggestions and recommendations. Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. More and more operators are introducing OFDMA into their networks and experiencing a learning curve with its introduction and Dynamic Range Window issues. Find out ways The post Dynamic Range Window OFDMA Troubleshooting appeared first on Volpe Firm.

The Road to DOCSIS 4.0. Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco and special guest Jeff Finkelstein Executive Director of Advanced Technology of COX Communications. How to go from sub-split, to targeted mid-split or high-split, then finally to ultra-high-split and 1.8 GHz. Ask any questions you The post The Road to DOCSIS 4.0 appeared first on Volpe Firm.

OFDMA Upstream Troubleshooting. Tips, suggestions and recommendations. Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. More and more operators are introducing OFDMA into their networks and experiencing a learning curve with its introduction. Find out ways to overcome these issues and ask any questions you may The post OFDMA Troubleshooting appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco, show real world examples of testing Coax, Taps and other passives.  The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. NanoVNA (Vector Network Analyzer) testing: General intro Test equipment RF basics Test One Diplex filter explained active equipment has a The post NanoVNA testing Taps, Coax, passives and more part two appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco, show real world examples of testing Coax, Taps and other passives.  The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. NanoVNA (Vector Network Analyzer) testing: General intro Test equipment Test for bad cable, passives and amps Test return loss, insertion The post NanoVNA testing Taps, Coax, passives and more part one appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco, explore 204 MHz in OFDMA deeper with a brief overview of the differences between OFDMA and OFDM.  Also with a discussion on LEO satellites Starlink by SpaceX and answer more questions from our listeners. The discussion is on The post OFDMA 204 MHz Upstream appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Follow part 3 of this series on cloud native virtualization of DOCSIS and broadband networks? Brady Volpe and Asaf Matatyaou, Vice President, Solutions and Product Management, Cable Edge Business at Harmonic, explore this topic as it is becoming a big focus in the way we deploy and manage our networks through cloud native virtualization. The post Virtualization a Deeper Dive Special Series Part Three appeared first on Volpe Firm.

This is episode 68 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Listen in on the conversation with Brady Volpe as he explores what is system powering. How system power is impacted in the age of Remote-PHY (DAA) and more. The post Plant Powering appeared first on Volpe Firm.

This is episode 67 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Join in the conversation with Brady Volpe as he explores the many ways cable operators can benefit from PNM and services. With John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at The post SCTE EXPO Highlights – What Rocked appeared first on Volpe Firm.

This is episode 66 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. Join in the conversation with Brady Volpe as he explores the many ways cable operators can benefit from PNM and services. With John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at The post PNM services and benefits to Cable Operators appeared first on Volpe Firm.

This is episode 65 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. With us today is John Downey,  CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, welcome back John. With special guests Bob Simmers - Sr. Marketing Manager, CATV & Broadband Access Products Qorvo and The post Gain Distortion and Hybrids appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Hi everyone, we are going to give an update on rocking Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) and full band capture (FBC).  New and exciting features in PNM that every cable operator needs. This is episode 64 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm The post Rocking PNM appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Follow part 2 of this series on cloud native virtualization of DOCSIS and broadband networks? Brady Volpe and Asaf Matatyaou, Vice President, Solutions and Product Management, Cable Edge Business at Harmonic, explore this topic as it is becoming a big focus in the way we deploy and manage our networks through cloud native virtualization. The post Virtualization a Deeper Dive Special Series Part Two appeared first on Volpe Firm.

Hi everyone, we are going to give an update on network demand -- Specifically, how broadband DOCSIS networks need to adapt to changing societal needs due to COVID-19 This is episode 63 of Get Your Tech On, our show on All Things DOCSIS.  I'm Brady Volpe, Founder of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This. The post Networks need to evolve to support demand appeared first on Volpe Firm.