Maximizing Upstream Spectral Efficiency: Bonding Groups That Make Sense
- Maximizing the upstream received power spectral density by creating upstream bonding groups
- Understanding how to correlate to the offered upstream service tiers and assign cable modem to an upstream bonding group that correlates to the customer’s provisioned service tier
- Analyzing the simulation and experimental results
Belal Hamzeh
Vice President | Technology & System Engineering
Comcast
The Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) Comeback: OFDM and OFDMA Brings New, Laser-Guided Precision to Plant Fault Distancing
- Deep dive analysis of actual plants: examining which conditions cannot evade high-resolution proactive network maintenance (PNM)
- Reviewing the entire process of collecting, decoding, and analyzing PNM data
- Developing a simplified approach to OFDM phase correction routine
- Lessons learned: tips and tricks emerging PNM technology
Larry Wolcott
Comcast Fellow
Comcast
Qualifying Network Performance and Impairment Priority in Modern DOCSIS® Networks
- Determining when an RF impairment in the network impacts the subscriber base
- Using new technique for evaluating impairments to re-rationalize the network performance and so mobilize the workforce
- Exploring new ways of describing the performance of the network using a single figure of merit
- Diagnosing the operational health of the network to prioritize labor based on the level of impairment impacting the network at the service level
Mike O'Dell
Distinguished Engineer
Comcast
