cable access
Cisco adds Automation to its Infinite Broadband solution for Cable Access Networks
A couple weeks ago, we announced the availability of the RPHY Compact Shelf, complementing our Infinite Broadband solution launched in May 2017 at ANGA.COM. With the RPHY Compact Shelf extending support for Remote PHY to hub site deployments, the Infinite Broadband solution now includes everything y…
Cisco adds new capabilities to its Infinite Broadband solution for Cable Access Networks
It’s hard to believe we’ve been shipping the Cisco RPHY (Remote PHY), standards based, products for two months already! It all started at ANGA.COM with the launch of Infinite Broadband, which included the cBR8 RPHY capability and a GS7000 RPD (Remote PHY Device). Today we are pleased to announce tha…
Drive Down Cable Network Complexity and Operating Costs
Double Digit Spend with Single-Digit Growth Across North America, cable operators face the same challenge of driving down network complexity and operating costs. The math is simple, how can they continue to spend in the double digits to support bandwidth demands, while only recouping single digit re…
Finding a Way Out of the Analog HFC Maze
Technology Limitations: Today’s Cable Access Network Today, cable operators support a broad range of last-mile networks — fiber, PON, and Ethernet. They’d like to use their substantial network assets to introduce new offerings and expand their business models, however with the current cable network…
Cable industry leader joins our Cable Access BU
I am pleased to share some exciting news! Cable industry leader George Kajos is joining our Cable Access Business Unit and my leadership team as Senior Director of Software Engineering. George comes to Cisco with over 20 years of experience leading state of the art Video, Conferencing, and Networkin…
Remote PHY, Cablelabs Interoperability “plug-fest” December 2016
December 2016 will go into history as the month when the first “ Open RPD” Remote PHY interop was completed at Cablelabs®. The event, hosted by Cablelabs® took place in Denver the week of the 5th of December. Multiple vendors participated, many of them member of the Open-RPD forum. What was Open-RPD…
Fiber Deep Architectures and the Optical Node
Written by Tim Brophy, Product Manager Cable Access Business Unit In a recent blog, we discussed Fiber Deep (FD) architectures and their place in the end-to-end network. We emphasized there that the physical topology is geared toward balancing the number of subscribers per service group, and that th…
The benefits of Deep Fiber HFC
Written by Tim Brophy, Product Manager Cable Access Business Unit More and more these days, service providers in the access market are talking about the evolution of their plants to a Fiber Deep (FD) Architecture. While the trend toward driving fiber into the plant and reducing RF amplifier c…
Harnessing Disruption at INTX – Cisco Leads with Video and Cable Access
Whether it’s your first or tenth time at the INTX show, it is still an exciting and happening place. This year 9,000 attendees gathered at the INTX 2016 to learn about the best products and solutions which exhibitors brought to this glamorous event. There were quite a few social media communications…
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