remote phy

We are releasing a new product for our Cisco Infinite Broadband solution set, the GS7000 iNode, a No-Touch SmartNode.  Based on the industry-leading GS7000 Optical Node, the new SmartNode delivers an innovative approach that enables unprecedented operational savings for multiple service operators (M…

At ANGAcom in May 2017, we showed the first worldwide demonstration of Full Duplex DOCSIS3.1 (FDX DOCSIS). FDX DOCSIS is a truly significant innovation to DOCSIS. A critical mid-life upgrade for the HFC network, FDX DOCSIS will help to position the industry at the forefront of innovation, providing…

As cable operators continue to look at facing the ever-increasing onslaught of data demand from subscribers, we must ask ourselves, “Is there a better way to do things?” We all have heard the unofficial definition of “insanity” as “doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result,…

An Analysis of Remote PHY vs Analogue Deep Fiber Total Cost of Ownership In a recently published white paper, The TCO Advantage of Remote PHY, we compare the CAPEX and OPEX of a Remote PHY deployment with an Integrated CCAP/HFC deployment. A next-generation Distributed Access Architecture (DAA), Rem…

Remote PHY, the industry’s best bet technology for boosting performance, increasing capacity, reducing costs, and simplifying network operations, is the subject of a must-see seminar at this year’s SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tec Expo. Featuring Cisco Fellow and Cable CTO John Chapman, who played a central role…

By John Chapman, Cisco Fellow, CTO, Cable Access, Cisco For the first time in the United States, we’ll be hosting our Full Duplex (FDX) DOCSIS proof of concept with Intel at the CableLabs Summer Conference this week. We unveiled the demo this past May at ANGA.COM FDX: Groundbreaking Technology So wh…

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…

In just a few weeks, we’ll be at the 2017 CableLabs Summer Conference in Keystone, Colorado to demonstrate DOCSIS FDX. The agenda for this year’s conference has some fantastic keynote speakers and sessions featuring the latest technical developments in the industry. To find out more, visit the Cable…

Cisco to Demonstrate Full Duplex DOCSIS 3.1 (“FDX”) By John Chapman, Cisco Fellow, CTO, Cable Access, Cisco It occurred to me recently that it was in 1997 that the first DOCSIS-based cable modems first entered the market in a meaningful way. Five years ago, in 2012, we celebrated the 15-year birthda…