Advanced Phy, CCCMs, Home Nets on To-Do List.
Multichannel News, March, 2001 by BAUMGARTNER, JEFF
CableLabs updates the industry on its heavy docket. In addition to seeking third parties for Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification testing, Cable Television Laboratories Inc. has also "revitalized" its work on advanced phy and computer-controlled cable-modems (CCCMs), and is thrusting ahead on home networking standards.
An enhancement to the DOCSIS 1.1 spec, advanced phy is expected to dilate the extremely noisy and svelte return path on cable broadband networks by allowing more bits per hertz to flow upstream. It's been argued that such nascent applications as video conferencing and peer-to-peer applications will require a wider return path. Already, some cable operators have noted trends which indicate that cable-modem customers are...
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