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The Cable Center | Denver, CO | Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Overview
Cable Next-Gen IP Strategies: Entering the Zettabyte Era is a one-day conference that will take a comprehensive look at the cable industry's efforts to extend and expand beyond Docsis 3.0 wideband technology. The live event will explore cable's continued deployment of D3's downstream and upstream speeds and capabilities, as well as the industry's development of such next-gen access architectures and technologies as Docsis 3.1, the Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP), EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) and Docsis Provisioning of EPON (DPoE). The conference will also examine cable's latest wireless broadband initiatives, including its ambitious Wi-Fi forays and the partnership between Verizon Wireless and four leading MSOs.
With cable operators seeking to stay ahead of the Google Fiber hype and their prime telco, satellite TV, and other broadband rivals, MSOs are already rolling out such wideband products and services as 100Mbit/s-plus data tiers, faster upstream speeds, IP and multi-screen video services, Wi-Fi, home security and home automation. Cable providers and equipment suppliers are also deploying all-fiber links or extending fiber deeper in their networks, with much more activity expected throughout 2013.
Light Reading and its market research division, Heavy Reading, will once again co-host this live event at The Cable Center in downtown Denver. Drawing on the latest research conducted by Heavy Reading about the state of the broadband market and cable's latest high-speed technologies, the conference sessions will focus on cable companies' plant and network upgrade efforts, technology adoption plans, product testing and commercial deployment strategies, lab and field trials, technical and operational challenges, and service pricing and marketing strategies for the latest versions of Docsis, mobile broadband, IP video, CCAP, IPv6, EPON, EPoC and fiber-related rollouts.
The event will also cover the equipment development, technology standards efforts, and product approval and rollout strategies of the industry's leading tech suppliers, CableLabs, and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). In particular, the conference will look at cable's accelerating push to develop and adapt such wide-ranging broadband technologies as Docsis 3.0 and 3.1, upstream channel-bonding, IP and multi-screen video, IPv6, Wi-Fi, EPON, EPoC and DPoE. Light Reading editors and Heavy Reading analysts will work with standards groups, tech manufacturers, cable providers, analysts, consultants and other industry experts to put together the industry's most extensive event yet on next-gen broadband.
Key Themes
The format of Cable Next-Gen IP Strategies will consist of detailed introductions to the main themes by Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Alan Breznick, Light Reading Cable Site Editor Jeff Baumgartner, as well as keynote presentations from the industry executives who are actually deploying and developing Docsis 3.0 and 3.1, Wi-Fi, CCAP, EPON, IPv6, EPoC and DPoE. The format will also include a series of panel discussions involving key equipment vendors, cable operators and trade group officials actively engaged in the wideband, mobile broadband and next-gen access architecture development processes.
Among the key questions we will seek to answer:
- How much progress have cable operators, programmers and vendors made with IPv6 upgrades?
- What are the best ways for MSOs to switch to the new IPv6 protocol?
- What major lessons have cable operators learned from their deployments of D3?
- What new services are MSOs introducing or planning to introduce with D3?
- How are cable operators starting to introduce upstream channel-bonding, and what lessons have been learned so far?
- How will cable providers use D3 to deliver IP video and "TV Everywhere" services?
- What will be the role of "headed" and "headless" cable multimedia gateways in delivering IP video and other cable services?
- What's the status of the proposed Docsis 3.1 specifications? What new elements might the next generation of Docsis specs add?
- What will it take to incorporate these new elements?
- How far have cable operators and vendors gotten with CCAP trials and deployments?
- What must cable operators do to upgrade their networks for CCAP?
- Which technical specs are still in the works for CCAP?
- Where does the proposed EPoC standard stand at the IEEE?
- How does EPoC stack up against the proposed Docsis 3.1 spec?
- How do MSOs intend to use the new DPoE standard for EPON deployments?
- Where and how are cable operators deploying Wi-Fi services?
- How is the partnership between Verizon Wireless and the four major MSOs working out?
The regular price of this event is $500. However, if you are employed by a cable network/programmer, cable/MSO, or service provider, or are a network professional at a large enterprise, educational establishment, utility or government agency, you may qualify for free admission, provided you confirm your attendance by Friday, March 15, 2013.
To register for this event, please click here:
Register for Cable Next-Gen IP Strategies: Entering the Zettabyte Era
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Speakers
John Civiletto,
Vice President, Strategic Architecture,
Cox Communications
Bob Hunt,
President & Strategic Advisor,
BroadbandBuzz
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