CT's Pipeline articles from March 2007

CT's Pipeline archives from March 2007

Innovation in the Spotlight at CableLabs.
March 6, 2007... At this week's Winter Conference, CableLabs hosted what it is calling an Innovation Showcase to bring focus to some of the cutting-edge ideas represented at its semi-annual events. The showcase, held Monday morning, highlighted 10 venture...

Node Splits: How, When and Whether.(Brief article)
March 6, 2007... Splitting wood, splitting nodes. It's a rough analogy, but helps get across several points. First, both are established practices, and even popular, given cold temperatures or bandwidth constraints. Second, both cover a range of materials...

Broadband Soapbox: Node Splits?(Brief article)
March 6, 2007... This month's cover story in Communications Technology focuses on node splits. And there are indeed still some big nodes out there (segmentable or not) that could use a strike down the middle. But once you get below 1,000 homes passed, when...

SCTE Announcements.
March 6, 2007... Register for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2007 Register now for SCTE's flagship event, set for Tuesday through Friday, June 19-22, in Orlando. As an SCTE member, you already save big on Expo; register today and save an additional $100. Expo...

Pipeline Profile: Peter Percosan.(dialogue with Peter Percosan of Texas Instruments Residential Gateway )(Interview)
March 6, 2007... Title: Director, Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments Residential Gateway Broadband Background: Percosan has been strategy director for TI's Residential Gateway business unit since TI's acquisition of Libit Signal Processing in 1999. At...

Six Sigma Revisited: Statistics, Process and Scale.
March 13, 2007... Back in January we ran a story on Aaron Ripley, the director of quality and strategy at Cox Communications who was named Young Engineer of the Year at this year 's SCTE Conference on Emerging Technologies. Ripley was commended in part...

Shotgun or Rifle: What's in your Leakage Arsenal?(Brief article)
March 13, 2007... Each season has its jobs. And whether it's winterizing the house, cleaning out the garage or shed in the spring, packing up for summer vacation, or getting ready for the opening of hunting season in the fall, these tasks all have their own...

Broadband Soapbox: Cable IT and Engineering.
March 13, 2007... Is the line between engineering and IT less precise than it used to be? As today's lead story indicates, the two sides sometimes work in parallel. And of course, as Internet protocol continues its long march through the technical ranks, the...

SCTE Announcements.
March 13, 2007... Register for SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2007 Sign up now for SCTE's flagship event, set for Tuesday through Friday, June 19-22, in Orlando, FL. As an SCTE member, you already save big on Expo; register today and save an additional $100. Expo...

Pipeline Profile: Ben Bekele.
March 13, 2007... Title: Principal Architect, DOCSIS Technology, Cox Communications Broadband Background: Bekele is responsible for the evaluation and deployment of the latest DOCSIS technology within Cox Communications. He is currently architecting Cox's...

Scoops of Wireless: New Training Course.
March 27, 2007... Wireless is the flavor of the day. Credit this week's CTIA Wireless 2007 show for that designation. To make wireless a sustained and profitable flavor in the cable space, however, operators are going to need not only the right business...

Letters to the Editor: Leakage Eradication.
March 27, 2007... Here's a letter we received regarding last week's Soapbox on cumulative leakage index (CLI), which is the topic of this article in CT's March issue. The perpetual battle with leakage demands our ingenuity, focus, and both narrow-band and...

Broadband Soapbox: Wireless 101.
March 27, 2007... Wireless technologies generate lots of hype these days. But does cable understand this category as well as it should? It certainly figures into the reference architecture for PacketCable 2.0, and operators are deploying wireless plant...

SCTE Announcements.
March 27, 2007... Have You Registered for Expo Yet? SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2007 is the place to be for 400-plus state-of-the-art exhibits, 20-plus technical workshops, and a wide range of networking opportunities. Take advantage of early-bird savings....

Pipeline Profile: Robert Scheffler.(dialogue with Robert Scheffler)(Interview)
March 27, 2007... Title: Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, Motorola Global Technology Architecture and Solutions Team Broadband Background: Scheffler came to Motorola via its acquisition of Broadbus Technologies, where he had served as chief...