Level Up Your PNM: New Ways to Score Performance

Description

Proactive network maintenance (PNM) is the gift that keeps on giving in this session, moderated by Larry Wolcott of Comcast, offering actionable guidance for leveling up your measurement techniques and capabilities. SCTE’s Ron Hranac provides a new technique for managing the cable modem transmit headroom resiliency, providing a modeling solution that considers the channel set, rather than just individual channel power. Mike O’Dell with Comcast dives into the challenges posed by improperly aligned amplifiers and presents solutions for evaluating network performance at the active device level. Rogers’ Ray Stevens with Rogers takes it up a notch with a comprehensive overview of their Overall DOCSIS Metric 3.0 which now includes a unique sloped key performance indicator (KPI) algorithm allowing for prioritization of areas based on the level of negative service impact.

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