Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers

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Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers

• ITU Forum
• July 24 25, 2003

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The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers

• Formed in 1969
• 15,000 members, over 70 countries
• Offer
• Training
• Certification
• Shows and Conferences
• Standards

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Standards Program Overview

• ANSI-accredited program
• 128 members from ten countries
• 109 approved standards (97 approved as American
  National Standards by ANSI)
• Recognized by ITU as A.5/A.6 developer standards
  submitted to ITU, IEC
• Standards available for free in electronic form
  at www.scte.org/standards.

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Technical Subcommittees

• Cable Applications Platform (CAPS)
• Middleware systems
• Key standards Open Cable Applications Platform
  (OCAP) 1.0 profile
• Construction and Maintenance (CMS)
• Standards for inside and outside plant
• Key standards equipment environmental
  parameters, graphic symbols

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Technical Subcommittees

• Data Standards (DSS)
• Standards for data and telephony, real time
  systems
• Key standards DOCSIS cable modems, IPCablecom
  (internet telephony over cable)
• Digital Video Subcommittee (DVS)
• Standards for digital video, cable network
  interface to Consumer Electronics
• Key standards cable network definition, digital
  program insertion, point of deployment protocols

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Technical Subcommittees

• Emergency Alert Systems
• Center of expertise for EAS technology and
  implementation
• Key standards not applicable
• Hybrid Management Sub-layer Subcommittee (HMS)
• Standardizing network monitoring protocols for
  amplifiers, power supplies, etc.
• Key standards protocol standards and MIBs

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Technical Subcommittees

• Interface Practices Subcommittee (IPS)
• Standardization of cable network components and
  associated test procedures
• Key standards drop cable, F connectors, power
  supplies, amplifiers, splitters, etc.

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Current hot topics

• Applications for broadband video on demand,
  interactive television
• Narrowcasting advertising to targeted groups
• New compression technology
• Interactive systems

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Current issues

• Content protection
• Patents and patent pools