Incognito Insights

Events

To echo my colleague Pat and his blog post, we did fall in the shadows of some jumbo booths. We had arrived earlier in the week to find a staging ground for some BIG booth builds and the...

Events

Home automation was a major theme this year and vendors, large and small, turned out to showcase products that support these services. Home automation is a natural fit for MSOs, given the...

Events

In the US capital, it’s difficult to avoid the topic of politics and its effects on the telecommunications industry. This was especially true during The Cable Show in light of recent news...

Events

This new focus was reflected in the many service-oriented sessions centered on broadband, video, and all forms of entertainment delivered to consumers via various modes of access...

DOCSIS

At the same time, subscribers using high-bandwidth applications or streaming hours of video may be experiencing lower quality of service as a result of network constraints during peak...

General

In software design, there is a field called user experience (UX) that’s dedicated to improving the overall experience a person has with a particular interactive system. At Incognito, we...

DOCSIS

So, how will this affect your provisioning software? It’s not quite obvious yet, but we’ll certainly see a number of new TLVs. However, don’t be alarmed – we have always worked closely with...

DDI

As the number of devices connected to the Internet increases, IPv4 addresses are becoming scarcer, and network administrators are spending more time than ever managing IP address space....

Device Management

Even so, TR-069 is still in its infancy in the cable world. Telcos have been using TR-069 for several years, but unfortunately, not all vendors have implemented the standard the same way....

Service Orchestration

1. Simple Service Management This should be fairly obvious but a robust solution needs to deliver a wide range of features related to service management. Fundamentally, the solution should...

DDI

By now, it’s likely that many of you have started looking atwhichIPv6 transition option is best for your business. Regardless of your decision, you can be sure that IPv6 will present a...

Events

Here they are, in no particular order.

Best Practices DDI

IPv4 is likely to co-exist with IPv6 for some time, so a native dual-stack migration strategy will be the best transition option for most providers. Dual-stack mode allows both IPv4 and...

Device Management

Here’s just some of the myths (and realities!) floating around about the worst bandwidth-hogging applications:

General DOCSIS

Theoretically, China’s unique CATV industry is organized in a four-layer hierarchical structure. First, there’s the nationwide network. Secondly, each of the country’s thirty-odd provinces...

DDI DOCSIS

OSPFv3 With its larger set of extensions and features, OSPFv3 is suited to the functional enhancements and topological flexibilities built into IPv6. The routing platform can quickly adjust...

Network Analytics DOCSIS

So, now we’d like to know –– if you’re a cable provider, do you think OTT is a challenge or opportunity for cable? We’re inviting people who work in the cable industry to participate in a...

Network Analytics

Every few years there’s a disruptive force in an industry that’s brought about by new technologies or innovative business models. As part of this, companies that were once unrelated to your...

DDI

The IPv6 address was designed to remove the threat of address exhaustion for the foreseeable future. Based on a 128-bit numbering scheme, the IPv6 protocol provides approximately 2^96 times...

General

However, the cable industry is growing, fueled by the analog to digital transition, consolidation of players, use of service bundles, and increased “triple-play” penetration. These issues...