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Improving QoE and QoS with TR-069: Active Monitoring Part 2
By Incognito on October 18, 2016

Quality of Service (QoS) normally defines performance monitoring at the lower layers of the network, such as the physical network layer or even the transport layer of the OSI reference...

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Beyond TR-069: How Active Monitoring Improves QoE for End Users
By Incognito on October 11, 2016

Why TR-069 is Only the Beginning You probably have already heard ofTR-069— the Broadband Forum specification used for remote monitoring and management of CPEs with an auto configuration...

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A Thought Exercise on Subscriber Portals
By Incognito on August 23, 2016

Set-and-forget is an important trait to have in device management and configuration. Having to constantly log in to tweak settings will lead to frustration and possibly another support...

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Quality of Service: An Olympic Effort for Service Providers
By Incognito on August 16, 2016

Suddenly, the race begins — and the young favorite breaks ahead! It’s close though, and will come down to the final seconds… but without warning, your feed starts buffering. It’s not...

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WiFi Assurance with TR-069 – Part 3: Single AP to Large AP Deployments
By Incognito on August 9, 2016

This issue can be viewed as optimizing three variables (transmit power, channel, and frequency band) across N access points, which is a fairly straightforward optimization algorithm.

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Wi-Fi Assurance with TR-069 – Part 2: Optimizing a Single Access Point
By Incognito on August 2, 2016

Insights into the surrounding Wi-Fi landscape alone provide ample data to provision the access point (AP) to operate in a part of the spectrum with the least amount of interference. A...

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Wi-Fi QoE Assurance with TR-069 — Part 1: The Toolbox
By Incognito on July 26, 2016

Signal blockage or poor range within the customer premises Device outages or devices that have trouble joining the network Interference from neighbouring access points and external...

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What Can You Do to Prevent Bad Wi-Fi Service?
By Incognito on July 19, 2016

Considering the ubiquitous state of Wi-Fi service in major markets across world, the frequency at which Wi-Fi issues still occur is alarming to both subscribers and operators alike. For the...

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Three Ways Firmware Updates are Costing Your Business
By Incognito on June 21, 2016

Consider the resources and costs associated with network-wide DOCSIS firmware updates.

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Want to Fast-Track Your DOCSIS Firmware Updates?
By Incognito on June 14, 2016

Common problems with firmware management include:

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How to Optimize Public Wi-Fi Deployments
By Incognito on May 31, 2016

It’s evident that providing Wi-Fi connections in public settings is a vital piece in the complicated connected puzzle known as subscriber quality of experience (QoE), but are service...

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Decreasing New Services Time-to-Market with SDN and NFV
By Incognito on April 19, 2016

Service introduction velocity for operators has been an ongoing subject for many years. The ability to introduce any new service is the ability to define new products and generate new...

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Insights on The Mobile-only Household
By Incognito on March 1, 2016

Alongside improved WiFi connectivity is mobile growth. Not just the users getting new phones but also the usage habits. People are spending more time using data on their mobile devices....

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The Changing Landscapes of WiFi QoE
By Incognito on February 16, 2016

These trends come as great news to many cable operators who are constantly searching for ways to give new life to stagnant revenue models. But increasing revenue from WiFi is not as simple...

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Don't Manage the Devices, Manage the Users
By Incognito on January 26, 2016

The home network management paradigm has always been centered around the MAC or IP address. These unique identifiers are quite foolproof and are still reasonable identifiers to use for...

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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
By Incognito on April 28, 2015

As luck would have it, there is a solution.

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Five Easy Ways to Improve the Customer Experience
By Incognito on April 21, 2015

1. Smarter network and subscriber data It all starts with better data. By implementing a solution that collects, analyzes, and normalizes key data elements within your service network,...

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Improve Customer Satisfaction with Seamless CPE Evergreening
By Incognito on December 9, 2014

Keeping CPE evergreen is no easy task. With hundreds of different CPEs amongst thousands of subscribers, it’s challenging for operators to satisfy their customers’ expectations for...

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What can DPoE Offer Cable?
By Incognito on June 24, 2014

EPON access technology is the latest development in network access solutions, revolutionizing interconnectivity by leveraging fiber optic cable to transmit data at lightning-fast speeds....

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Customer Service as a Strategic Business Growth Strategy
By Incognito on May 27, 2014

What interested me was Mr. Kent’s focus on making customer service a strategic business growth strategy. This isn’t your typical “plain vanilla” service of “make customers happy so you...

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