Staying One Step Ahead of DOCSIS 3.

0 Impairments
Cable operators delivering
DOCSIS 3.0 broadband Internet
access must stay one step
ahead of impairments, a critical
hurdle in maintaining high cus-
tomer satisfaction.
To keep impairments from inter-
fering with the next-generation
broadband platform, engineers
must test and monitor network
capabilities proactively, aggressive-
ly identifying and tackling weak
spots. Especially vulnerable is the
return, a key issue for operators as
Internet traffic becomes more of a
two-way experience.
In fact, as far back as 2007,
VeEx Inc. was offering MSOs a
"pre-DOCSIS-3.0-launch tool" that
allowed technicians to test and
qualify nodes for the transmission
of QAM 64. This was especially
important for business-grade ser-
vices in which enterprises expect-
ed SLAs to be honored.
"You need a more 'Internet
savvy' tool for this different class
of service," said Cyrille Morelle,
CEO at VeEx. "These 'tools' are
now included in all our meters."
And according to a widely cir-
culated white paper from Trilithic,
"Cable MSOs are rapidly deploy-
ing 'wideband' technology (mar-
keting speak for DOCSIS 3.0) to
eliminate a perceived differentiat-
ing advantage of high-speed data
throughput offered by competitors.
Additionally, it is hoped that these
very high speed data services will
generate high margin service rev-
enue and increase ARPU (Average
Revenue Per User)."
It continued, "These services
will be especially attractive to busi-
nesses and game enthusiasts.
Because the services are rolling
out with a relatively high price
tag, customers will very likely
expect high quality and reliability.
This means that the service pro-
vider must be able to verify signal
quality, and troubleshoot quickly
when problems arise. Many phys-
ical tests can be performed on
DOCSIS 3.0 signals with existing
DOCSIS 2.0 meters, especially
if the signals are configured in
a way that enables DOCSIS 2.0
modem provisioning, but hav-
ing an embedded DOCSIS 3.0
modem ensures that the tech will
be ready for testing on any type of
DOCSIS 3.0 signal."
As such, technicians and field
personnel must stay ahead of
impairments before they erupt
into outages.
The five issues most common-
ly associated with DOCSIS 3.0
impairments are ingress, common
path distortion, linear distortion,
laser clipping, and upstream gain
and equalization.
Ingress - The biggest impair-
ment impacting the DOCSIS 3.0
return path is ingress, which
may result from a loose con-
nector, a cracked cable, an open
housing, do it yourself home
wiring or another impairment.
Ingress is a fact of life on all
cable networks but operators
can manage the level of ingress
impacting their networks. This
includes conducting a regular anal-
ysis of the network and determin-
ing what crucial ingress problems
must be fixed.
The DOCSIS 3.0 return path is
the most susceptible to ingress.
Given the increased channel load-
ing on the upstream and the limited
bandwidth dedicated to the return
path, ingress will have a much larg-
er impact on the upstream. In fact,
ingress more than likely will inter-
rupt upstream services delivered
to all customers served through a
single node, while ingress impact-
ing the downstream may impact
only a few subscribers.
"The biggest challenge is mak-
ing sure the proper number of
channels are bonded: two, four,
six or eight," said Rob Flask, senior
product line manager at JDSU.
"And make sure you don't overlook
1.1 and 2.0 legacy carriers."
He added, "Bonding can actually
mask issues, so make sure all car-
riers are performing as expected."
Cable operators need tools
that allow them to detect ingress
issues early. Automated monitor-
ing or regularly scheduled manual
assessments are necessary to
isolate and to repair impairments
before they become critical. And
that gear needs to be backward-
compatible.
Detecting and measur-
ing ingress can be challenging,
because ingress and impulse noise
are bursty in nature. Maximizing
the measurement time and cover-
ing the frequency range of interest
is a balancing act to identify the
best analyzer settings for detect-
ing ingress. Empirical testing is
necessary to find the best settings
for your analyzer. A general rule is
that scanning a frequency more
often -- making more measure-
ments over a longer period of time
while using peak hold mode -- will
yield the best results
Common path distortion (CPD)
Another impairment dra-
matically affecting the DOCSIS
3.0 return path is CPD. Best
described as upstream signals
mixing with downstream sig-
nals, this impairment can lead
to data loss and significantly
degrade data rates. Corroded
connections, faulty diplexers
and improper level settings can
cause CPD.
CPD often is difficult to assess,
but available test-and-measure-
ment tools allow cable operators
to identify potential CPD trouble
spots. Engineers sweep network
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DOCSIS 3.0 Testing ..... page S1
Leakage Complaints ... page S3
New Products ............. page S5
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infrastructure to locate faults that

may create CPD distortions or
they diagnose it through spec-
trum analysis.
Linear distortions Much like
CPD, linear distortions are hard
to locate. These impairments
include micro-reflections, poor
frequency response and group
delay. Many older amplifiers,
for example, will exhibit group
delay which is additive through
the cascade -- near the high end
of their ranges.
These distortions create
havoc for both the upstream
and the downstream. Engineers
can identify these issues by
analyzing network spectrum or
sweeping the network. Not only
do these efforts locate linear
distortion, they help engineers
discover impairments before
they become outages.
Laser clipping Cable opera-
tors also monitor networks for
laser clipping, in which part of
a lasers signal is eliminated
or clipped. Laser clipping
impacts the upstream and may
cause intermittent or consis-
tently low data throughput.
Again, a spectrum analyzer
and/or a monitoring system help
identify laser clipping. By moni-
toring the entire return spec-
trum, typically out to 200 MHz,
engineers can identify this typi-
cally hard-to-find impairment.
Gain and equalization
Utilizing more upstream
spectrum bandwidth makes
upstream pad and equalizer
values more critical. Cable
operators must juggle trans-
mit levels between the cable
modem and the headend. High
transmit level can overcome
ingress, but too high creates
second- and third-order distor-
tions and CPD.
To address this, cable opera-
tors must monitor the network
to verify communications are
reliably getting through the
upstream. A sweep system
is the most effective method
to ensure that levels and fre-
quency response are optimized.
Small tweaks to levels alleviate
most of these issues. Because
upstream cable modem traf-
fic is multi-point sourced and
bursty in nature, it is difficult
to use the upstream signals to
align the network.
Jack Webb, product manager
at Sunrise Telecom, provided
the majority of the DOCSIS
3.0 testing information for this
article. Contact him at jwebb@
sunrisetelecom.com.
Signal Leakage And Consumer Complaints
Heres what the Federal
Communications Commission
says about cable signal leak-
age: Cable television systems
use radio frequency (RF) signals
transmitted over cables to pro-
vide television and data services
to customers. Normally, these
RF signals do not cause interfer-
ence when cable systems com-
ply with Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) rules for lim-
iting interference. Occasionally,
however, cable television system
signals can leak. Cable signal
leaks occur when the RF signals
transmitted within a cable system
are not properly contained within
the cable plant. Cable signal leaks
can be caused by loose connec-
tors, cracked or unterminated
cables, and damaged plant.
That statement was made
two years ago. How much of a
problem is leakage today? There
are too many consumer blogs
on the Internet detailing signal-
leakage problems and poor cable
customer service to list, but has
technology managed to take care
of most potential problems?
According to the number of
consumer complaints lodged
with the FCC regarding cable TV,
there still appears to be too many
instances of service-related
issues, which include signal leak-
age.
In 3Q09 -- the last period for
which real complaint numbers
are available from the agency
-- there were 191 formal com-
plaints logged in July 2009, 213
in August and (coincidentally) 213
in September, for a total of 617.
However, in the fourth quarter of
calendar year 2008, there were
only 321 formal consumer com-
plaints regarding cable service.
Why did the number of com-
plaints nearly double nine months
later? What caused this spike?
BLAME DTV?
There are differences of opinion
regarding this. One leakage-gear
manufacturer told CT that last
years digital transition could have
been the culprit, citing the need
for a clean signal for good digi-
tal reception something that
wasnt much of a worry in an ana-
log world. But Ron Hranac, CTs
senior technology editor, doesnt
agree with this assessment.
The over-the-air transition to
digital TV had very little to do with
cable," he said. "Many cable sys-
tems have direct feeds between
local TV broadcast studios and
cable headends, which made the
digital transition a mostly non-
event.
Hranac continued, Another
major reason for additional com-
plaints after the transition had to
do with people who were living in
fringe TV-reception areas, where
analog-TV broadcast signals were
marginal to begin with. In many
of those locations, the new digital
signals couldnt be received at all.
Even within the Grade B contour
areas where TV transmissions
should be strong, its difficult or
impossible for some existing
setups (rabbit ears, antennas in
attics, TVs in apartment buildings,
etc.) to reliably receive digital sig-
nals.
He does agree that, in years
past, many cable operators didnt
make serious attempts to comply
with FCC leakage rules. However,
as two-way operation and cable-
modem service (and telephony
over cable) became more preva-
lent, managing leakage and
ingress became a high priority.
While there are always excep-
tions, I think youll find that today
most cable operators are doing
a much better job keeping their
plants tight from a leakage per-
spective. The latter reduces
ingress, which helps keep the
plantespecially the upstream
more conducive to the carriage of
digital signals, he told CT.

Debra Baker
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Troubleshoot digital services faster!
The market-leading DSAM is the first field meter that tests the bonded performance
of full 8x4 DOCSIS 3.0 carriers in one measurement. Add in the DSAM DQI one-button
feature proven to find intermittent digital problems that are missed by MER/BER and
youre immediately reducing truck rolls. Youll earn even more efficiency with
enhanced RPM3000 cards with LivePacketTechnology for the PathTrak Return Path
Monitoring System. It demodulates live, in-service upstream packets to find problems
inside and underneath bursty DOCSIS carriers that traditional spectrum analyzers
just cant see.
Make sure your technicians can get the job done right the first time, every time with
the industrys most trusted, accurate, and reliable HFC test solutions available.
To learn whats new and download a free application note on DOCSIS 3.0 readiness,
visit www.jdsu.com/DOCSIS
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Meter
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Handheld field
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PathTrak RPM3000
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Sunrise Telecom (www.sunrisetelecom.com)
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using a gated signal. Other benefits include detecting RF signal impairments before they turn into customer complaints; integrating
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you to find the problem.
Now that you can find in-channel noise and
ingress, you can fix it. Troubleshooting the
return path in a bonded channel environment
couldnt be easier.
From DOCSIS 3.0 to TraffiControl

, Trilithic
continues to provide the most comprehensive
test and measurement applications and no other
meter gives you this range of capabilities or
lower lifetime costs.
Traffic Trace Return Channel
Adjacent
Peak Noise
Live Noise