From: Scott Morris (swm@emanon.com)
Date: Sat Oct 30 2004 - 01:29:09 GMT-3
Check out the RF fundamentals section, that will be good to get you going a
little on the connections and magic that happens in the RF world! Then the
DOCSIS 1.1 portion will educate you on the basics of the cable modem world.
Fun stuff. :)
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Phil
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:42 PM
To: swm@emanon.com
Cc: Debbie Westall; CCIELAB
Subject: Re: Cable Routers and DOCSIS
Well, I work for a Cable TV/Services provider but on the Corporate IS side
of the house. At least I used to, now myself and another engineer are kind
of moving towards the other side as they need more hands but we do not know
anything about the Cable World. Gotta learn fast...
Thanks again,
Phil
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:29:47 -0400, Scott Morris <swm@emanon.com> wrote:
> The whole ICCR course is essentially online. At least the previous
version.
> There is the RF Fundamentals portion, the DOCSIS 1.1 (which really
> includes 1.0 (remember INTRO!)), the uBR7200's, and the uBR10K's.
> That was the previous version of the ICCR Course.
>
> The current (3.0) version includes some enhancements to the DOCSIS
> module regarding DOCSIS 2.0. It also adds a Cable Security Module and
> a PacketCable Overview module in case you have the desire to think
> about voice deployment. (Are you an MSO, or end user, by the way?)
>
> Remember though, it is an Intro course. While there are some
> complicated things discussed in there, that's more because it's all
> new! To the seasoned RF/Cable person, that's not incredibly deep.
> There is no in depth discussions on the queuing mechanisms, or a huge
> breakdown of how the timing slices work with the granting mechanisms, or
other tweaks/details like that.
>
> We had on plan to create an Advanced DOCSIS course, but the
> demand/interest never really materialized.
>
> If you desire that sort of information, you are really in the "make it
> up as you go along" category. You may also want to check out the
> training available from the SCTE as that's really their area. You'll
> certainly find a lot of RF-centric information there! (www.scte.org)
>
> HTH,
>
>
> Scott Morris, MCSE, CCDP, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service
> Provider) #4713, JNCIP, CCNA-WAN Switching, CCSP, Cable Communications
> Specialist, IP Telephony Support Specialist, IP Telephony Design
> Specialist, CISSP CCSI #21903 swm@emanon.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil [mailto:theccie@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:43 AM
> To: Debbie Westall
> Cc: Scott Morris; CCIELAB
> Subject: Re: Cable Routers and DOCSIS
>
> Thank you all for the replies.
>
> I actually found "Introduction to DOCSIS 1.1" on PEC and guess who is
> the instructor? ;-) (Is it safe to start with this one? So far I know
> that DOCSIS 1.0 has no QoS, 1.0+ has one basic "priority queue", and
> DOCSIS 1.1 has plenty of QoS).
>
> I could not find ICCR available online though.
>
> Phil
>
> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:21:58 -0400 (EDT), Debbie Westall
> <dwestall@debbie.coxfiber.net> wrote:
> > In addition, Cisco's web site has some good white papers on DOCSIS
> > and the CMTS routers, 7246's and 10K are their next generation CMTS.
> >
> > There is also http://www.packetcable.com www.cablemodem.com
> > www.docsis.sourceforge.net - DOCSIS project page, not too much here.
> > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk86/tk804/tech_protocol_family_home
> > .h
> > tml
> > - Cisco CMTS page
> > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk86/tk804/tech_protocol_family_home
> > .h
> > tml
> > - Cisco's DOCSIS page.
> >
> > Enjoy
> >
> > Debbie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Scott Morris wrote:
> >
> > > Cisco has an ICCR (Introduction to Cisco Cable Routers) course
> > > that goes into much detail about how DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 work as
> > > well as a little primer on 2.0 now...
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
> > > Behalf Of Phil
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 10:53 AM
> > > To: CCIELAB
> > > Subject: OT: Cable Routers and DOCSIS
> > >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I need to learn about DOCSIS and cable routers. What would be the
> > > best path to follow?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
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