Excentis blog and insights

With the power of a good API it’s easy to make a dashboard showing live traffic of ByteBlower. Bring together a nice idea, a good API, some descent programming skills and a good portion of enthusiasm, and you could be surprised of the result! That’s what happened a couple of...

Wi-Fi, cloud services, mobile devices, IoT, machine-to-machine communication: the work field of service providers, network operators and equipment manufacturers is changing at dazzling speed. How do you stay on top of your business? Let us help you by providing you with the expertise you need to stay relevant. To make...

Have you ever tried to plug an optic SFP+ transceiver into an SFP+ port to discover that the connection didn’t work, i.e. traffic was very slow or there was no data transmission at all? Did you manage to diagnose the problem and find a resolution? There are several possible reasons...

he first step after installing a new network is often to determine its maximum throughput. At the DOCSIS 3.1 interop that we organized a couple of months ago, several participants stayed after to get the highest throughput on their modems. When new lab equipment is delivered to a customer, it’s...

From an engineering point of view, DOCSIS 3.1 protocol messages are pretty mind-blowing. They travel almost at the speed of light through your coaxial cable – all to support your online life. Imagine pausing time and taking a peek at the conversation between the cable modem (CM) and the cable...

As demonstrated during our interop event, Remote PHY Devices (RPD) are reaching maturity. Contrary to other MSO (operator) core equipment, an RPD may be installed in an untrusted part of the MSO’s network. This requires special attention from a security point of view. This blogpost explains how to update the RPD’s...