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ETSI TC Cable – main goal TC CABLE has the primary goal of harmonizing all technical specifications that enable integrated broadband cable and television networks. It is the lead technical committee for the development of ETSI deliverables relating to broadband cable and television networks using hybrid fiber coaxial technology.        The deliverables are in areas including the following:   1 2 Specifications for integrated broadband cable and television network equipment including HFC network distribution 4 3 TC Cable deliverables Specifications for integrated broadband cable and television network terminals, including cable CPE and network terminating devices Specifications for integrated broadband cable and television access network infrastructure, including network topologies and functional requirements, DOCSIS and frequency management Specifications for integrated broadband cable and television services (e.g. voice, data, video) ETSI TC Cable in a nutshell v.2016 1

ETSI TC Cable – Organisation Chairman Paulo Valente Vice-Chairman Volker Leisse ETSI Technical Officer Sylwia Korycinska ETSI TC Cable in a nutshell v.2016 WG 1 Chairman Volker Leisse WG 2 Chairman Carsten Engelke WG 3 Chairman Margo Dolas WG 4 Chairman Volker Leisse   Architecture, Interfaces, Protocols HFC Distribution, Installation, Operational Best Practices Engineering, Efficiency and Sustainability Network, Fault, Monitoring and Performance Management and Test & Measurement Best Practices 2

ETSI TC Cable – Working Groups Activities Creation, development and maintenance of Standards and other ETSI deliverables related to:    Cable system architectures and architectural elements Network and system interfaces Data over cable systems Advanced head-end architectures Customer Premises Equipment and Home Networks Cable-Mobile systems including their architecture elements for: (1) Wifi; (2) Mobile; (3) Core network; (4) Convergence Review and contribution to activities of other ETSI Technical Bodies and external organizations requiring expertise in architectures, interfaces and protocols of HFC networks  WG1 Architecture, Interfaces, Protocols ETSI TC Cable in a nutshell v.2016 Creation, development and maintenance of Standards and other ETSI deliverables related to:    HFC network infrastructure and distribution Physical HFC plant technologies and characteristics Frequency and spectrum management within HFC networks Establishment of operational guidelines to share experiences and promote best practices Review and contribution to activities of other ETSI Technical Bodies and external organizations requiring expertise in HFC networks WG2 HFC Distribution, Installation, Operational Best Practices 3

ETSI TC Cable – Working Groups Activities Creation, development and maintenance of Standards and other ETSI deliverables related to Energy Efficiency Requirements Energy Efficiency Metrics Sustainability Requirements Headend Equipment Outside Plant Equipment Customer Premises Equipment Establishment of operational and engineering guidelines to share experiences and promote best practices Review and contribution to activities of other ETSI Technical Bodies and external organizations requiring expertise in energy efficiency and sustainability of HFC networks WG3 Engineering, Efficiency and Sustainability Creation, development and maintenance of Standards and other ETSI deliverables related to    All parts of the end to end network In-home network Access and distribution network Core network Systems Services Establishment of technical guidelines/reports, implementation guidelines, specifications and promote best practises. Review and contribution to activities of other ETSI Technical Bodies and external organizations requiring expertise related to the area of responsibility ETSI TC Cable in a nutshell v.2016 WG4 Network, Fault, Monitoring and Performance Management and Test & Measurement Best Practices 4

ETSI TC Cable – Main Supporters Main supporters of TC Cable activity and deliverables ETSI TC Cable in a nutshell v.2016 Together, these supporters, represent and produce deliverables to a sector which goes into the home of 63.7 million customers in the European Union, providing Digital TV, Broadband Internet, and Telephony services 5

ETSI TC Cable in a nutshell v.2016 ETSI TC Cable – History Backup history In 2009 major players in cable technology development came together to form a cable standardization project within ETSI to ascertain whether the industry's ideas, already tested as sound business objectives via the research and development programs already in place, could be formally standardized by ETSI. Cable industry executives were keen to evaluate the value of standardization through ETSI, given the resources required to do so compared to other standardization models. The project was established under the technical committee ATTM and very quickly encouraged other cable stakeholders to become members of ETSI, in order to support the work. The project then evolved into a working group, ATTM-AT3, which has successfully produced 5 ENs, 25 TSs, and 4 TRs to address the market needs for standardized technology. Also in the course of its standardization work it has established collaboration with other ETSI TCs and external fora including ITU-T SG9 and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). The developed standards include the ETSI EN 302 878 series, which is the current international standard for the DOCSIS 3.0 technology capable of providing broadband services in excess of 1 Gbps over existing coax infrastructure. With the formation of ATTM-AT3, organizations involved in the European cable industry have become actively involved in the ETSI standardization process, especially in core standardization activity addressing cable matters. Due to the limited scope of ATTM-AT3, the creation of TC Cable was proposed and approved on Board #89 (September 2012). ETSI TC Cable in a nutshell v.2016 6

ETSI TC Cable – Main contributions Activities 1 Doc. Nb. EN 305 200-2-4 Ver. 0.0.4 Integrated broadband cable telecommunication networks (CABLE); Energy management; Global KPIs; Operational infrastructures; Part 2: Specific requirements; Sub-part 4: Cable Access Networks 2 Doc. Nb. ES 205 200-2-4 Ver. 1.1.1 3 Doc. Nb. ES 203 386 Ver. 0.0.2 Embedded Router 4 Doc. Nb. ES 203 385 Ver. 1.1.1 DOCSIS® Layer 2 Virtual Private Networking 5 Doc. Nb. ES 203 312 Ver. 1.1.1 Cabinet DOCSIS (C-DOCSIS) System Specification 6 Doc. Nb. ES 203 259 Ver. 1.1.1 Converged Cable Access Platform; Operational Support System Interface 7 Doc. Nb. TR 105 174-6 Ver. 1.1.1 Broadband Deployment and Energy Management; Part 6: Cable Access Networks 8 Doc. Nb. TS 103 469 Ver. 0.0.2 Performance characteristics of coaxial cables used for RF signal transmission in hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) telecommunication networks 9 Doc. Nb. TS 103 443-6 Ver. 1.1.1 IPv6 Transition Technology Engineering and Operational Aspects; Part 6: 6RD ETSI TC Cable in a nutshell v.2016 7