Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers ITU Forum July 24 – 25, 2003

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Standards Program Overview ANSI-accredited program 128 members from ten countries 109 approved standards (97 approved as American National Standards by ANSI) Recognized by ITU as A.5/A.6 developer; standards submitted to ITU, IEC Standards available for free in electronic form at www.scte.org/standards.

Technical Subcommittees Cable Applications Platform (CAPS) Middleware systems Key standards: Open Cable Applications Platform (OCAP) 1.0 profile Construction and Maintenance (CMS) Standards for inside and outside plant Key standards: equipment environmental parameters, graphic symbols

Technical Subcommittees Data Standards (DSS) Standards for data and telephony, real time systems Key standards: DOCSIS™ cable modems, IPCablecom (internet telephony over cable) Digital Video Subcommittee (DVS) Standards for digital video, cable network interface to Consumer Electronics Key standards: cable network definition, digital program insertion, point of deployment protocols

Technical Subcommittees Emergency Alert Systems Center of expertise for EAS technology and implementation Key standards: not applicable Hybrid Management Sub-layer Subcommittee (HMS) Standardizing network monitoring protocols for amplifiers, power supplies, etc. Key standards: protocol standards and MIBs

Technical Subcommittees Interface Practices Subcommittee (IPS) Standardization of cable network components and associated test procedures Key standards: drop cable, ‘F’ connectors, power supplies, amplifiers, splitters, etc.

Current hot topics Applications for broadband – video on demand, interactive television Narrowcasting – advertising to targeted groups New compression technology Interactive systems

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