STANDARDS

Committees

Member organizations develop standards through technical representatives who serve on subcommittees focused on specific areas of broadband technology. These technical subcommittees act as the consensus bodies for standards development, while the Engineering Committee of the SCTE Board of Directors oversees the overall standards program.

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Engineering Committee

The Engineering Committee is responsible for all standards and recommended practices activities of SCTE. Any Committees, subcommittees and working groups or task forces necessary for standards and practices development report to the Engineering Committee.

Committee Members

Bill Warga

Liberty Global

Committee Chair

Ryan Capone

Comcast Cable

Tim Cooke

Amphenol Broadband Solutions

Dave Fellows

Paul Hearty

Samsung Research America

Ron Hranac

Craig Hrycoy

Rogers Communications

Bridget Kimball

Curtis Knittle

CableLabs

Steve Mace

NCTA

Richard Prodan

Comcast Cable

Nick Segura

Charter Communications

Yasser Syed

Comcast Cable

Steve Watkins

Subcommittees

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[DSS] Data Standards Subcommittee

Subcommittee Chair

David Fellows

Charter

The Data Standards Subcommittee (DSS) develops standards for the delivery of digital service for supporting high-speed data, video, VoIP, and other services over cable networks.

DSS is developing a long list of standards related to the transmission, test methods, and monitoring of data communications over broadband networks.

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Working Group

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) Working Group

The Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) working group creates standards and operational practices to enable a common AI/ML platform to develop products applicable to cable operators. It educates cable operators on AI/ML powered use cases to enrich current offerings and shares AI/ML project status between Standards company members.
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[DVS] Digital Video Subcommittee

Subcommittee Chair

Paul J. Hearty, Ph.D.

Chief Standards Strategist, Digital Media Solutions Lab, Samsung Research America

Charter

The Digital Video Subcommittee (DVS) identifies requirements and develops standards and operational practices for the design and operation of systems for delivery of video, audio and associated data for the cable Industry, coordinating as necessary with organizations such as ATSC, CTA, SMPTE, NCTA and CableLabs.

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DVS Major Focus Areas:

  • Standards for audio, video, transport technologies, and digital program insertion
  • Looking beyond physical infrastructure to study connectivity, compute, bandwidth, storage, service ecosystem, and client ecosystems, especially in the emerging areas of immersive gaming and video
  • Three Emmy Award-winning digital video standards:
    • SCTE 35 and SCTE 104, digital program ad insertion technologies that are widely used in broadcast and network programming, as well as in over-the-top (OTT) applications
    • SCTE 250 Event Signaling and Management API (ESAM)
    • SCTE 224 Event Scheduling and Notification Interface (ESNI)

Working Groups

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The Digital Program Insertion

The Digital Program Insertion (DPI) working group is focused on the development of standards and practices that support an important revenue stream for the cable industry: advertising insertion into programs. The variety of transport, compression, and related technology changes make the aspect of digital program insertion of advertising a challenging and exciting area. Technologies include addressable ad insertion, linear and on-demand ad insertion interfaces, digital cueing and splicing, alternate content/blackout, and metadata.
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DVS Next Generation Systems

The DVS Next Generation Systems Ad-hoc group monitors technology advances in the industry and advises DVS on technology that should be investigated or pursued, work being conducted in other standards development organizations for which DVS should establish liaisons, and needs or opportunities in the cable industry that should be addressed by DVS.

Work on immersive video by the ad-hoc group addresses infrastructure, applications and requirements to support this emerging area. The driving focuses center on gathering information on key industry issues such as quality assessment and associated metrics together with developing matrices for determining the capabilities of potential services.

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MPEG DASH

The MPEG-DASH working group investigates implications of MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) and creates relevant standards including topics such as MPD constraints and extensions, incorporation of VVC and HDR, extensions and constraints for DASH ISOBMFF profile (including CMAF), a low latency profile for DASH, and a DASH reference architecture. It maintains liaisons with MPEG-DASH, DASH-IF, CTA WAVE, and W3C to help coordinate activities and direction.

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Advanced Coding Technologies Drafting Group

The Advanced Coding Technologies drafting group creates standards and operational practices for H.264, VC1, VVC, and other advanced codecs.

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Video and Audio Services

The Video and Audio Services Working Group focuses on advanced audio codecs, advanced coding technologies, and high dynamic range video.

Data and Transport Applications

Standards for data and transport applications.

Network Architecture and Management

Working group focused on network architecture and management.

Transmission and Distribution

Working group focused on transmission and distribution.

[EMS] Energy Management Subcommittee

Subcommittee Chair

Ryan Capone

Vice President Network Facilities & Energy, Comcast Cable Inc.

Charter

The Energy Management Subcommittee (EMS) is responsible for developing standards and operational practices for reducing power consumption and costs, increasing operating efficiency and recognizing sustainable actions to support both business and the environment.

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Working Groups

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Energy Metrics, Data Collection & Reporting

The Metrics group defines energy metrics for facilities, outside plant, fleet, non-grid, financial and an overall company metric.
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Access Network Efficiency

The Access Network Efficiency (ANE) group defines how to and what data to collect for establishing a comprehensive value for total power spend across the MSO network. The work includes inside plant (critical infrastructure) and outside power supplies.

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Facility Climate Technology Optimization

By utilizing current ASHRAE data center standards and Green Grid maps, the Climate Technology group determines where to use free air cooling and the impact free air cooling will have on costs. The work includes inside plant technical/network facilities and data centers.
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Microgrid and Alternate Energy

The Microgrid group educates the cable broadband community on the applicability, benefits, and use-cases of microgrid technology in cable operator facilities; demonstrate that the technology is deployable and manageable for cable broadband providers; facilitate coordination between broadband service providers, alternate energy technology developers, utility industry partners, and other standards organizations; address power barriers to technology deployment; and define operational practices and standards.
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[IPS] Interface Practices Subcommittee

Subcommittee Chair

Tim Cooke

Director of Product Management, Amphenol Broadband Solutions

Charter

The Interface Practices Subcommittee (IPS) develops standards and operational practices for active and passive equipment, including cables and connectors, used in broadband communications systems. The focus of the work is in the access network, including headends, hubs, outside plant, and customer premises. The work includes standards for the physical construction and performance of the equipment, as well as test procedures for measuring the performance and compliance of the equipment.

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Working Groups

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Active Devices

The IPS Actives working group creates standards and operational practices related to active equipment, excluding fiberoptic devices, that are used in the access network, including headends, hubs, outside plant, and customer premises.

Passive Devices

The IPS Passives working group creates standards and operational practices related to passive equipment, excluding cables and connectors, that are used in the access network, including headends, hubs, outside plant, and customer premises.

Connector & Cable

The IPS Cables and Connectors working group creates standards and operational practices related to metallic cables and connectors, excluding fiberoptic components.

Fiber Optics

The IPS Fiber Optics working group creates standards and operational practices related to fiber optic equipment, including actives, passives, cables and connectors, that are used in the access network, including headends, hubs, outside plant, and customer premises.

Construction & Maintenance

The IPS Construction and Maintenance working group creates standards and operational practices related to the construction and maintenance of the access network.
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Cable and Connector Sustainability

The Cable and Connectors Sustainability group Identifies and proposes improvements to the sustainability of cables and connectors. Topics include finding alternatives to standards that contribute to upcycling challenges, determining minimum quantity of recycled material required for the construction of coaxial cables, and reducing difficult-to-recycle components such as adhesives or plastic components such that the cable can be recycled more efficiently & cost-effectively with the purpose of being reused both within the cable industry as well as for other applications.

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[NOS] Network Operations Subcommittee

Subcommittee Chair

Ron Hranac

Charter

The Network Operations Subcommittee (NOS) develops standards, operational practices, technical reports, and industry references to provide support for the implementation and operation of cable networks. NOS focuses on network testing, measurements, business continuity, disaster recovery, and other topics relevant to the performance and operational management of cable networks.

A longtime reference for cable operators, referenced by FCC §76.601 and FCC §76.605, NCTA Recommended Practices for Measurements on Cable Television Systems is now under the auspices of SCTE and is in its fourth edition. SCTE Measurement Recommended Practices for Cable Systems, Fifth Edition is available here.

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Working Groups

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Network and Service Reliability

The Network Operations Subcommittee’s (NOS) Network and Service Reliability working group creates standards and operational practices to increase network and service reliability, focusing on all factors which impact reliability including architecture, design, power, materials, and human interaction. The goal is to ensure a resilient, self-monitoring and self-healing network that works as it should without sudden glitches, slowdowns, freezing and other annoying interruptions. The scope includes every portion of the cable network—from coax to optical fiber to Wi-Fi—and all its software and hardware components, which must all be continuously maintained and perform as intended. The scope also includes optimal usage of proactive monitoring and maintenance, which identifies and fixes potential issues before they impact the user experience.
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Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

The Network Operations Subcommittee (NOS) Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery working group creates standards and operational practices to prepare for and respond to natural and man-made disasters that may result in widespread service outages. Goals include minimization of mean-time-to-repair and rapid response based upon selected criteria. This working group also manages the cable industry’s involvement in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) SHARES project. SHARES is a program for using high-frequency (HF, or 3 MHz to 30 MHz) radios as a communications method of last resort in the event of a disaster.

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HFC Management

The Network Operations Subcommittee (NOS) HFC Management working group (formerly known as the HFC Management Subcommittee, or HMS) develops standards and operational practices for monitoring hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks, including end-to-end multimedia quality of service and management information base (MIB) attributes for headend and outside plant equipment.

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DOCSIS 4.0 Tools and Readiness

The Network Operations Subcommittee’s (NOS) DOCSIS 4.0 Tools and Readiness working group creates standards and operational practices with the necessary tools for engineering, deployment, operations and maintenance groups to optimize HFC access networks for DOCSIS 4.0 technology deployment. The group also creates a common tools architecture and ecosystem for DOCSIS 4.0 network operation, including tools for architects, engineers, NOC and field technicians, and customer service.
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Wireless

The Network Operations Subcommittee's (NOS) Wireless working group creates standards and operational practices related to the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of wireless access networks supported by cable operators and other service providers. These wireless networks may include cellular, point-to-point, and Wi-Fi technology in commercial, residential, and outdoor environments.

Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM)

The Network Operations Subcommittee (NOS) Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) working group creates standards, operational practices, guidelines, and training content in collaboration with industry partners’ PNM initiatives. The efforts of this working group are focused on standardizing and expediting new PNM technology to operations and in the field.

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Test Measurements

The Network Operations Subcommittee (NOS) Measurements working group creates standards, operational practices, and technical reports on measurements that can safely be conducted on live cable systems.

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