Discovering DOCSIS: Customer Premises

Course Overview

For many broadband cable operators DOCSIS has supplanted pay TV as their most popular and profitable service offering. To support the growth of this product all customer contact employees should have a thorough understanding of the DOCSIS product. The Discovering DOCSIS – Customer Premises minicourse is targeted tofield and customer care center employees that install, service and support DOCSIS products inside the customer premises. Comprised of three lessons, the course details the evolution of DOCSIS beginning with DOCSIS 1.0 and continuing through DOCSIS 3.1 and explains what goes on in the background when a modemis provisioned for service. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), the transmission system used in DOCSIS 3.1, is introduced and explained, preparing the student for the next generation of DOCSIS. Lastly, the course instructs the student on preparing the DOCSIS modem for installation, activating the DOCSIS modem in the customer premises and then educating the customer.
The estimated completion time for this course is 6 hours. The maximum allotted time is four months from enrollment.
describe the origins of the DOCSIS

identify the function of the major DOCSIS elements

explain the equipment certification process according to DOCSIS standards

explain how the DOCSIS network relates to the Internet protocol suite

list the features of the different versions of DOCSIS

describe the merits of DOCSIS 3.1

describe the initialization and authorization process of a DOCSIS cable modem

identify the client and the server in the DOCSIS architecture

describe how cable modem data is transported in the broadband cable network

instruct the customer how to most effectively use the newly installed high-speed broadband Internet access service

describe the steps required to certify the reliability of a customer’s cable drop system for cable modem and telephone services
recognize how DOCSIS compares to the open systems interconnection (OSI) reference model

make the distinction between the features in the different versions of DOCSIS

learn how orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) departs from legacy transmission systems

learn why asymmetric data rates are common

fully comprehend the initialization and authorization of a DOCSIS cable modem

recognize how DOCSIS modems establish their identity in the network and obtain their operating parameters

be able to install and activate a cable modem in the customer premises

provide the customer the appropriate amount of product education

receive an industry recognized NCTI certificate of graduation

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