DOCSIS 3.1, MoCA 2.0 Interoperability Guidelines Released

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), and the Multimedia over Coax Alliance put out an SCTE/ISBE Standards operational practice aimed at ensuring interoperability between MoCA 2.0 and the DOCSIS 3.1 specification for advanced broadband services, SCTE 235, the groups said in a news release Tuesday. SCTE 235 lays out best use of frequencies and filters in environments where both DOCSIS 3.1 and MoCA 2.0 are being employed, they said. SCTE 235 is based on a MoCA/CableLabs technical study and was created by the Special Working Group on HFC (hybrid fiber coax) Readiness for DOCSIS 3.1 in the SCTE/ISBE Standards Program's network operations subcommittee, they said.