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Also known as Over Cable Service Interface Specification

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing cable television (CATV) system. It is used by many cable television operators to provide cable Internet access over their existing hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) infrastructure.

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  • Versions
  • Comparison
  • European alternative
  • International standards
  • Features
  • Physical layer
  • Data link layer
  • Throughput
  • Network layer
  • Throughput
  • Upstream
  • Equipment
  • Security
  • See also
  • References
  • External links
  • Specifications

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing cable television (CATV) system. It is used by many cable television operators to provide cable Internet access over their existing hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) infrastructure.

DOCSIS was originally developed by CableLabs and contributing companies, including Broadcom, Comcast, Cox, General Instrument, Motorola, Terayon, and Time Warner Cable.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DOCSIS” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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