The Volpe Firm, Inc

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The Volpe FirmOverview

© The Volpe Firm Confidential

Who We AreFounder & Lead Technical Consultant: Brady Volpe

Over 20 years communications industry experience Masters in Science Electrical Engineering Johns Hopkins University

with Honors. BSEE from Pennsylvania State University

Marketing, Business Development & Program Mgmt: Mia Colabrese 15 years industry communications experience Degrees in INPS, German and Business Pennsylvania State

University

Highly skilled contractors supporting contracts as requiredDOCSIS subject matter expert (CISSP), 17 yrs experienceSoftware Engineer Linux, MySQL expert – +20 yrs experienceSr. RF Designer – 30 yrs experienceOthers as needed


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Our Capabilities

We provide a wide range solutions, services and seminars for our clients.

We specialize in:

DOCSIS IPTV Troubleshooting

PNM RF Fiber Optic Transport

VoIP IP Security Signal Processing

Video Capacity Planning Seminars

System Design System Audits MatLab Design


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DOCSIS Network in MATLAB


5MATLAB DOCSIS Bonded Simulation

The MATLAB® Simulink simulation represents a DOCSIS cable modem transmitting with four bonded upstreams at 16‐QAM, 2560 kSym/sec (3.2 MHz).

The cable modem has been modeled against the DOCSIS 3.0 specification, including:

• Reed Solomon Encoder• Byte Interleaver• Scrambler• Preamble Prepend (QPSK 0/1)• Grey Symbol Mapper• Root‐Raised Cosine Filter

The Volpe Firm is not only an expert on MATLAB modeling, but is also an expert within the telecommunications industry. This means we understand the problems you and your customers are faced with and can then simulate them in a numerical modeling environment. Intelligent design!


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PNM Technology Experts

DOCSIS Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) developed by InGeNeOs™ under Cablelabs® -The Volpe Firm is a contributing member

The summary being a drastic reduction in maintenance costs and significantly improved operational efficiencies

Identifying impairments in their cable plant FAST

Pinpoint the location on a map

Lowered maintenance costs for the cable operator and better cable video and high-speed data service for subscribers


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DOCSIS Security and Capacity Planning Today our DOCSIS networks are inherently insecure and many are unaware

of this. The Volpe Firm are experts in understanding and improving DOCSIS security We can work with your existing staff to make recommendations Assess your current security strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

(SWOT) Develop a full top down security approach and infrastructure and implement

Or a combination of all of the above

The Volpe Firm also has a long history in DOCSIS Protocol and Capacity Assessment dating back to the first release of CableLab’s “Network Dimensioning Software” tool. We can help your existing staff optimize their capacity planning models using

Matlab algorithms Further the Volpe Firm can develop customized capacity planning tools for your

systems Our capacity planning tools range from simple Excel sheets to web-based

modeling platforms


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Remote System Audit

Access to superior broadband troubleshooting isn’t as hard to come by as you might think. Several of our clients within the US and internationally have us audit their systems remotely.

Broadband, Internet, Data Audits, CMTS & Cable Modem Configuration files & Optimization ServicesHow does it work? You send us the files and we analyze them. Upon completion of our analyses we will send you recommendations and advise you of your next steps to address your DOCSIS plants issues. It’s that easy. Get fast results that save you money and increase customer satisfaction.

We are experts in CMTS and cable modem configuration files. We will provide you with CMTS commands that will enable you to create log files and will give us significant insight into the health of your overall physical DOCSIS plant. With this information we help our clients by providing them with strategic and tactical recommendations on how to improve the health of their plant. We are competitively priced and have the technical knowledge of the big players.


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On Site System Audit

On a Site System Audit The Volpe Firm Inc. will evaluate and test the RF alignment of a headend. These tests should identify any RF impairments or RF alignment issues within headend, CMTS, EQAMs, modulators, headend amplifiers, splitting and combining network, cables and connectors. Spot checks of the plant should also be performed to ensure the plant is correctly aligned with elements in the headend on both the forward and return.

Parameters such as RF levels, MER, CNR, constellation diagrams, Pre and post Block Errors, group delay, in channel frequency respond, response across all downstream and upstream DOCSIS carriers, upstream band-edge roll off, ingress, noise, impulse noise, CPD, non-linear distortions and laser clipping should be investigated and identified. The plant should be qualified for DOCSIS and industry specifications where possible and practical.


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High Level Architecture Design

DOCSIS and CMTS Architectural Configuration CMTS configuration parameters that impact revenue services are often difficult

to understand – we add clarity

VoIP Configuration Make sure you are providing the best VoIP services to your subscribers and the

maximum Erlang capacity

Physical and Data Layer Troubleshooting Often the most time consuming and painful to your subscribers, we understand

troubleshooting like no one else

DOCSIS BPI+ and IP Security Today our DOCSIS networks are inherently insecure and many are unaware of this.

They are open to theft of service, illegal intercept of the data transmitted, illegal wiretapping of phone calls, etc. Even with Baseline Privacy Interface Specification (BPI+) DOCSIS is quite hackable as evidenced on a number of well-known hacking sites.

Capacity Planning The goal of capacity planning is to identify the amount of resources required to

meet service demands now and in the future. It is a proactive discipline with far-reaching impact

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Integration & Troubleshooting

We know DOCSIS and HFC networks

We are experts at designing state-of-the-art headends in addition to configuring the CMTSs, eQAMs and routers in the headends/hubs

Further, we are experts at troubleshooting even the most complex problems you will face in any HFC or DOCSIS network


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MatLab & MatLab Symulink

Digital communications design and early prototyping

De-risk high risk product development

Theoretical modeling of high level Algorithms

Modeling of Capacity Planning

General optimization and prototyping of Engineering Designs


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Seminars

Our HFC and DOCSIS seminars are unparalleled Module 1 – Signals, Systems, RF and Modulation Module 2 – Cable TV & DOCSIS 101 Module 3 – DOCSIS 3.0 Downstream Module 4 – DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream Module 5 – DOCSIS Related Internet Protocol, QOS & VoIP Module 6 – Provisioning & IPv6 Module 7 – Troubleshooting DOCSIS Module 8 – DOCSIS Security & BPI+ Module 9 – Packet Cable & Call Signaling+

We offer one, two and three day seminars, customizable for each client


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Development

Develop high level hardware and software architecture designs with state-of-the-art technology

Simulation of product design practices to increase time-to-market and reduce development costs

Improve your Product Development Process using proven Stage Gate and Agile Software methodologies

Let us do your Patent Research, write patents and guide you through the patent process

Need and Expert Witness? We have the industry credibility to provide these services to you


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SIP

We offer consulting to small and medium size businesses on what SIP calling solutions are best for you. By doing this you will reduce cost and overhead.

We will help select the best SIP trucking providers to ensure your “VoIP” , VoIP service and quality.

Depending on your needs we can either provide a recommend product outlining what your company should purchase or we can build it from the ground up.

Service and maintenance of new and old installations