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Shaping the Cloud Environment Work continued on a new version of the TS on single
In 2016 we completed our work on the Cloud Standards mode optical fibre systems for home cabling in response
Co-ordination (CSC), presenting the final results of Phase 2 at to feedback following implementation. New work began
an open discussion meeting in January. The overall objective to align the content and the terminology of the existing
of the CSC was to draw up a detailed map of the standards TS on the optical external network testing interface with
needed to support a series of policy objectives defined by standards recently published by the European Committee for
the European Commission, in particular in critical areas such Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC).
as security, interoperability, data portability and reversibility.
In February we published Special Reports on four aspects
of Cloud standardisation: users’ priorities, the maturity of Cable
Cloud standards, security conformance and interoperability, In 2016 our Integrated Broadband Cable Telecommunication
and the relationship between standards and Open Source Networks committee (TC CABLE) completed a TR describing
development. the evolving electromagnetic environment following the
introduction of new mobile radio communication services in
the UHF 790 - 862 MHz band.
Network Access
In the area of fixed radio systems, our Access, Terminals, Work continued on measurement methods for the network
Transmission and Multiplexing committee (TC ATTM) performance of broadband data services.
completed its revision of the Harmonised Standard for
point-to-point equipment in line with the Radio Equipment We published a TS which provides guidance on the technical
Directive (RED). This work also took into account new system requirements for cable equipment with radio interfaces
capabilities and the availability of new frequency bands. in support of Harmonised Standards being developed in
Work continued on the less urgent Harmonised Standard for response to the introduction of the RED.
point-to-multipoint systems.
We began work on the performance characteristics of coaxial
We made good progress with a Technical Report (TR) on cables used for RF signal transmission in hybrid fibre-coaxial
small cells microwave backhauling. telecommunication networks.

At the request of the Telecommunications Standardisation Work continued on a new ETSI Standard (ES) for home
sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) routers which will define a core set of features to enable
and the Broadband Forum, ETSI is leading work on the multiple subscriber devices to gain access to high-speed
standardisation of Reverse Power Feeding. Version 2 of this data services using the Data Over Cable Service Interface
Technical Specification (TS) was published in September Specification (DOCSIS).
and we began work on a further revision to refine the
specification and take into account feedback from early
implementers. Numbering, Naming, Addressing and Routing
Our Network Technologies committee (TC NTECH) initiated
Work on Very-high-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line 2 (VDSL2) a study into the impact of alphanumeric user identifiers on
continues on an ongoing basis. In 2016, we began to update interconnection scenarios.
our TS on European technical requirements.

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