User's Manual

User s Manual
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What is DOCSIS?
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications. DOCSIS defines interface
requirements for cable modems involved in high-speed data distribution over a cable television
network.
On November 17, 1997, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (Cable Labs) and its
members established a formal path of certification for cable modem equipment
suppliers to obtain an "interoperability seal" for their products based on the DOCSIS
specification. This certification process provides cable modem equipment suppliers with a fast,
market-oriented method for attaining cable industry acknowledgment of compliance with
DOCSIS.
The seal is meant to provide the purchaser with a way to be confident that the modem
equipment to be purchased is compliant with the specification, and that the equipment
interoperates with DOCSIS products made by other vendors.