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DOCSIS® 3.1 Headroom Calculator performs a headroom calculation for the Transmit Channel Set according to DOCSIS® 3.1 Physical Layer Specification [CM-SP-PHYv3.1-I20-230419].
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This DOCSIS® 3.1 Headroom Calculator performs a headroom calculation for the Transmit Channel Set according to DOCSIS® 3.1 Physical Layer Specification [CM-SP-PHYv3.1-I20-230419].
'Headroom' is the difference between CM maximum power transmit capabilities and its actual transmit power. Due to the fact that DOCSIS 3.1 modems are capable of bonding multiple channels into the Transmit Channel Set, there are 2 different headroom calculations: Overall Transmit Channel Set Headroom and Headroom for each Transmit Channel. Additionally, we calculate the Worst Parameters across all the channels in the Transmit Channel Set.
For the cases where the CMTS RX Power is different that CMTS Set Point, adjustments calculated for all the applicable parameters.
For additional information please refer to "SCTE-2023 - Technical Paper: Cable Modem Transmit Headroom Resiliency Management".
Channel Configuration
#
Channel type
Reported TX power, dBmV
Channel width, MHz
Integration Bandwidth, MHz
CMTS setpoint RX, dB
CMTS actual RX, dB
Results
Channel Summary
#
Channel TX Power, dBmV
Neq
P1.6 r_n dBmV
TX Headroom, dB
CMTS RX Power Difference, dB
Adjusted TX Headroom, dB
TCS Summary
Whole TCS
Legacy (SC-QAM) channels
OFDMA channels
Pmax dBmV
65
TCS headroom, dB
Combined TCS CMTS RX Power Difference, dB
Adjusted TCS Headroom, dB
Min channel report
Value
Channel #
P1.6_hi dBmV
P1.6 r_1 dBmV
Min Channel TX Headroom, dB
Worst CMTS RX Power Difference, dB
Worst Channel Adjusted TX Headroom, dB
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