CommScope Author
John Ulm
John is an Engineering Fellow for CommScope CTO Network Solutions group, investigating Advanced Technologies for Broadband Systems. John was inducted into the Cable TV Pioneers in 2019 as part of the DOCSIS Inaugural class.
Recent research includes:
- Next generation HFC distributed access architectures
- including Remote PHY, Remote MACPHY, Cable’s 10G Initiative
- FTTx migration strategies for HFC: Fiber Deep N+0/N+1 & FTTH
- DOCSIS 3.1/4.0 and futures: Full Duplex (FDX) & Extended Spectrum
- Network capacity modeling, in particular the recent Coronavirus BW Surge
- IP Video solutions featuring multicast- ABR
John’s three decades in the Broadband industry began as architect and MAC developer at LANcity, pioneering the industry’s first cable modems. He was a primary author for the Cable Industry’s DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 specifications. He also was senior technical consultant to Broadband industry with YAS Corp and Eng Fellow with Motorola’s Broadband Group and with ARRIS Corp.
John holds a BSEE and MSEE from RPI and has a multitude of papers and patents to his name. He has earned multiple awards including Distinguished Inventor and Innovators in Action.
