Professional Development

SCTE PD Staff

• Marvin Nelson – V.P. Professional Development • Hugh Brydges – Director Advance Network

Technologies Development• Joel Welch – Director, Certification and Program

Development• Susan Parno – Operations Manager

Committees

• Professional Development – Gene White Chair• Certification Subcommittee – Pam Nobles Chair• Training Subcommittee – Jay Junkus Chair• Training Advisory Council – Joel Welch Chair• ET Program Subcommittee – Rotating Chair• Expo Program Subcommittee – Rotating Chair• CBL&D Program Committee – Rotating Chair• Cable Advisory Board – John Donahue Chair• Business Services Symposium – Rotating Chair

Professional Development

Cable-Tec Expo®

Conference on Emerging TechnologiesBusiness Services SymposiumSCTE Live Learning™SeminarsDistance Education CoursesSCTE InfoScope™CertificationSCTE Cable CollegeSCTE Bookstore

Live Learning 2007

2007 Planned topics

Jan – IPV6: Deployment issues and Challenges

Feb – Best Practices: Ethernet Transport

Mar – Security

Apr – How does Cellular back haul work?

May – DOCSIS 3.0 Revisited

July – Switch Digital Video – A case Study

Aug – Carrier grade Ethernet: How to do it right

Sep – DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG)

Oct – Troubleshooting Across Multiple Platforms

Nov – How to incorporate Mobility into the Mix

Dec – Channel Bonding: A technical Discussion

Live Learning 2006

2006 Topics

Jan – WiMAX/WMAN: Opportunity or Threat

Feb – OCAP: How does it work and what does it mean to Operators?

Mar – The DOCSIS M-CMTS Architecture

Apr – IP for the cable Engineer

May – Next Generation Networks

Jul – Commercial Services

Aug – IPTV: How it works

Sep – Making sense of Seamless Mobility

Oct – End-to-End Traffic Engineering

Nov – Enabling Technologies for profitable Ethernet Services

Dec – The Internet Multimedia Subsystem

LiveLearning 20052005 Topics

Jan – Home Networking Technologies

Feb – WiMAX in MSO Networks: Technical Primer & Applications

Mar – Digital Rights Management: Extending Conditional Access Throughout the home

Apr – Managing Linear and Non-Linear Distortions in HFC Systems

May– PacketCable™ Multimedia: More than just VoIP

July – Commercial Insertion into Digital Programs Using SCTE 35 and Related Standards

Aug – Security and Efficiently Distributing Video in a Whole-home Application

Sep – Fiber-to-the-x: Friend or Foe?

Oct – VoIP Protocols: SIP and MGCP/NCS

Nov – Should Cable Move to IPTV via Video over DOCSIS?

Dec – Troubleshooting VoIP in a DOCSIS Network

LiveLearning 2004

2004 Topics

April – PacketCable: Architecture, Equipment and Transport

May – Getting down to Business

July – PacketCable™: Provisioning the Service and Guaranteeing the Quality

Aug – PacketCable™ Reliability in the outside plant

Sept – CableHome™: Where are we and where do we go from here?

Oct – Core Optical Network Convergence

Nov – HD coming at Ya! The Ins and Outs of an Unstoppable Opportunity

Dec – Overview of the DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG) Protocol

Emerging Technologies (ET)

ET 2007 Topics Covered

• Shiftier and Shiftier: Expanding Choice from Whenever to Wherever and Whatever Device

• Service Velocity and Next Generation Architectures: How do we get there?

• My Videos, Your Videos, Our Videos: The Future of TV Services is Personal, Customizable, and Shareable

• Forward Advertising to the Lean Back Screen: Opportunities to Replicate Internet Advertising Success in Television

• Look Ma, No Wires! Cable and Wireless Integration for Seamless Application Delivery

• Crossing the Lines: Service assurance in a Seamless, Inter-woven World

ET focuses on the technologies expected to transform the cable telecommunications industry in the next three to five years. Attendees include chief technical officers, engineers, managers and industry analysts who come to hear a strategic view of the future from the industry’s technical leaders during ET’s comprehensive technical sessions.

EXPO

EXPO Workshops

1. Advanced RF/IP Troubleshooting for Broadband System Engineers2. Back-Office Software Unification3. Delivering HDTV Content Efficiently While Maintaining the Highest

Standards of Quality4. DOCSIS® 3.0 Technologies & Services5. Fundamental DOCSIS® Roadmap—Migrations6. Fundamental IP Principles for the RF Engineer7. Fundamental RF Quality Metrics for Digital Headend Engineers8. Innovative Fiber Architectures & Implementation Considerations9. Installing and Monitoring Switched Digital Video10. July 1, 2007—"Cable's Dependence Day"11. Making Sense of Home Networking12. Monitoring, Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering13. Moving to the DOCSIS® Set-Top Gateway (DSG)14. Switched Digital Broadcast15. The Job Description for the Technician of Tomorrow16. Troubleshooting Across Platforms17. Using Fiber to Deliver Reliable Business Services18. Using HFC Networks to Deliver Reliable Business Services19. VoIP Scalability—Tiger by the Tail?20. Wireless Technologies for Cable Operators

Thursday, June 21

8–9:15 a.m.  9:30–10:45 a.m.  11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Friday, June 22

Noon–1:15 p.m. 1:30–2:45 p.m.  3–4:30 p.m.

Symposiums

Fall 2004 Advanced VoIP Deployment

Spring 2005 Advanced VOIP II

Fall 2005 Commercial Services

Spring 2006 Network Management

Fall 2006 Business Services

Fall 2007 Business Services

New - First Symposium Fall 2004PD intent was small symposiums hot topics to serve MSO systems engineers

Seminars

Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol

Cable Technology for the Nontechnical Professional

Ethernet Transport

Wireless Plant Extensions

Delivering IP Telephony

Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol

Six Cities Planned February – May 2007

• Boston, MA• Denver, CO• Chicago, IL• Tampa/St. Pete, FL• Charlotte, NC• San Jose, CA

Troubleshooting Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was developed in partnership with ARRIS, Cedar Point Communications, JDSU and Sunrise Telecom

Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol

• Description:• The Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

seminar is designed to introduce participants to the practical aspects of troubleshooting IP voice service as delivered over a broadband HFC network at both the IP Layer and the DOCSIS layer. The goal of the Troubleshooting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) workshop is to reinforce participants' existing knowledge of VoIP and develop new knowledge and skills relating to the isolation and resolution of real-world VoIP technical problems.

• Audience: Technical operations managers, plant managers, technical supervisors, project managers, senior technicians and engineers who have responsibility for operating and maintaining VoIP systems

Distance Education Courses

January – CCNA1: Network Engineering March - IPv6; Impact on Cable Networks April – Ethernet Transport July - CCNA1: Network Engineering July - IPv6; Impact on Cable Networks August – SDV: Deployment Planning October – Carrier-grade Ethernet October – CCNA2: Routing Fundamentals November – SDV: Deployment Planning

InfoScope

InfoScope™ is a searchable database of white papers presented at various SCTE events.

Certification ProgramSCTE certifications enable you, as an individual, to demonstrate proficiency of technical knowledge that is relevant to your career. Our certifications also serve to provide employers with an industry-recognized benchmark for technical expertise that may be incorporated into the hiring, promotion and other human resource management processes.

SCTE/JONESNCTI

We try not to duplicate what the MSO are doing! In this arena we are the certifying partner unless requested by the MSO or its agents to be the actual trainer. SCTE customizes certification programs under contract with MSO’S to meet MSO certifying requirements.

Certification Programs

SCTE CERTIFICATIONRELATED AREA OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Broadband Premises Specialist (BPS) Customer Premises

Endorsements: Video, Voice, Data

Broadband Distribution Specialist (BDS) Distribution network

Broadband Transport Specialist (BTS) Transport Network

Broadband TelecomCenter Specialist (BTCS) Telecommunications center (headend)

Endorsements: Video, Voice, Data

Broadband Communications Technician (BCT) Installation and maintenance of all aspects of the broadband network

Broadband Communications Engineer (BCE) Technology behind all aspects of the broadband network

NEW Certification

Digital Video Engineering Professional (completed) IP Engineering Professional (June 07) VoIP Engineering Professional (Working group) Network Transport Engineering Professional (Working Group)

*Note that titles are subject to change as each is developed and rolled out.

New certifications are targeted at network operations and engineering personnel. Training support for these programs is expected to be tied in with the SCTE Cable College program. SCTE may develop additional support programs as part of the ongoing professional development curriculum through seminars and future educational platforms.

SCTE Cable College atRochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

• In June 2006, extending its professional development mission into the higher education arena, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) announced the formation of the SCTE Cable College at RIT. SCTE Cable College will deliver a comprehensive cable-centric educational program for telecom technicians and engineers in the cable industry. This program will be delivered through courses and degree programs offered by the Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering department and the Center for Multidisciplinary Studies and is a partnership with The Cable College and RIT.

SCTE Cable College atRochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

Technical Fundamentals of Cable Telecommunications

Video

Voice

Data

Network

Bachelors DegreeAssociates Degree

Masters Degree

Multi-product/services Technicians

Line Technicians

Headend Technicians

Network Managers

SCTE Cable College ProgramIndustry Segment

SCTE Cable College certificate issued

RIT certificate issued

RIT certificate issued

RIT degree issued

RIT degree issued

RIT certificate issued

Video Voice Data

Recognition

Bookstore

The SCTE Bookstore serves as the platform for product offerings of the Society. The bookstore contains books, collected papers from conferences and symposiums, and other learning resources available for purchase by the membership. Each product in the bookstore is carefully screened to ensure quality and applicability for the industry.