EXTON, PA – The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has formally adopted the first two standards for energy management in the cable telecommunications industry.
The standards, SCTE 184 and SCTE 186, are the first in a planned portfolio of energy-related specifications for the industry. Created by the SCTE Standards Program’s Sustainability Management Subcommittee to help the industry reduce energy consumption and costs within mission-critical operations facilities, SCTE 184 establishes recommended practices for energy management, while SCTE 186 defines common environmental and sustainability requirements for equipment within those facilities.
“Optimizing existing energy resources is essential to ensuring the availability and cost-effectiveness of cable service offerings,” said Dan Cooper, chairman of the Sustainability Management Subcommittee and VP of critical infrastructure for Time Warner Cable. “By establishing standards that can reduce consumption in critical facilities, we’re laying the foundation for real, immediate returns for the industry as well as more comprehensive energy approaches in the near future.”
Operators, vendors and other parties may download a copy of SCTE 186 at no charge, while SCTE 184 can be purchased in the SCTE Bookstore.
The Sustainability Management Subcommittee is currently developing additional standards, including the Adaptive Power System Interface Specifications that can vary power consumption based on network traffic demands, as well as Predictive Alarming standards that can provide notification and diagnosis of impending equipment problems, based on signal variations within the network.
