SCTE•ISBE, Cable Operators Challenge Tech Industry to Create Breakthrough Energy Innovations

Competition Seeks Monitoring & Measurement, Demand Response, and
Supply & Control Solutions

EXTON, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SCTE•ISBE has teamed with Comcast and Liberty Global to launch the Adaptive
Power Challenge, which is intended to spur development of new
solutions to manage energy across broadband networks. Entries will be
judged by a panel of industry leaders including representatives from
Comcast, Liberty Global, Cox, Canada’s Rogers and Shaw, and CableLabs®.

The collaborative industry challenge offers winners in two
categories—Established Enterprises and Breakthrough Organizations such
as labs, universities and startups—the opportunity to test their
solutions with the biggest cable system operators in the world.

Open to commercial and academic developers, innovators, scientists and
technology solution providers, the contest also offers the two winners
prizes of $10,000 each for solutions that can lead to breakthrough
change in cable network energy management. SCTE•ISBE and the industry
are particularly interested in solutions that address access networks
and edge facilities, in which 73-83% of cable operators’ energy
consumption occurs.

Produced under the auspices of the SCTE•ISBE Energy 2020®
program, the Adaptive Power Challenge focuses on finding solutions in
three areas that are integral to the delivery of cable communications
services:

• Monitoring & Measurement—Monitoring and measuring energy consumption
  and ambient conditions correlating quality and health of services with
  energy;
• Demand Response—The ability to implement “peak shaving” and
  functionality that results in load shedding; and
• Supply & Control—Using the functionality of adaptive power DOCSIS®-enabled
  devices to control consumption profiles and service quality dependent
  on energy supply.

Applications may be submitted until Friday, June 29, 2018. Entries will
be evaluated in Q3 2018 by the judges, as well as representatives of
SCTE•ISBE and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

Finalists in each category will be announced on Wednesday, Sept. 12,
2018, at the SCTE•ISBE Standards Energy Management Systems Plenary in
Louisville, CO. A total of six finalists will compete by presenting
their solutions on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo®
2018, in Atlanta, with the two winners to be announced onsite. More
information on the challenge including how to apply is available at https://www.adaptivepowerchallenge.com.

The Adaptive Power System Interface Specification (APSIS™) (ANSI/SCTE
216 2015) and related material have been created by SCTE•ISBE as part of
the Energy 2020 program. APSIS, in turn, adopts international
specifications in this area from the ETSI Energy Management (eman)
platform, including RFC 7326 and related material.

“Consumption of services varies according to a number of factors such as
time of day, seasonality, and situational demands, but power
requirements for today’s equipment are constant,” said Chris Bastian,
senior vice president, engineering, and CTO of SCTE•ISBE. “The goal of
APSIS™ and the Adaptive Power Challenge is to treat energy as a network
resource, driving creation of a new generation of systems and equipment
that can increase or reduce the power required to align with consumer
use.”

“The Adaptive Power System Interface Specification and other
APSIS-related standards were created to give cable communications
providers a universal framework for reduction of unnecessary energy
usage,” said Frank Sandoval, Chair of the SCTE•ISBE Standards Program’s
APSIS Working Group. “The Adaptive Power Challenge’s incentives are
intended to encourage anyone with a creative energy idea to help us
expedite innovative applications that can deliver real results for the
broadband industry and the communities it serves.”

Energy 2020 brings together cable operator and vendor expertise to
create alignment on standards and operational practices, to drive design
and implementation of equipment, and to create SCTE•ISBE training
resources that will enable workforce teams to optimize technology for
maximum efficiency.

More information on Energy 2020 and the SCTE•ISBE Energy Management
Program is available at http://www.scte.org/energy/
or by e-mailing [email protected].

The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) is
part of a unique ecosystem that has the power to prepare the workforce
to meet the ever-changing demands of the Telecommunications Industry.
Our members can realize streamlined delivery of products and services,
improved customer satisfaction, and increased employee retention rates
directly impacting business results. In cooperation with our partners,
CableLabs® and NCTA, SCTE prepares tomorrow’s
telecommunications leaders by communicating new Industry trends and
technology, developing standards, and delivering relevant training and
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Contacts

Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE)
Joe Madagan,
800-542-5040
SCTE•ISBE Editor, Marketing & Communications
[email protected]
or
PSPR,
Inc. for SCTE•ISBE
Paul Schneider,
215-817-4384
[email protected],
www.scte.org