PathTrak

PathTrak' HFC Performance Monitoring ' PathTrak is the No. 1 selling HFC Return Path Monitoring System in the world and is the only system available that is powerful enough to simultaneously monitor and troubleshoot all nodes in a crowded DOCSIS® 3 environment to support business and residential services.

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Highlights

• Uses unique LivePacket' technology to troubleshoot active carriers in a bursty DOCSIS 3.0 upstream
• QAMTrakTM analyzer reveals linear and non-linear impairments within the carrier, not just simple ingress
• A scaleable system designed to grow as your network grows.
• Reveals node health in terms of spectrum AND carrier health
• Over 300,000 HFC nodes worldwide are monitored and maintained with PathTrak products

Applications

• Troubleshoot nodes faster to reduce MTTR and increase workforce efficiency
• Determine root cause of impairments before rolling a truck using traditional spectrum and LivePacketTM technology
• Use FieldView' with SDA and DSAM field meters to quickly locate ingress, the most common impairment
• Insert carriers from the field to troubleshoot linear and non-linear impairments such as laser clipping, group delay and microreflections
• View performance history to understand transient problems to roll a truck at the right time to find and fix the issue
• Reduce trouble tickets and customer churn by identifying problems before your subscribers
• Rank nodes using convenient web-based reports for proactive maintenance
• Easily and quickly detect impairments such as fast impulse noise, ingress, CPD, and laser clipping on all nodes 24/7 
• View live spectrum, QAMTrak' analyzers and a wide array of reports conveniently via the web

Key Features

• Remote spectrum analysis.
• Remote QAM analysis
• Node ranking based on upstream health
• Effective alarms and intelligent alarm management
• Economically scalable system