scope:

This Recommendation describes a method for distributed deployment and centralized control of a DOCSIS cable broadband access system, referred to as cabinet data over cable service interface specification (C-DOCSIS). C-DOCSIS has been developed to meet the operability and manageability requirements for cable networks that offer a variety of high-bandwidth services and provide quality of service (QoS) guarantees for these services in a distributed architecture. C-DOCSIS applies to the architecture and operations, administration and management (OAM) of cable broadband access networks.

This Recommendation defines the functional modules within the C-DOCSIS system, three C-DOCSIS system architectures utilizing the functional modules and the data and control interfaces between these modules for each architecture. It also defines general device requirements for the different C-DOCSIS architectures. This Recommendation is technically identical to [ETSI ES 203 312].