A PNM System Using Artificial Intelligence, HFC Network Impairment, Atmospheric and Weather Data to Predict HFC Network Degradation and Avert Customer Impact A Technical Paper Prepared For SCTE/ISBE By Larry Wolcott Comcast Fellow, Next Generation Operations Technology Comcast 1401 Wynkoop Suite 300, Denver, CO 80202 (303) 726-1596
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[email protected] © 2018 SCTE•ISBE and NCTA. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Title Page Number Introduction _________________________________________________________________________ 6 Acknowledgements ___________________________________________________________________