Editing DOCSIS (section)

{{Short description|Standard for computer networking over a cable television system}}
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'''Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification''' ('''DOCSIS''') is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing [[cable television]] (CATV) system. It is used by many cable television operators to provide [[cable Internet access]] over their existing [[hybrid fiber-coaxial]] (HFC) infrastructure.

DOCSIS was originally developed by [[CableLabs]] and contributing companies, including [[Arris Group|Arris]], [[BigBand Networks]], [[Broadcom]], [[Cisco]], [[Xfinity|Comcast]], [[Conexant]], Correlant, [[Cox Communications|Cox]], [[General Instrument]], [[Harmonic Inc.|Harmonic]], [[Intel]], [[Motorola]], [[Netgear]], [[Terayon]], [[Time Warner Cable]], and [[Texas Instruments]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Five Modem Makers' Systems Considered for Cable Data Specifications |url=http://www.cablelabs.com/news/pr/1996/1996_09_23.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021021205140/http://www.cablelabs.com/news/pr/1996/1996_09_23.html |publisher=CableLabs |date=September 23, 1996 |archive-date=October 21, 2002 |access-date=April 15, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CableLabs Selects Broadcom and Terayon to Author Advanced Modem Technology Proposals |url=https://www.cablelabs.com/news/pr/1998/1998_11_13.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011052940/http://www.cablelabs.com/news/pr/1998/1998_11_13.html |publisher=CableLabs |date=November 13, 1998 |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |access-date=April 15, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Data-over-Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) |url=https://community.cisco.com/t5/networking-documents/docsis/ta-p/3115673 |website=Community.Cisco.com |publisher=[[Cisco Systems]] |date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=April 15, 2023 }}</ref>