A Simple DOCSIS Simulator

DOCSIS is the defacto industry standard for cable internet to the home. In this letter, we examine the delay characteristics of commercially deployed DOCSIS networks. We focus on four mechanisms of the DOCSIS MAC operation and develop a computationally simple simulator to reproduce the phenomena produced by these mechanisms. In reproducing these phenomena using our simulator, we demonstrate that the simulator properly encapsulates the core mechanisms of DOCSIS and effectively simulates the delay of packets. key words: DOCSIS, MAC protocol, broadband access, hybrid fiber coax.