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Dan Torbet

Dan Torbet is a Director of Systems Engineering at CommScope.  In this role, Dan manages multiple projects and Architects working on the CommScope’s Distributed Access Architectures.  Dan has been with CommScope/ARRIS for 21 years and has been a frequent participant on multiple Industry Standards efforts at CableLabs including DOCSIS (1.0-4.0) PacketCable voice, CableHome, Remote Phy, and Flexible Mac Architecture. Dan has also been active with the Consumer Technology Association and ETSI/ DVB.  Dan also served as the co-Chair of the Rocky Mountain IPv6 Task Force and successfully ran multiple IPv6 Summits promoting IPv6 adoption in industry.  Dan is an avid recreational cyclist and enjoys pickleball and playing softball. 

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October 06, 2021

The Role of FMA in the Path to 10G

For the majority of operators, the road to 10G is a multi-year, multi-stage journey. But as we look ahead at the next phase of distributed access architectures (DAA), the decision of where to locate the MAC and how to integrate this chosen architecture with other network components and stages of evolution is complicated by a current lack of standardization. CommScope’s Dan Torbet blogs about the importance of Flexible MAC Architecture and benefits to the network.

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