CableLabs came out with specifications for DOCSIS 4.0 at an opportune time, talking up the technology’s propensity for spearheading video conferencing, remote learning, health care applications and virtual reality use cases. These markets are either already seeing unprecedented usage spikes or are expected to rise from the ashes as the coronavirus crisis waves in a new dawn of technology on the back of economical and societal shifts. Enabling speeds of 10 Gbps downstream and 6 Gbps upstream, DOCSIS 4.0 is the final step on the path before Full Duplex DOCSIS, bringing symmetrical 10 Gbps downstream/upstream with lower latency. DOCSIS 4.0 takes in elements from Full Duplex and Extended Spectrum DOCSIS (ESD) – doubling maximum download speeds possible with DOCSIS 3.1…