Harmonic is extending the capabilities of its virtualized access network platform with a new application designed to boost the performance of hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks in real-time as plant network conditions fluctuate. The Beacon ISM gathers existing upstream and downstream data from modems and the vCMTS. As such, it follows that modes that are tuned to higher modulation profiles deliver the best performance and vice-versa. Companies such as OpenVault and ZCorum have developed new