Broadband Cable TV Access Networks: From Technologies to Applications - Couverture souple

Ovadia, Shlomo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0130864218 ISBN 13 : 9780130864215

Editeur : Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

This book will discuss the principles of operation and features for the emerging consumer home terminals such as digital set-top boxes and cable modems. This book will also provide the detailed technical principles of both fiber optics and RF cable TV systems.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

SHLOMO OVADIA is a Principal System Architect in the Cable Network Operation business unit at Intel. Prior to joining Intel, he was involved in the development of digital set-top boxes and cable modems as a Principal Scientist at Digital Network Systems, General Instrument/Motorola. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and has written more than 60 technical publications and conference presentations. He currently has eight patents pending, and his personal biography is included in the Millennium edition of Who's Who in America Science and Engineering.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Next-generation CATV systems: architecture, protocols, technologies, and applications.

• Cable modems and digital set-top boxes: architecture and operation
• HFC and its competitors: DSL, FTTL, DBS, and MMDS
• Evolving from two-way HFC networks to next-generation DWDM access
• Key applications: EPGs, IPPV, VOD, web browsing, e-mail, e-commerce, and more

Broadband cable TV networks are undergoing a massive transformation, from simply broadcasting analog TV channels to providing sophisticated, two-way interactive services such as high-speed Internet access and video-on-demand. Now, one of the field's leading experts reviews the technologies, protocols, applications associated with the CATV revolution, and previews the migration path from today's two-way hybrid fiber/coax networks to the awesome capacities of tomorrow's DWDM fiber networks. Coverage includes:

• HFC cable networks vs. the competition: DSL, FTTL, DBS, and MMDS
• Key fiber-optics transmission technologies: directly and externally modulated laser transmitters, optical receivers, and Erbium-doped optical fiber amplifiers (EDFAs)
• Architecture of DWDM access networks
• Hardware architecture and operation of digital set-top boxes and cable modems
• Software architecture and applications for digital set-top boxes

Ovadia offers in-depth analyses of single and multiple-wavelength fiber-optics transmission impairments over HFC and DWDM networks, and presents the emerging two-way DWDM network architecture. Finally, he discusses the DOCSIS cable modem protocol, as well as key set-top box's applications such as electronic program guides (EPGs), video-on-demand (VOD), Internet-based applications such as e-mail, and e-commerce.

Whether you're an engineer, scientist, cable professional, manager, or investor, if you want to understand where cable is headed, you need Cable TV Access Networks: From Technologies to Applications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prentice Hall
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0130864218
• ISBN 13: 9780130864215
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible