Broadband Cable Television Access Network from Technology to Application

Author: U.S.A., Ovadia, translated by Han Yuguo and others
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book elaborates on the technology and application of optical fiber cable TV networks. It includes: an overview of broadband optical fiber/coaxial hybrid networks and various broadband access technologies; key technologies of optical transmission; the characteristics and functions of user terminals such as cable modems and digital set-top boxes; transmission protocols, software structures, and various applications of user home terminals, such as the DOCSIS protocol adopted by cable modems, Electronic Program Guide (EPG), Video on Demand (VOD), and Internet applications, as well as email and e-commerce implemented by digital set-top boxes. This book can serve as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students, and also as a reference book for engineers, researchers, and cable TV professionals. [Editor's Recommendation] This book can serve as a textbook for senior undergraduate and graduate students, and also as a reference book for engineers, researchers, and cable TV professionals.