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Modern cable television technology : video, voice and data communications /

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Fully updated, revised, and expanded, this second edition of Modern Cable Television Technology addresses the significant changes undergone by cable since 1999--including, most notably, its continued transformation from a system for delivery of television to a scalable-bandwidth platform for a broad...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Ciciora, Walter S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ©2004.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Morgan Kaufmann series in networking.
Subjects:
Cable television.
Télédistribution.
cable television.
Cable television
Télévision.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Analog television
  • Digitally compressed television
  • Digital modulation
  • Cable networking protocols
  • Cable telephony
  • Signal reception
  • Headend signal processing
  • Headend operation
  • Coaxial RF technology
  • Coaxial distribution system design
  • Linear fiber-optic signal transportation
  • Wavelength-division multiplexing
  • Linear microwave signal transportation
  • End-to-end performance
  • Upstream issues
  • Architectural requirements and techniques
  • Architectural elements and examples
  • Digital fiber modulation and deep fiber architectures
  • Network reliability and availability
  • Analog video reception
  • Digital set-top terminals and consumer interfaces
  • Consumer electronics interface
  • Equipment compatibility
  • Home networks.