Modern cable television technology : video, voice and data communications / Walter Ciciora ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ciciora, Walter S.

Series:

The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cable television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1093 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 range of communication services. It provides in-depth coverage of high speed data transmission, home networking, IP-based voice, optical dense wavelength division multiplexing, new video compression techniques, integrated voice/video/data transport, and much more.Intended as a day-to-day re

Contents:

Front Cover; Modern Cable Television Technology: Video, Voice, and Data Communications; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Once Over Lightly; Chapter 1. Introduction to Cable Television; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Technology-Related Regulatory Issues; 1.3 The Development of the Cable Television Industry and Its Services; 1.4 Cable Network Design; 1.5 Coaxial System Limitations; 1.6 The Introduction of Fiber Optics; 1.7 High-Level Architecture Changes; 1.8 Video Signal Security and Selective Service Delivery Issues; 1.9 Consumer Equipment Interface Issues

1.10 SummaryEndnotes; Part 2: The Signals; Chapter 2. Analog Television; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Baseband Monochrome Video and Monaural Audio; 2.3 Modulation; 2.4 Modern Analog Television; 2.5 Signal Quality and Customer Expectations; 2.6 Other Television Systems; 2.7 Summary; Endnotes; Chapter 3. Digitally Compressed Television; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Broadcast Digital Television; 3.3 Digital Video Compression; 3.4 Digital Audio Compression; 3.5 Digital Audio-Video Transport; 3.6 Digital Transmission; 3.7 Digital Television Standards; 3.8 Summary; Endnotes; Chapter 4. Digital Modulation

4.1 Introduction4.2 Modulation Technology; 4.3 Forms of Spectrum Sharing; 4.4 Measuring Digitally Modulated Signals; 4.5 Summary; Endnotes; Chapter 5. Cable Networking Protocols; 5.1 Introduction to Protocols; 5.2 The DOCSIS Protocol for Cable Modems; 5.3 Non-DOCSIS Protocols; 5.4 Summary; Endnotes; Chapter 6. Cable Telephony; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Modern Telephone System Architecture; 6.3 The Telephone Network Digital Hierarchy; 6.4 Elements of a Cable Telephony System; 6.5 Network Engineering: Quality of Service; 6.6 IP Telephony; 6.7 The 911 System; 6.8 DS1/E1 Transport on IP Networks

6.9 SummaryEndnotes; Part 3: Headends; Chapter 7. Signal Reception; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Off-Air Reception; 7.3 Satellite Reception; 7.4 Other Methods of Receiving Programming at Headends; 7.5 Summary; Endnotes; Chapter 8. Headend Signal Processing; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 SignaI Processors; 8.3 Modulation; 8.4 Phase Locking of Carriers; 8.5 Demodulation; 8.6 TV Stereo; 8.7 Satellite Earth Station Receiving Equipment; 8.8 Digital Video Interfaces; 8.9 Signal Handling in Headends; 8.10 Ad Insertion; 8.11 Video On Demand and Digital Ad Insertion; 8.12 Summary; Endnotes

Chapter 9. Headend Operation9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Cable Television Band Plan; 9.3 Headend RF Management; 9.4 Headend Fiber-Optics Management; 9.5 Signal Quality Tests; 9.6 Summary; Endnotes; Part 4: Broadband Distribution Systems; Chapter 10. Coaxial RF Technology; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Coaxial Cable; 10.3 Amplifiers; 10.4 Passive Coaxial Components; 10.5 Power Supplies; 10.6 Summary; Endnotes; Chapter 11. Coaxial Distribution System Design; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Carrier-to-Noise Ratio; 11.3 Carrier to Distortion; 11.4 Noise-Distortion Trade-Off; 11.5 System Powering

11.6 Signal Level Management

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-12045-6

9786611120450

0-08-051193-7

OCLC:

437202750