Modern Cable Television Technology
eBook - ePub

Modern Cable Television Technology

  1. 1,052 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Modern Cable Television Technology

About this book

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 reference for cable engineers, this book illuminates all the technologies involved in building and maintaining a cable system. But it's also a great study guide for candidates for SCTE certification, and its careful explanations will benefit any technician whose work involves connecting to a cable system or building products that consume cable services.- Written by four of the most highly-esteemed cable engineers in the industry with a wealth of experience in cable, consumer electronics, and telecommunications- All new material on digital technologies, new practices for delivering high speed data, home networking, IP-based voice technology, optical dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM), new video compression techniques, and integrated voice/video/data transport- Covers the latest on emerging digital standards for voice, data, video, and multimedia- Presents distribution systems, from drops through fiber optics, an covers everything from basic principles to network architectures

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Image
  2. Title page
  3. Endorsements
  4. The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Table of Contents
  11. Part 1: Once Over Lightly
  12. Part 2: The Signals
  13. Part 3: Headends
  14. Part 4: Broadband Distribution Systems
  15. Part 5: System Architecture
  16. Part 6: Customer Interface Issues
  17. Appendix A: Channel Allocation
  18. Appendix B: Video Waveforms
  19. Glossary
  20. Index
  21. About the Authors