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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
- Cover Image
- Title page
- Endorsements
- The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Part 1: Once Over Lightly
- Part 2: The Signals
- Part 3: Headends
- Part 4: Broadband Distribution Systems
- Part 5: System Architecture
- Part 6: Customer Interface Issues
- Appendix A: Channel Allocation
- Appendix B: Video Waveforms
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Authors