Title :
Bandwidth management in a hybrid fiber coax network
Author :
Cambron, G. Keith ; Kemmerer, Fred
Author_Institution :
Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA, USA
Abstract :
Pacific Bell´s Consumer Broadband Network (CBN) is a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) design capable of responding to varying service demands. The CBN is a full service network capable of providing broadcast analog video, MPEG digital video, interactive multimedia narrowband telephony, ISDN and wideband data (LAN) to the consumer and small business markets. This paper is based upon our experience in the design and construction of the network, which passes 500000 homes. The paper describes the base architecture and how extensions to that architecture and improvements in transmission techniques are used to satisfy growing demands over the life of the network
Keywords :
ISDN; broadband networks; business communication; coaxial cables; digital television; local area networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication network management; telephony; visual communication; Consumer Broadband Network; ISDN; LAN; MPEG digital video; Pacific Bell; bandwidth management; broadcast analog video; consumer markets; full service network; hybrid fiber coax network; interactive multimedia narrowband telephony; network architecture; network construction; network design; small business markets; transmission techniques; wideband data; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Coaxial components; Digital video broadcasting; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Narrowband; Optical fiber LAN; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Community Networking, 1995. Integrated Multimedia Services to the Home., Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Princeton, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2756-X
DOI :
10.1109/CN.1995.509546
