A study on noisy HFC network upstream channel failure prediction and implementation

Author

Chu, Liang C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

246

Lastpage

249

Abstract

A failure prediction method for a noisy uncoded QPSK upstream HFC communication channel has been derived in this paper. This implementation is based on the relationship between the higher layer error (packet loss) and the physical layer error (bit error rate) for the HFC network. With the laboratory measurements on the HFC upstream channel characteristics and the channel analysis and modeling, we have derived an implementation plan for broadband HFC network failure prediction with additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) impairment. This study provides more information on fault management for HFC networks and also provides benefits in the development of a network management information base for the HFC network

Keywords

AWGN channels; broadband networks; error statistics; failure analysis; hybrid fibre coax networks; quadrature phase shift keying; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network reliability; AWGN; HFC network; QPSK; additive white Gaussian noise; bit error rate; broadband access network; failure prediction method; fault management; higher layer error; implementation plan; network management information base; noisy channel; packet loss; physical layer error; upstream communication channel; AWGN; Additive white noise; Bit error rate; Communication channels; Gaussian noise; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Information management; Physical layer; Prediction methods; Quadrature phase shift keying;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1999 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5582-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PACRIM.1999.799523

Filename

799523