Title :
A case for symmetrical bandwidth
Author_Institution :
Convergence Syst. Inc., Norcross, GA, USA
fDate :
12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The paper discusses one of the significant challenges facing broadband telecommunications service providers, (especially the cable television industry) that is, the issue of symmetrical versus asymmetrical bandwidth deployment for coaxial-based data services to the residential marketplace. Symmetrical networks offer the same bandwidth capacity in both directions, whereas asymmetrical networks offer greater bandwidth capacity in one direction. For anyone who extensively uses information networks (for example, the Internet) the solution is simple: more bandwidth to enable higher performance network access
Keywords :
broadband networks; cable television; computer networks; performance evaluation; telecommunication standards; Internet; asymmetrical bandwidth; bandwidth capacity; broadband telecommunications service; cable television; coaxial-based data services; information networks; network performance; residential marketplace; standards; symmetrical bandwidth; Bandwidth; Cable TV; Circuits; Computer aided software engineering; Convergence; Distributed computing; Ethernet networks; Robustness; Telephony; Video on demand;
