Design considerations for a hybrid fiber coax high-speed data access network

Hybrid fiber coax (HFC) technology provides a transmission medium that allows the implementation of high speed data access networks that can be deployed on a large scale to serve residential and business sites. It has characteristics that make it uniquely attractive for such services. This paper identifies the major components of an HFC data access network and the functions performed by each, and identifies the major system design goals and how they have been addressed in the CableComm, CyberSURFR and CableRouter products provided by Motorola, Inc.