Broadband Cable Access Networks

Broadband Cable Access Networks

by David Large, James Farmer
Released November 2008
Publisher(s): Morgan Kaufmann
ISBN: 9780080922140

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Book description

Broadband Cable Access Networks focuses on broadband distribution and systems architecture and concentrates on practical concepts that will allow the reader to do their own design, improvement, and troubleshooting work. The objective is to enhance the skill sets of a large population that designs and builds broadband cable plants, as well as those maintaining and troubleshooting it. A large cross-section of technical personnel who need to learn these skills design, maintain, and service HFC systems from signal creation through transmission to reception and processing at the customer end point. In addition, data/voice and video specialists need to master and reference the basics of HFC design and distribution before contending with the intricacies of their own unique services. This book serves as an essential reference to all cable engineers—those who specifically design and maintain the HFC distribution plant as well as those primarily concerned with data/voice technology as well as video technology.
  • Concentrates on practical concepts that will allow the user to do his own design, improvement, and trouble-shooting work.
  • Prepares cable engineers and technicians to work with assurance as they face the latest developments and future directions.
  • Concise and tightly focused, allowing readers to easily find answers to questions about an idea or concept they are developing in this area.

Table of contents

  1. Brief Table of Contents
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. About the Authors
  6. Chapter 1. Linear Broadband Distribution Systems
    1. 1.1. Introduction
    2. 1.2. Organization of this Book
    3. 1.3. The Software Applications
    4. 1.4. Why this Book
  7. Chapter 2. Coaxial RF Technology
    1. 2.1. Introduction
    2. 2.2. Coaxial Cable
    3. 2.3. Amplifiers
    4. 2.4. Passive Coaxial Components
    5. 2.5. Power Supplies
    6. 2.6. Summary
  8. Chapter 3. Coaxial Distribution System Design
    1. 3.1. Introduction
    2. 3.2. Carrier-to-Noise Ratio
    3. 3.3. Carrier to Distortion
    4. 3.4. Noise–Distortion Trade-Off
    5. 3.5. System Powering
    6. 3.6. Signal Level Management
    7. 3.7. Signal Level Stability
    8. 3.8. The Service Drop
    9. 3.9. Summary
  9. Chapter 4. Linear Fiber-Optic Signal Transportation
    1. 4.1. Introduction
    2. 4.2. Optical Basics
    3. 4.3. Multimode Optical Fibers
    4. 4.4. Single-Mode Optical Fibers
    5. 4.5. Network Passives
    6. 4.6. Linear Optical Transmitters
    7. 4.7. Optical Amplifiers
    8. 4.8. Optical Receivers
    9. 4.9. Interactions among Transmitters, Fibers, and Receivers
    10. 4.10. End-to-End Fiber-Optic Link Performance
    11. 4.11. Summary
  10. Chapter 5. Wavelength Division Multiplexing
    1. 5.1. Introduction
    2. 5.2. Wavelength Multiplexing: WWDM, CWDM, and DWDM
    3. 5.3. Components for WDM Systems
    4. 5.4. WDM-Specific Design Factors
    5. 5.5. Crosstalk Mechanisms
    6. 5.6. CSO Due to Transmitter Chirp Combined with Imperfect Channel Flatness
    7. 5.7. Degradation in Shared-Detector, Multi-Wavelength Systems
    8. 5.8. Summary
  11. Chapter 6. Linear Microwave Signal Transportation
    1. 6.1. Introduction
    2. 6.2. U.S. Regulation of Microwave Transmission
    3. 6.3. General Operational Principles
    4. 6.4. Path Design
    5. 6.5. Performance Calculation
    6. 6.6. Link Availability Factors
    7. 6.7. Summary
  12. Chapter 7. End-to-End Performance
    1. 7.1. Introduction
    2. 7.2. Quality Standards and Requirements
    3. 7.3. Performance Allocations among Sections of Cable Systems
    4. 7.4. Noise and Distortion Allocations in Cable Systems
    5. 7.5. Typical Network Transmission Quality Under Operational Conditions
    6. 7.6. Summary
  13. Chapter 8. Upstream Issues
    1. 8.1. Introduction
    2. 8.2. The Two-Way Node
    3. 8.3. Downstream and Upstream Frequency Partitioning
    4. 8.4. Group Delay of Diplex Filters
    5. 8.5. Splitting the Node in the Upstream Direction
    6. 8.6. Return Signal Level Issues
    7. 8.7. Optional Ways to Specify Return Lasers
    8. 8.8. Characteristics of Return Lasers
    9. 8.9. Return Path Combining at the Headend
    10. 8.10. Spurious Signals in the Return Path
    11. 8.11. Characteristics of a Composite Reverse Signal
    12. 8.12. Reaction of Active Components to Signal Characteristics
    13. 8.13. Common Path Distortion
    14. 8.14. Return Path Interference Mitigation Techniques
    15. 8.15. Upstream Signal Power Apportionment
    16. 8.16. Practical Level Setting
    17. 8.17. Summary
  14. Chapter 9. Architectural Requirements and Techniques
    1. 9.1. Introduction
    2. 9.2. Performance Parameters
    3. 9.3. Requirements by Service Type
    4. 9.4. Scalability
    5. 9.5. Summary
  15. Chapter 10. Architectural Elements and Examples
    1. 10.1. Introduction
    2. 10.2. Architectural Elements
    3. 10.3. Architectural Examples
    4. 10.4. Summary
  16. Chapter 11. Emerging Architectures
    1. 11.1. Introduction
    2. 11.2. Analog and Digital Optical Modulation
    3. 11.3. Combining Analog and Digital Transmission on the Same Fiber
    4. 11.4. Bidirectional Transmission
    5. 11.5. Fiber-Deep Architectures
    6. 11.6. Classifying Fiber-to-the-Home Systems
    7. 11.7. Distance Limitations
    8. 11.8. Limitations on Analog Transmission Distance
    9. 11.9. Limitations on Digital Transmission Distance
    10. 11.10. Low-Frequency Content Removal in Digital Transmission
    11. 11.11. Summary
  17. Chapter 12. Network Reliability and Availability
    1. 12.1. Introduction
    2. 12.2. History and Benchmarking
    3. 12.3. Definitions and Basic Calculations
    4. 12.4. Effects of Redundant Network Connections
    5. 12.5. Absolute Versus User-Perceived Parameters
    6. 12.6. Network Analysis
    7. 12.7. Analysis of a Typical HFC Network
    8. 12.8. Summary
  18. Appendix . Channel Allocation
  19. Glossary
  20. Index
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I
    10. K
    11. L
    12. M
    13. N
    14. O
    15. P
    16. Q
    17. R
    18. S
    19. T
    20. U
    21. V
    22. W

Product information

  • Title: Broadband Cable Access Networks
  • Author(s): David Large, James Farmer
  • Release date: November 2008
  • Publisher(s): Morgan Kaufmann
  • ISBN: 9780080922140