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Broadband Cable Access Networks
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Broadband Cable Access Networks

by David Large, James Farmer
November 2008
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
15h 36m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Chapter 7. End-to-End Performance

7.1. Introduction

The various parts of the broadband distribution system—trunk, coaxial distribution, and drop—must work together to provide a transmission path whose performance allows delivery of adequate quality signals to the end user. This means that the total system performance requirements must be defined and that the allowable signal degradation must be allocated among signal acquisition, headend processing, distribution system, and terminal equipment.

In this chapter, quality standards and the question of allocation are discussed. Next, the calculation of the cascaded broadband network sections are addressed. Finally, the typical performance of a modern HFC distribution system is analyzed, including ...

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