DocumentCode
1017854
Title
The OpenCable Application Platform
Author
Gordon, Andres ; Hooley, D.
Author_Institution
CableLabs, Louisville
Volume
25
Issue
1
fYear
2008
fDate
6/30/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
146
Lastpage
151
Abstract
This article discusses briefly the OpenCable application platform (OCAP) specification, which is the software solution that has been designed and developed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs) to achieve the retail availability mandate mentioned earlier and to enable competing implementations of the OCAP specification by consumer electronics manufacturers. In association with industry vendors and North American cable operators, the OCAP specification provides application interoperability across a variety of receiver types and cable networks.
Keywords
cable television; legislation; open systems; television standards; North American cable operators; OCAP specification; OpenCable application platform specification; application interoperability; cable networks; consumer electronics manufacturers; retail availability; Access protocols; Application software; Availability; Cable TV; Communication cables; Hardware; Manufacturing industries; Middleware; TV broadcasting; TV receivers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1053-5888
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSP.2008.4408453
Filename
4408453
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