The Crossover Net LAN system using an intelligent head-end

Author

Saito, Senro ; Yoshida, Hiroyuki ; Kunii, Tosiyasu L.

Author_Institution

Inf. Process. Center. Univ. of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

Volume

38

Issue

8

fYear

1989

fDate

8/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1076

Lastpage

1085

Abstract

The development of a multimedia broadband local area network (LAN) system named CrossoverNet using a intelligent head-end is presented. This head-end provides two-way digital/analog communication with dynamic channel exchange and network configuration control. Based on these functions, the head-end exchanges analog information in a manner similar to digital circuit exchange. Digital and analog information are transmitted separately over the same broadband cable and integrated in audiovisual protocol layers. To provide these facilities, a LAN architecture conforming to the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) basic reference model is designed using broadband and CATV network technologies. The result, CrossoverNet, can control, operate, and manage a variety of audiovisual devices that are attached to it in a consistent manner. A prototype experiment illustrates the versatility of the system

Keywords

broadband networks; local area networks; CATV; Crossover Net LAN system; OSI; Open Systems Interconnection; basic reference model; digital circuit exchange; dynamic channel exchange; intelligent head-end; multimedia broadband local area network; network configuration control; two-way digital/analog communication; versatility; Communication system control; Digital circuits; Integrated circuit interconnections; Intelligent networks; Intelligent systems; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Multimedia systems; Open systems; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/12.30863

Filename

30863