Cable: it´s not just for TV

Author

Dutta-Roy, Amitava

Volume

36

Issue

5

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

59

Abstract

Hybrid fiber-coaxial-cable systems can download data from the Internet at up to 30 Mb/s while also carrying multiple telephone channels and broadcast radio and TV signals-both analog and digital. This paper concentrates on single-access technology-cable modems. The cable modem packs the Internet data in the form of 10BASE-T frames, which are fed over an Rj-45 connection to the Ethernet network interface card (NIC) in a computer. The phone connections at the cable modem are for Internet protocol (IP) telephony, which has yet to come to residences in a big way. The connection between a cable modem and the Internet is packet-switched and so the link is always active. The standards for cable modems are discussed as is the sending of digitised voice over a packetised system

Keywords

Internet telephony; coaxial cables; modems; optical cables; Internet; TV signals; analog signals; broadcast radio; cable modems; digital signals; hybrid fiber-coaxial-cable systems; multiple telephone channels; single-access technology; Cable TV; Communication cables; Ethernet networks; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; IP networks; Internet telephony; Modems; Optical fiber cables; Radio broadcasting; TV broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.763204

Filename

763204