Bandwidth management in a hybrid fiber coax network

Author

Cambron, G. Keith ; Kemmerer, Fred

Author_Institution

Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

20-22 Jun 1995

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Pacific Bell´s Consumer Broadband Network (CBN) is a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) design capable of responding to varying service demands. The CBN is a full service network capable of providing broadcast analog video, MPEG digital video, interactive multimedia narrowband telephony, ISDN and wideband data (LAN) to the consumer and small business markets. This paper is based upon our experience in the design and construction of the network, which passes 500000 homes. The paper describes the base architecture and how extensions to that architecture and improvements in transmission techniques are used to satisfy growing demands over the life of the network

Keywords

ISDN; broadband networks; business communication; coaxial cables; digital television; local area networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication network management; telephony; visual communication; Consumer Broadband Network; ISDN; LAN; MPEG digital video; Pacific Bell; bandwidth management; broadcast analog video; consumer markets; full service network; hybrid fiber coax network; interactive multimedia narrowband telephony; network architecture; network construction; network design; small business markets; transmission techniques; wideband data; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Coaxial components; Digital video broadcasting; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Narrowband; Optical fiber LAN; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Community Networking, 1995. Integrated Multimedia Services to the Home., Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2756-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CN.1995.509546

Filename

509546