High-performance multimedia transmission on the cable television network

Author

Jacobsen, Krista S. ; Cioffi, John M.

Author_Institution

Inf. Syst. Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

1-5 May 1994

Firstpage

1048

Abstract

A spectrally efficient discrete multicarrier modulation method is studied for the transmission of broadcast and interactive digital data on a cable television (CATV) coaxial distribution system. This study finds that multicarrier transmission can mitigate a variety of distortions in CATV networks, such as reflections and amateur radio interference. Some simulation results are presented to substantiate these findings. In particular, we find that 80 Mbps or more of information can be transmitted reliably in a single 6-MHz slot, with each slot possibly serving multiple users

Keywords

cable television; coaxial cables; digital television; interactive television; multimedia communication; CATV networks; amateur radio interference; broadcast data; cable television network; coaxial distribution system; distortions; high-performance multimedia transmission; interactive digital data; multicarrier transmission; multiple users; reflections; simulation; spectrally efficient discrete multicarrier modulation method; Attenuation; Broadcasting; Cable TV; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Contracts; Electromagnetic interference; Frequency; Reflection; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1994. ICC '94, SUPERCOMM/ICC '94, Conference Record, 'Serving Humanity Through Communications.' IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1825-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1994.368941

Filename

368941