Managing cable TV networks

Author

Yano, Tatsuo ; Shimojo, Shinji ; Sunahara, Hideki ; Shiba, Masanori ; Murai, Jun

Author_Institution

Kobe Network Control Res. Cente, Telecommun. Adv. Organization of Japan, Kobe, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

52

Abstract

The expansion of Internet services among cable TV networks is demanding more effective network management. Two-way data communications require higher service quality than one-way broadcasting. A significant challenge faced by cable TV network management is that completely different applications are utilized to manage IP devices and non-IP devices on the same network. In this paper, we propose an SNMP proxy agent for managing amplifiers. To do this, we expand the protocol currently used by the amplifiers. Subsequently, we implement three variations of the SNMP proxy agent and compare the functionality and limitations of each

Keywords

Internet; amplifiers; cable television; data communication equipment; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; transport protocols; IP devices; Internet services; SNMP proxy agent; Simple Network Management Protocol; address port translation; amplifier protocol; cable TV network management; nonIP devices; service quality; two-way data communications; Cable TV; Communication cables; Data communication; Hardware; IP networks; Manufacturing; Modems; Monitoring; Protocols; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Internet Workshop, 1999. IWS 99

Conference_Location

Osaka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5925-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWS.1999.810977

Filename

810977