Hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) systems are fast becoming a major transmission vehicle for interactive broadband access to the World Wide Web, l-phone, and other multimedia applications; as well as providing the best transmission media for broadcasting many high-quality analog video channels to subscribers' premises. Broadband Hybrid Fiber/Coax Access System Technologies is the first book to present a thorough quantitative reasoning and analysis of HFC system technologies, including subcarrier multiplexed lightwave transmission systems and components, Radio Frequency (RF) modems for digital signals, and medium-access control protocols proposed by important standards bodies. Designed to help graduate students and R&D engineers grasp the main concepts and analytical toolds used in designing broadband HFC systems, Dr. Winston I. Way explains how optical fiber systems can be used to transport radio frequency (RF) CATB signals, digital multimedia signals, and wireless signals-all on radio frequency carriers. Broadband Hybrid Fiber/Coax Access System Technologies also covers optical fiber devices and systems, RF modem design, and medium access protocol in great detail.
Winston I. Way received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1983. From 1984 until 1992, he was wth Applied Research of Bellcore, researching various projects in lightwave systems and pioneering projects in distributing satellite, digital radio, and cable television signals by using subcarrier multiplex techniques. In 1992 he joined the Department of Communications Engineering at National Chiao-Tung University, where he is now a professor, and chair of the department. Dr. Way has published a book chapter and more than 90 referred technical papers in international journals and conferences, and has been serving as a chair or technical program committee member in numerous IEEE/LEOS and IEEE/MTT international conferences. A Senior member of IEEE, he was an IEEE Journal guest editor in 1990, and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.