Modern Cable Television Technology: Video, Voice, and Data Communications (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking)

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Based on a tutorial workshop, this book overviews the technical details involved in a cable system. A complete descriptive reference of a cable television system. This book is the most up-to-date and comprehensive reference available on cable television technologies. It covers issues not addressed in any other book such as modern headend design, reliability calculations, modern architecture, and equipment interface.

* Summarizes key standards including DOCSIS, DVS, NRSS, DSWG, EIA-542, and IS-23
* Explains digital cable, analog cable, data on cable, telephone on cable, and headend practices
* Features distribution systems, from drops through fiber optics and covering everything from basic principles to network architectures
* Includes coverage of digital video compression, digital modulation techniques, subjective video quality expectations, and consumer electronic equipment interface issues

Dr. Ciciora is a Fellow of the IEEE, the SMPTE, and SCTE and serves on the Montreux Television Symposium Executive committee. He is a consultant in Cable, Consumer Electronics, and Telecommunications. He was VP of Technology at Time Warner from 1982 to 1993 after being with Zenith since 1965.

James Farmer is the Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President of Quality at ANTEC. A respected industry expert and communicator, Jim is widely published and is active in the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), the Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), among others.

David Large is a Principal in the consulting firm Media Connections Group. He is a Fellow Member of the SCTE, a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of the NCTA Engineering Committee and a member of the NCTA/EIA Joint Engineering Committee.