Broadband Return Systems for Hybrid Fiber/Coax Cable TV Networks

This is the first complete guide to designing two-way cable systems that can support tomorrow's most exciting, high-demand applications.This book walks step-by-step through the construction of bi-directional cable systems. Learn how the systems are designed, what equipment is needed, how systems are implemented, and what special ongoing maintenance issues must be addressed. Learn the fundamentals of two-way system capacity planning, and how to account for new applications such as video-on-demand and Internet access. Learn about options for controlling return data coming from customers via the coax network. The book also contains extensive coverage of migration to digital hybrid fiber-coax systems from traditional one-way analog coax.For all cable system operators, managers, system designers, engineers, technicians and suppliers.