Modern Cable Television Technology, 2nd Edition

Book description

Fully updated, revised, and expanded, this second edition of Modern Cable Television Technology addresses the significant changes undergone by cable since 1999--including, most notably, its continued transformation from a system for delivery of television to a scalable-bandwidth platform for a broad range of communication services. It provides in-depth coverage of high speed data transmission, home networking, IP-based voice, optical dense wavelength division multiplexing, new video compression techniques, integrated voice/video/data transport, and much more.

Intended as a day-to-day reference for cable engineers, this book illuminates all the technologies involved in building and maintaining a cable system. But it's also a great study guide for candidates for SCTE certification, and its careful explanations will benefit any technician whose work involves connecting to a cable system or building products that consume cable services.

  • Written by four of the most highly-esteemed cable engineers in the industry with a wealth of experience in cable, consumer electronics, and telecommunications
  • All new material on digital technologies, new practices for delivering high speed data, home networking, IP-based voice technology, optical dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM), new video compression techniques, and integrated voice/video/data transport
  • Covers the latest on emerging digital standards for voice, data, video, and multimedia
  • Presents distribution systems, from drops through fiber optics, an covers everything from basic principles to network architectures

Product information

  • Title: Modern Cable Television Technology, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): David Large, James Farmer
  • Release date: January 2004
  • Publisher(s): Morgan Kaufmann
  • ISBN: 9780080511931