Dynamic bandwidth allocation for the HFC DOCSIS MAC protocol

Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN

Volumn 2000-October, Issue , 2000, Pages 54-60

  Droubi, Mamdouh ^a   Idirene, Nasser ^a   Chen, Charles ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CABLES; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MODEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SPECIFICATIONS;

CABLE MODEM TERMINATION SYSTEM; DATA-OVER-CABLE SERVICE INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS; DATA-TRANSMISSION; DOWN-STREAM; DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION; HEAD-END; HYBRID FIBER-COAX NETWORKS; HYBRID-FIBER COAX; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS;

FREQUENCY ALLOCATION;

EID: 0002440356     PISSN: 10952055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCCN.2000.885470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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