A protocol for efficient transfer of data over hybrid fiber/coax systems

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 872-881

  Limb, John O ^a,b   Sala, Dolors ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable modem; Cable TV; HFC; MAC protocol; Residential broad band access

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; COAXIAL CABLES; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODEMS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) PROTOCOLS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0031338517     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/90.650146     Document Type: Article

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