An ATM-friendly MAC for traffic concentration in HFC systems

Computer Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 516-529

  Angelopoulos, John D ^a   Orfanoudakis, Theofanis G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CATV; HFC; MAC protocol; Reservation ALOHA; Residential access network

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COAXIAL CABLES; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

HYBRID FIBER COAX (HFC) NETWORKS; MEDIUM ACCESS PROTOCOLS; RESIDENTIAL ACCESS NETWORKS;

CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032070048     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-3664(98)00124-8     Document Type: Article

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