HFC access network design for switched broadcast TV services

IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 588-594

  Wauters, Tim ^a   De Bruyne, Jeffrey ^a   Martens, Luc ^a   Colle, Didier ^a   Dhoedt, Bart ^a   Demeester, Piet ^a   Haelvoet, Kurt ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Telenet NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Digital tv; HFC; Network convergence; Switched broadcast

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIGITAL TELEVISION; INTERNET; TELEPHONE LINES; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

CABLE TELEPHONY; DIGITAL INTERACTIVE TELEVISION; DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCAST (DVB); HYBRID FIBER COAX (HFC); TRAFFIC MODELS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 34249823697     PISSN: 00189316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBC.2007.894950     Document Type: Article

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