QAM resource allocation in mixed-format VoD systems

Journal of Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Gong, Jiong ^a   Reed, David ^a   Shaw, Terry ^a   Vivanco, Daniel ^a   Martin, Jim ^b  

^a CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband access; Capacity planning; Congestion control; Network simulation; Resource allocation; Traffic modeling; VoD

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); MIXING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

BROADBAND ACCESS; CAPACITY PLANNING; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATORS; NETWORK SIMULATION; QUADRATURE-AMPLITUDE MODULATIONS (QAM); RESOURCE ALLOCATION ALGORITHMS; TRAFFIC MODEL; VIDEO ON DEMANDS (VOD);

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 51249091041     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcm.2.1.1-9     Document Type: Article

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