Cable Modems: Current Technologies and Applications

Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
ISBN: 0-933217-53-6
Price: $63.95

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Richard R. Green, President and Chief Executive Officer, CableLabs, Inc.

Introduction by Venkata C. Majeti, John Fijolek, Michelle Kuska, and Kotikalapudi Sriram

Part I: Overview and Process

The Cable Modem's Evolution and Revolution: An Historical View
Rouzbeh Yassini, Founder and Chairman, LANcity

MCNS/DOCSIS Strategy and Execution
Michelle Kuska, Director of Network Technology, TCI Business Alliance and Technology Co., Inc.

Residential Data Services via Hybrid Fiber/Coax Local Access Networks
Stephen A. Grzelak, former Product Manager, Broadband Services Department, Network Systems, Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Harrison Miles, Jr., Technical Manager, Interactive Services Delivery Laboratory, Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Edward S. Szurkowski, Director, Interactive Services Delivery Laboratory, Network Systems, Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies
William P. Weber, Jr., Head, Broadband Data Services Department, Network Systems, Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies

Cable-Modem Systems and the Law
Gordon E. Nelson, Patent Attorney, Banner and Witcoff

Part II: The Physical Layer

TDMA System Synchronization Using Timestamp Messages
Victor T. Hou, Senior Staff Engineer, General Instrument
Robert Mullins, Engineering Projects Manager, General Instrument
Bernardo Paratore, Vice President, Applied Technology and Product Development, Sarnoff Digital Communications

Synchronized Discrete Multitone Modulation for Upstream Transmission on Cable Networks
Krista S. Jacobsen, Senior Systems Engineer, VDSL Department, Amati Communications Corporation
John A.C. Bingham, Chief Scientist, Amati Communications Corporation

An Approach to Upstream HFC Channel Modeling and Physical-Layer Design
Thomas J. Kolze, Ph.D., President, ComStar Communications, Inc.

Frequency-Agile TDMA System for Upstream Cable-Modem Applications
Jonathan S. Min, Senior Staff Scientist, Broadcom Corporation
Henry Samueli, Chief Technical Officer, Broadcom Corporation

Part III: The Medium Access Layer and Performance Issues

Performance of MAC Protocols for Broadband HFC and Wireless Access Networks
Kotikalapudi Sriram, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies, Inc.

A Review of Contention Resolution Algorithms for IEEE 802.14 Networks
Nada Golmie, Computer Engineer, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Yves Saintillan, Guest Researcher, High Speed Networks Technologies Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology
David Su, Manager, High Speed Networks Technologies Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Multimedia Cable-Network System Media Access-Control Protocol Performance Simulation
David Hartman, Senior Development Engineer, Residential Broadband Business Unit, Broadcom Corporation
Thomas J. Quigley, Director, Residential Broadband Business Unit, Broadcom Corporation

Performance of Telco-Return Cable-Data Systems
Levent Gun, Vice President, Cable Access Business Unit, 3Com
Chester A. Ruszczyk, Senior Software Engineer, 3Com

Part IV: The Network Routing Layer

Future Directions for Telephony Return-DOCSIS Networks
John Fijolek, Chief Network Architect, Cable Access Business Unit, 3Com

Architectures for IP Services over CATV Networks
Enrique J. Hernandez-Valencia, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Wireless Broadband Networks
Robert Furniss, Director, Hybrid Networks, Inc.
Keith Ross, Product Manager, Microwave Systems Division, ADC Telecommunications

Part V: Security

Data-over-Cable Security
Chet Birger, Ph.D., Consulting Engineer, Network Analysis and Engineering, Nortel Networks

Acronym Guide

Index