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02/01/2003
Compressing the HDTV Issue Into One Word
As a broadband cable engineer looking to launch high definition television (HDTV), you can compress many of the hassles you’ll have to solve into this word: bandwidth. HDTV has a voracious appetite for it, but its hankering for elbowroom on your network doesn’t mean that the other video, data or voice services you’ve already launched […]
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02/01/2003
IP in Cable: When Two Worlds Collide
With Internet protocol (IP) playing an increasingly important role in advanced broadband networks, Communications Technology’s editors and advisory board thought it critical that we take an in-depth look at it. In this issue, we present a three-part special report that includes: A quick look at the basics of IP; how IP works specifically for voice, […]
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02/01/2003
Broadband: Broadband Plus Show Picks
As I write this, I’ve just returned from December’s "Broadband Plus, The New Western Show" in Anaheim, Calif. The convention’s name was changed to Broadband Plus for 2002, but word has it the new moniker will be dropped in 2003, and the confab once again will be the Western Show. Two downers about December’s get-together: […]
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02/01/2003
If Only It Were This Easy…Building Cable's All-IP Network
To create an IP/HFC network "on-button," cable operators will have to focus on some core network elements. Imagine this scenario. A cable operator is able to aggregate all of its Internet protocol (IP)-based voice, video and data traffic from its residential and business subscribers into a single IP aggregation switch at the local distribution hub […]
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02/01/2003
The On-Demand Continuum
On-demand content—a pipe dream or pending reality? What would make anyone bullish that we have it right? Three reasons: First, consumers not only embrace on-demand content, but also will come to demand it. Second, the technology has progressed to the point of economic and operational feasibility. Third, the entire continuum of on-demand video content is […]
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02/01/2003
IP Meets Voice, Video and Data
As IP becomes universal, cable operators can tap this flexible protocol to deliver a rich array of data, voice and multimedia services.