Gain an Insight into the World of Cable Modem Technology And Marketing.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c21961) has announced the addition of Cable Modem and Broadband Services to their offering.

The easy-to-read plain-language report has more than 50 tables and charts, including figures showing salient features of DOCSIS, download comparison times, QPSK and QAM modulations, cable infrastructure, diagnostics and market shares.

High-speed networking is rapidly becoming the standard for the industry. Cable Modem offerings now control some 63 percent of the residential and small-business broadband market. Cable Modem And Broadband Services report delves into all aspects of the cable modem market: technology, costs, competing technologies, applications, and developments.

Among the topics covered are:

--A view from 10,000 ft

--A quick survey of competing technologies

--Legacy hybrid-fiber-coax infrastructure

--Frequency and bandwidth allocations

--Fiber and coaxial cable plants

--Amplifiers and their power requirements

--Modulation techniques

--Error management

--Data Over Cable System Interface Specifications (DOCSIS)

--Diagnostics

--Markets and regulatory issues: residential and corporate

--64 QAM and 256 QAM

--Amplifiers, equalizers, attenuators

--Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying (QPSK) modulation

--Residential use in the USA and the rest of the world

--A look at the crying need for good RF engineers

Authors of this must-read report are Amitava Dutta-Roy, Ph.D., Fellow, IEEE and IEE, author of many widely referenced technical articles and speaker on Last-Mile Access Technologies, and a recipient of an ASBPE Award; M.S. a renowned telecommunications and networking author, recipient of the 1996 International Communications Association Industry Achievement award for communications writing. Harler was for many years the editor-in-chief of Communications News and has co-authored other successful reports for the technical audience including the recent IP-Based Network Management report.

This report is bullish on cable modem technology. However, since other options are available to the consumer, this report looks at Cable Modem versus other service offerings such as DSL and satellite, fiber-to-the-home and power line.

Whether your company is just starting to work with Cable Modem technology or is looking to expand an existing program, the Cable Modem And Broadband Services report is a must-read. It is the perfect introduction for new employees to the world of cable modem technology and marketing.

Topics Covered

1. Introduction and 10,000-foot view of the market

2. Choosing a broadband access method

3. Infrastructure of a typical cable TV plant

4. CableLabs and DOCSIS

5. Frequency allocations and bandwidth

6. Cable plant

7. RF Amplifiers

8. Supply of AC Power to amplifiers

9. Upgrade of legacy HFC 

10. Modulation

11. Errors in transmission: their detection and management

12. Interleaving of data

13. Data flow in an upgraded HFC

14. DOCSIS protocols

15. Manufacturers of HFC components

16. Line cards at CMTS 

17. Diagnosis of CM networks

18. Cable telephony

19. Operation Support System (OSS)

20. Market

21. The corporate market

22. Scarcity of RF engineers

23. Acknowledgment

24. For more information

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