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A bridged architecture for two‐way data communications over cable TV networks
Author(s) -
Wu Jon ChiungShien
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of communication systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1131
pISSN - 1074-5351
DOI - 10.1002/1099-1131(200008)13:5<387::aid-dac437>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - computer science , cable internet access , computer network , bandwidth (computing) , network architecture , architecture , the internet , cable television , telecommunications , bridging (networking) , overhead (engineering) , queueing theory , world wide web , art , visual arts , operating system
The traditional cable TV network has recently emerged as a promising infrastructure for high‐speed data communications such as the Internet and multimedia. A cable TV network may cover a wide range of geographical area that thousands of subscribers live in or work at. However, this broad service range also brings some problems such as bandwidth congestion due to too many users, and the overhead in the design of access protocol. This article presents a bridged architecture that can increase the bandwidth re‐usability and data transmission reliability over the cable TV network. It first describes the method of bridging the cable TV networks and then gives the design of a cable bridge which partitions the cable segment into several subnetworks. For load‐balancing and fairness among subnetworks, a prioritized queuing scheme with a numerical analysis will be also described. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.