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The design and installation of the Cleveland, Ohio point‐to‐multipoint CATV fiber‐optic transport system
Author(s) -
Brinkerhuff William C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of digital and analog communication systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1131
pISSN - 1047-9627
DOI - 10.1002/dac.4510030112
Subject(s) - trunking , optical fiber , telecommunications , optical fiber cable , point to point , engineering , fiber optic splitter , point (geometry) , electrical engineering , fiber , computer science , fiber optic sensor , materials science , geometry , mathematics , composite material
Abstract Analog fiber‐optic transmission system use is becoming commonplace and widespread for point‐to‐point CATV programme channel trunking applications. Owing to improvements in single‐mode fiber, device technologies and availability of single‐mode optical splitter/couplers, it is now technically and economically feasible to implement point‐to‐multipoint CATV trunking systems. This paper will describe the Cleveland, Ohio point‐to‐multipoint fiber‐optic transport system design, the pros and cons of analog FM versus digital systems, the fiber plant and the end‐to‐end performance of the installed fiber‐optic system. The multichannel FM/FDM fiber‐optic system deployed by The Ohio Bell Telephone Company (OBT), an Ameritech company, was manufactured and installed by Catel Telecommunications, Inc. of Fremont, California.