Asynchronous transfer mode (3rd ed.): solution for broadband ISDN
Asynchronous transfer mode (3rd ed.): solution for broadband ISDN
Adaptive digital access protocol: a MAC protocol for multiservice broadband access networks
IEEE Communications Magazine
MLAP: a MAC level access protocol for the HFC 802.14 network
IEEE Communications Magazine
The (R)evolution of access networks for the information superhighway
IEEE Communications Magazine
Hybrid fiber/coax in the public telecommunications infrastructure
IEEE Communications Magazine
CATV return path characterization for reliable communications
IEEE Communications Magazine
The rate-based flow control framework for the available bit rate ATM service
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
Performance Evaluation of DiffServ Driven HFC System
INTERWORKING '00 Proceedings of the 5th IFIP TC6 International Symposium on Next Generation Networks, Networks and Services for the Information Society
Provision of QoS for Legacy IP Applications in an ATM-over-HFC Access Network
INTERWORKING '00 Proceedings of the 5th IFIP TC6 International Symposium on Next Generation Networks, Networks and Services for the Information Society
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Proliferating deployment of amphidromic broadband services over commercial cable TV networks is bringing a taste of IBCN capabilities to vast numbers of domestic customers. The fluctuating and unpredictable traffic of the new services favours TDMA multiplexing of traffic from many customers inside each channel for flexible and dynamic bandwidth sharing on the basis of a medium access protocol. As penetration grows, traffic aggregations will exceed the capabilities of store-and-forward switching bringing more and more into prominence fast switching techniques and ATM networking. The first HFC systems designed primarily for LAN interconnection and Internet traffic are not optimised for ATM sources even when they employ ATM cells as a unit of transport. A novel contention approach designed to greatly reduce the distortions to traffic profiles characterising first generation HFC medium access protocols is the theme of this paper. The proposed method provides a high number of simultaneous orthogonal contention opportunities which allow quick identification of cell arrivals which is a key to preserving temporal relationships of contending traffic, vastly reducing cell delay variations in line with the traffic control philosophy of ATM.