Modern Cable Television Technology: Video, Voice, and Data Communications

by Walter Ciciora

Book Overview

NEW EDITION NOW AVAILABLE! ISBN 1-55860-828-1 Based on a tutorial workshop, this book overviews the technical details involved in a cable system. A complete descriptive reference of a cable television... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558604162
• ISBN13: 9781558604162
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
• Length: 854 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Engineer

This is a very good book for someone interested in the CATV industry. It gives you a good explanation of the technologies that allow CATV companies the ability to provide all the services now available. It does this in one book, so that you don't have to hunt through several books to find what you need, when you need it.

Comprehensive (2nd Edition)

Well done compilation that is approachable while covering a lot of ground. If you need one book that touches on all the technology aspects of the cable industry and can fit on your bookshelf, this is it. I highly recommend it.

At last a fully comprehensive CATV handbook

In a quick growing market, and with daily technological improvements like cable television, the lack of a thoroughly comprehensive compilation was being noticed. This book, a kind of Bible for that specific area of telecommunications engineering, could approach a vast variety of technical and operational issues for the CATV industry. A vade mecum (lat. ¨goes with me¨, means essential) for every CATV engineer or technician.

Excellent coverage of current cable issues.

The text covers the subject of cable television from an introductory level up to engineering levels. I particularly liked the coverage of current issues in cable, such as Impulse pay per view. The chapter on modulation was informative. With my physics background I was happy to see the book has a good scattering of equations. An equation is indispensable in many situations.

comprehensive, well organized, complete, a must have

Every technical library should include this easy to understand volume explaining all aspects of cable television. The authors have drawn from their years of education and practical experience in the Cable industry to produce an excellent reference guide for anyone interested in television and cable technology. Included are chapters on Analog TV, Digital Compression, Cable Data Transport,Headend Signal Processing, Coax, Fiber, Consumer Interface and Equipment Compatability, and other topics. Great minds have produced a fine book!