Chapter 15 End-to-End Performance

15.1 Introduction

The various parts of the broadband distribution system, the trunk, coaxial distribution, and drop, must work together to provide a transmission path whose performance allows delivery of adequate quality signals to the end user. This means that the total system performance requirements must be defined and that the allowable signal degradation must be allocated among signal acquisition, headend processing, distribution system, and terminal equipment.

This chapter will first discuss quality standards, then the question of allocation. Next, it will deal with the calculation of the cascaded broadband network sections. Finally, it will discuss the typical performance of a modern HFC distribution ...

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