"This book will focus on residential and commercial services provided by MSOs (Multiple System Operators), the networks supporting these services, and management of networks and services. The book will cover current technologies used by MSOs and future directions pointing out areas requiring further research"--
This is the first book describing cable networks, services, and their management in greater detail by thirteen experts in various fields covering network architectures and services, operations, administration, maintenance, provisioning, troubleshooting (OAMPT) for residential services; network architectures, services, and OAMPT for business services; Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Virtualization concepts
- Comprehensive reference book useful for people working for a multiple systems operator
- Includes chapter introductions
- Written by 13 experts in various fields such as network services and soft defined networks
Preface |
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Contributors |
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1 Introduction And Overview |
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1 | (10) |
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1 | (1) |
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1.2 Residential Network Architectures and Services |
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2 | (2) |
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1.3 OAMPT (Operations, Administration, Maintenance, Provisioning, Troubleshooting) for Residential Services |
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4 | (2) |
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1.4 Business Network Architectures and Services |
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6 | (1) |
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1.5 OAMPT for Business Services |
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7 | (1) |
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1.6 Future Directions in Cable Networks, Services and Management |
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8 | (3) |
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2 Residential Network Architectures And Services |
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11 | (73) |
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11 | (1) |
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2.2 DOCSIS 3.0/3.1 Architecture and Services |
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12 | (10) |
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2.3 PacketCable Architecture and Services |
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22 | (4) |
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2.4 IMS Architecture and Services |
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26 | (8) |
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2.5 IPTV Architecture and Services |
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34 | (11) |
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2.6 CDN Architecture and Services |
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45 | (8) |
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2.7 CCAP Architectures and Services |
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53 | (16) |
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2.8 Wi-Fi Architecture and Services |
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69 | (9) |
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78 | (6) |
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80 | (4) |
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3 Operations, Administration, Maintenance, Provisioning, And Troubleshooting For Residential Services |
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84 | (50) |
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3.2 Operational Systems and Management Architectures |
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85 | (4) |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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3.6 Performance Management |
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94 | (3) |
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3.7 Billing Systems and Formats |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (32) |
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131 | (3) |
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132 | (2) |
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4 Business Network Architectures And Services |
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134 | (49) |
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134 | (1) |
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4.2 Metro Ethernet Architecture and Services |
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135 | (26) |
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4.3 DPoE Architecture and Services |
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161 | (7) |
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4.4 EPoC Architecture and Services |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (9) |
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180 | (3) |
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181 | (2) |
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5 Operations, Administration, Maintenance, Provisioning, And Troubleshooting For Business Services |
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183 | (63) |
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183 | (1) |
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5.2 Operations Systems and Management Architectures |
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184 | (12) |
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196 | (9) |
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205 | (19) |
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224 | (6) |
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5.6 Performance Management |
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230 | (5) |
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5.7 Billing Systems and Formats |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (5) |
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241 | (5) |
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243 | (3) |
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6 Future Directions In Cable Networks, Services And Management |
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246 | (95) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (27) |
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274 | (21) |
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6.4 Network Functions Virtualization |
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295 | (2) |
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6.5 Software-Defined Networks |
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297 | (21) |
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6.6 Self-Managed Networks |
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318 | (19) |
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337 | (4) |
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338 | (3) |
Index |
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Mehmet Toy, Ph.D, is a Distinguished Engineer at Comcast, USA, involved in network architectures and standards. Previously, Dr. Toy held management and technical positions at ADVA Optical Networking, Intel Corporation, Verizon Wireless, Axiowave Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications, AT&T Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies. He has contributed to research, development and standardization of Cloud Services Architectures, Metro Ethernet, DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE), IP Multimedia Systems (IMS), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), optical, IP/MPLS, and wireless. He has authored four books, and numerous articles in these areas and signal processing, and has taught at universities as a tenure-track and adjunct faculty member.