CABLE TV NETWORKS

The cable TV network started as a video service provider, but it has moved to the business of Internet access. In this section, we discuss cable TV networks and how this network can be used to provide high speed access to the Internet.

Topics discussed in this section:

• Traditional Cable Networks
• Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial (HFC) Network

Traditional cable TV network

Note

Communication in the traditional cable

TV network is unidirectional.

Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network

Note

Communication in an HFC cable TV

network can be bidirectional.