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Abstract
Cable modems are devices that allow high-speed access
to information at a distant server may it be Internet
server or video on demand server, via a cable television
network. While similar to the traditional (analog) dialup
modems, a cable modem is significantly more powerful,
capable of delivering data approximately 500 times faster.
During the early to mid - 1990s, the two-way interactive
communication capability of the existing cable network
infrastructure was realized which would imply a much
greater bandwidth for accessing the Internet. This realization
resulted in several field trials being conducted in
various areas of United States and western European
countries. As a result of these field trials, several
types of cable modems were developed.
Authors
J S Krishna Murthy
Rajeevalochan Ramaswamy
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