Abstract

Gigabit Ethernet’s adoption as the cable industry’s transport protocol of choice has been swift. Recent technological developments have made GigE the ideal solution for converged networks, enabling the reliable delivery of broadcast and narrowcast video, data and VoIP voice traffic with an economic attractiveness never before possible. The current industry trend is to design high-capacity GigE networks that can handle various types of traffic on a single, converged platform. VoD and other services such as HDTV, high-speed data and VoIP are driving the network design requirements. Successfully delivering these bandwidth-heavy services to the end-user requires effective GigE transport system design, solution implementation at the operator head-end, and post-deployment maintenance.

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