Digital Basics for Cable TV Systems (HP Professional Series)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
• Published by: Prentice Hall PTR November 26, 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0137439156
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0137439157
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
Complete guide to digital cable television systems designed to provide all you need to know to get digital services with maximum quality & reliability in an authoritative & friendly manner.

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Make the transition to digital CATV: the complete, easy-to-read guide!

Cable TV is rapidly moving from the familiar world of analog signals to a new digital world where yesterday's rules for optimizing performance no longer apply. If you install, upgrade, or maintain digital or mixed digital/analog systems, Digital Basics for Cable Television Systems is your complete guide to this new world. Friendly and authoritative, it's all you need to know to deliver digital services with maximum quality and reliability.

• Simple basics of digital signals and transport.
• How digital signals differ from analog signals.
• Complete coverage of digital testing and proof-of-performance.
• Key digital measurement techniques, including the use of a spectrum analyzer.
• Digital signal composition features, such as adaptive equalization, error correction, and compression.

With this book's simple illustrations, definitions and examples, you'll find it easy to master key digital CATV concepts such as layering, modulation and multiplexing. You'll learn how to measure digital signal power and burst power, and the impact of distortion, noise and interference on digital signals.

Digital Basics for Cable Television Systems is also a great reference, with a convenient glossary of digital terminology, a performance measurement map, a test equipment survey, exercises with answers, and much more. Whether you're a technician or an engineer, this book will help you maximize your digital system's performance - and your own.

Reader Reviews
An excellent introductory book describing the characteristics of digital transmission. I picked up this book based on the review from the Boston, MA reader with the expectation that it would provide me with the basics of digital transmission theory. The topics are organized in logical order with the basics of signal transmission, conversion from analog to digital data streams, digital modulation, error correction, power measurements, and interference sources. What really impressed me was the simple to understand descriptions and drawings used to convey the underlying theory without getting the reader bogged down in engineering type equations. I definitely recommend this book for anyone interested in a general understanding of digital signal applicaitons. Even though the book is geared towards cable TV, it provided me with a strong foundation in digital communications!