Product Description

The cable industry is undergoing a wrenching period of change and convergence, as fiber optic and digital technologies remake the landscape and high speed digital access presents applications and opportunities. This is a guide to the nuts and bolts technology issues driving these changes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3509286 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

From the Back Cover
NEW IN THIS EDITION

Fiber Optic Systems
Cable Modems and Telephony
New FCC Regulations
Digital Technology
Two-Way Services
Improved Home Terminals and Wiring

The Cable Technology Sourcebook for the 21st Century

"A very useful reference work ... excellent technical overview."
Society of Cable Television Engineers Magazine (from a review of the first edition)

If you want to get on top of the powerful new technologies and challenges that are transforming the cable landscape, you can't find a better platform than this updated, expanded guide. For years, Gene Bartlett's respected Cable Television Technology and Operations launched engineers, technicians, and managers to hands-on solutions to practical problems on the job. Now completely updated as the Cable Television Handbook, this guide provides the new answers you need today plus solutions to problems coming down the pike.

Packed with practical tips and expertise on achieving better picture quality, lowering maintenance costs, reducing poswer consumption, and lessening signal leakage, this answer-packed Handbook provides the tools needed to compete in a crowded marketplace. It also offers all the information needed to understand and make decisions about new systems and to put them in place. A comprehensive guide to the technical side of the cable industry, Cable Television Handbook is a one-of-a-kind gem. It's the one guide you need to understand and work in cable systems, both today and tomorrow.

-Find all the answers you need in the only full-service reference on the complete spectrum of modern cable topics

-Get clear coverage of new FCC regulations

-Solve wide-ranging technical and operational problems

-Apply operational tips for better service and lower costs

-Calculate answers quickly with easy-to-follow worked examples

-Install and service new types of cables, wiring, hubs, and transmission and control methods

-Understand signal sources

-Perform tests and measurements

About the Author
Eugene R. Bartlett is a cable industry consultant, Instructor at the ITT Technical Institute, and an independent technical writer. He was formerly the director of engineering and partner in serveral cable television systems. Bartlett is the author of the first edition of this book, Cable Television Technology and Operations, and Cable Communications, both published by McGraw-Hill.