Development of High Speed Multimedia Transmission System based on HFC Network

HFC 망에서의 고속 멀티미디어 전송시스템 개발

  • Received : 2011.03.11
  • Accepted : 2011.04.30
  • Published : 2011.04.30

Abstract

The transfer capability of HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax) network is superior to xDSL. HFC network, however, is not suitable for transferring high quality video due to cable model interfaces. For the services of high quality IPIV or VOD, the extra exclusive downstream transfer system is required without upgrading pre-equipped cable modem and service capability. This paper is aimed to develop the extra exclusive downstream transfer system not changing existing cable modem system but providing same quality of services. This system is composed of the extra exclusive downstream IP-cable sender and modem. This sender and modem have 30 Mbps transfer capability and HDTV stream can be served in the Cable TV network using 21 Mbps HDTV transport stream.

Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) network의 전송 능력은 xDSL과 비교하여 우수하지만, HFC network에서 아직도 케이블 모뎀을 사용하기 때문에 고화질의 영상을 전송할 때는 속도가 느려진다. 본 논문에서는 HFC망에서 사용하는 케이블 모뎀의 성능을 개선하기 위해서 개발된 하향 전용 IP-cable sender와 IP-cable modem을 제시하였다. 개발된 시스템은 HFC 망에서 30 Mbps 급의 IP 방송을 지원하고, 21 Mbps 속도의 고화질 트랜스포트 스트림을 사용하여 장시간 고화질 서비스를 제공한다.

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