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Challenge: CeTV and Ca-Fi - cellular and Wi-Fi over CATV

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MobiCom '05: Proceedings of the 11th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking

Pages 148 - 155

https://doi.org/10.1145/1080829.1080845

Published: 28 August 2005 Publication History

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This paper introduces a novel concept that enables transmitting wireless communication over CATV networks. We present the architecture of a system for Cellular Communication over CATV (CeTV) and review the required modifications to the cable network. These modifications affect only the cable network, thereby enabling the system to operate with unmodified cellular phones. In addition to improving in-building coverage, the CeTV system significantly increases the capacity of the cellular network. We also present the architecture of a Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) over CATV (Ca-Fi) system. The implementation of the Ca-Fi system requires improving the MAC protocol used by the Access Points that are deployed within the cable network. However, it does not require modifying the users' devices. We present a few alternative MAC protocols which aim at polling 802.11 stations using the Distributed Coordination Function (DCF). These protocols deal with, and take advantage of the special characteristics of the CATV network. The performance of the proposed protocols is evaluated analytically and via simulation.

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https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCCN52240.2021.9522228
Yang X(2011)Analyses of a Novel IPTV Framework for Cable TV Operators2011 IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference10.1109/APSCC.2011.24(321-326)Online publication date: Dec-2011
https://doi.org/10.1109/APSCC.2011.24
Zussman GSegall AYechiali U(2007)On the Analysis of the Bluetooth Time Division Duplex MechanismIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications10.1109/TWC.2007.051526:6(2149-2161)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TWC.2007.05152

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