A DQRAP-based residential-metropolitan area network utilizing cable tv facilities
Rami Khasawneh · 1993
The demand for data communications to the home is increasing as the economy becomes information-oriented. The most straight-forward approach to providing communications to the home is to use an existing link--the residential cable television system (Cable TV). The coaxial cable is a high-bandwidth medium that is already installed to the home, meaning that a residential metropolitan area network (R-MAN) could be implemented. A recently developed protocol--Distributed Queuing Random Access Protocol (DQRAP)--is proposed for use in a Cable TV-based broadcast data network. A comparison between DQRAP and other leading protocols proposed for Cable TV and for MAN is presented. The performance of DQRAP under various types of traffic characterizing different services is analyzed. This dissertation also discusses the practical considerations that could affect DQRAP implementation and the potential services that can be supported by DQRAP.