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The Emergency Alert System: Origin, Evolution, and Implementation in the Cable Industry
Executive Summary This whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview of the Emergency Alert System (EAS), tracing its origins, evolution, and current implementation in the cable industry. It explores the system’s crucial role in public safety, its technological underpinnings, and the challenges and opportunities it presents for cable operators. Glossary of terms is included at the end…
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Cable Network Architecture and Optimization: A Technical Overview
Executive Summary This whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview of modern cable network architecture, focusing on the access network, signal transmission technologies, and optimization strategies. It details the structure of headends, the mixed fiber-coax network, DOCSIS standards, and the challenges faced by cable operators in meeting growing bandwidth demands. A brief glossary of terms is included…
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Pointers and why we use them
Today, I want to talk to you about a construct that’s been around a L-O-N-G time that many love and just as many hate but, is one of the most powerful and versatile tools in the C programming language: pointers. I’ve had the pleasure of working with a lot of interns over the past 4…
