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What is Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC)

Chapter 46
Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission
A type of network based on both optical fiber along with coaxial cable to provide interactive broadband services. The fiber optic network extends from the cable operators central office, to the area’s head end, out to a neighbourhood’s hub site, and finally to a fiber optic node which serves from 1 to 2000 homes. The fiber optic node converts optical signals to electronic and vice versa, and from this node to the user premises, the network is based on coaxial cables that connect 100 to 2000 homes in a tree-and-branch configuration. By using frequency division multiplexing, an HFC network may carry a variety of services, including noninteractive (TV services) and interactive services such as broadband access to Internet. The access device is a cable modem.
Published in Chapter:
Explaining Patterns of Broadband Development in OECD Countries
Inmaculada Cava Ferreruela (Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-851-2.ch046
Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to provide some insights about the explaining patterns of broadband deployment and adoption. This problem is addressed by examining them in the light of the results of an exhaustive cross-national empirical analysis that uses a comprehensive panel data set from the 30 OECD countries with more than 40 features. The results suggest that technological competition and the low cost of deploying infrastructures on one side, and the predisposition to use new technologies as well as some social indicators on the other, appear to be the key drivers for broadband deployment and adoption, respectively.
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