Concerns for customer satisfaction, revenue protection, maintainability, scalability, and efficient bandwidth use will drive cable engineers to carefully evaluate their network architecture options. MediaOne can speak from experience. Summary Data networking services present a significant revenue-generating opportunity for cable operators. In the process of building out traditional video networks for data, the network architecture selected will have one of the greatest and longest-lasting impacts on the reliability, scalability and maintainability of the network. R outing adds intelligence to the network, reducing broadcasts and the associated noise floor in addition to freeing up bandwidth and host CPU processing time.
Routed networks are also more secure and less vulnerable to network-wide failures.
Routing, combined with bridging, is the right network architecture for scaling up cable data networks. Cable operators have learned that RF design cannot be ignored or swept under the carpet. Networking issues are no different-ignore them and they will cause no end of problems. Designing a data network with the proper equipment and techniques will result in a reliable, low-maintenance revenue source. CED is a registered trademark of Cahners Business Information .