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head end
The originating point in a communications system. In cable TV, the head end is where the cable company locates its satellite dish and TV antenna for receiving incoming programming. In online services, the head end is the service company's computer system and databases. See cable modem and CMTS.
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Data packets from internet arrive at the providers head end as shown in Figure 2 and a dedicated processor in the CMTS converts them into MPEG packets, checks for errors and modulates the packets onto a carrier wave using QAM/FEC (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation/Forward Error Correction).
Cable Data Network by Anil Satram / Telecommunications industry community
Anencephaly occurs when the "cephalic" or head end of the neural tube fails to close, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp.
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Depending on who you are, you could very well be concerned with just one part of an IPTV system or the entire system, so we''ll break it into the core problem and what that means at each place in the network (we''ll assign the network 4 test points: 1) Head End 2) Core Network 3) Network Edge 4) Customer Home).
Measuring IPTV QOS (Quality of Service) by Andrew Henry / Computers and Internet community
 
 
 
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