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DOCSIS Set-top Gateway, the Glossary

DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (or DSG) is a specification describing how out-of-band data is delivered to a cable set-top box.^[1]

Cable modem

A cable modem is a type of network bridge that provides bi-directional data communication via radio frequency channels on a hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC), radio frequency over glass (RFoG) and coaxial cable infrastructure.

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Cable modem termination system

A cable modem termination system (CMTS, also called a CMTS Edge Router) is a piece of equipment, typically located in a cable company's headend or hubsite, which is used to provide data services, such as cable Internet or Voice over IP, to cable subscribers.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.

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DOCSIS

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing cable television (CATV) system.

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Management information base

A management information base (MIB) is a database used for managing the entities in a communication network.

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Out-of-band data

In computer networking, out-of-band data is the data transferred through a stream that is independent from the main in-band data stream.

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Residential gateway

A residential gateway is a small consumer-grade gateway which bridges network access between connected local area network (LAN) hosts to a wide area network (WAN) (such as the Internet) via a modem, or directly connects to a WAN (as in EttH), while routing.

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Set-top box

A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or other display device.

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Simple Network Management Protocol

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behavior.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS_Set-top_Gateway

Also known as DOCSIS Settop Gateway.

DOCSIS Set-top Gateway, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Cable modem

Cable modem termination system

Cable television

DOCSIS

Management information base

Out-of-band data

Residential gateway

Set-top box

Simple Network Management Protocol

See also

Broadcasting standards

Set-top box

References