: equipment or a facility which receives communications signals (such as cable television broadcasts) for distribution to a local region
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The upstream uses a TDMA protocol whereby users send requests to transmit data to the headend and are then assigned specific time slots in which to send the data in short bursts.
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IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Samueli in 1994 Crucial to Broadcom’s chip designs was the need to sort out the signals being sent to subscribers from the cable operator’s headend.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Fiber restoration, plant maintenance, and headend operations will be supported 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2020
In January 2006, PC Services — or Groveland LLC — installed $300,000 worth of headend equipment on its own because residents were beginning to move in and demanding service, according to court records and Bustamante.
—Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2019
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IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Samueli in 1994 Crucial to Broadcom’s chip designs was the need to sort out the signals being sent to subscribers from the cable operator’s headend.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025
Fiber restoration, plant maintenance, and headend operations will be supported 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2020
In January 2006, PC Services — or Groveland LLC — installed $300,000 worth of headend equipment on its own because residents were beginning to move in and demanding service, according to court records and Bustamante.
—Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2019
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“Headend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headend. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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