Broadband Last Mile - Access Technologies for Multimedia Communications

Informationen zum Autor Nikil Jayant Klappentext Broadband Last Mile: Access Technologies for Multimedia Communications contains contemporary reviews of broadband pipes in the classes of copper! cable! fiber! wireless! and satellite. It emphasizes coexistence of these classes within a network! the importance of optical communications for unprecedented bandwidth! and the flexibility and mobility provided by wireless. The book also includes perspective on network management! providing insights that are true regardless of the nature of the pipe. The text concludes with a discussion of newly emerging applications and broadband services. This book offers an all-in-one treatment of the physical pipes and network architectures that make rich and increasingly personalized applications possible. Zusammenfassung Contains contemporary reviews of broadband pipes in the classes of copper, cable, fiber, wireless, and satellite. This work emphasizes the co-existence of these classes within a network, the importance of optical communications for unprecedented bandwidth, and the flexibility and mobility provided by wireless. Inhaltsverzeichnis BROADBAND IN THE LAST MILE: CURRENT AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS John Apostolopoulos and Nikil JayantTHE LAST MILE! THE EDGE! AND THE BACKBONE Benny Bing and G. K. ChangLAST-MILE COPPER ACCESS Krista S. JacobsenLAST-MILE HFC ACCESS Daniel Howard! Bruce Currivan! Thomas Kolze! Jonathan Min! and Henry SamueliOPTICAL ACCESS: NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGY Brian Ford and Stephen E. RalphLAST-MILE WIRELESS ACCESS IN BROADBAND AND HOME NETWORKS Carlos de M. Cordeiro and Dharma P. AgrawalSATELLITE TECHNOLOGIES SERVING AS LAST-MILE SOLUTIONS Paul G. Steffes and Jim StratigosMANAGEMENT OF LAST-MILE BROADBAND NETWORKS Mani SubramanianEMERGING BROADBAND SERVICES SOLUTIONS Mani Subramanian

Product details

• Authors: Jayant, Jayant Jayant, Nikil Jayant, Nikil (Georgia Institute of Technology Jayant, Jayant Nikil
• Assisted by: Nikil Jayant (Editor), Nikil (Georgia Institute of Technology Jayant (Editor), Jayant Nikil (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.05.2005
• EAN: 9780824758868
• ISBN: 978-0-8247-5886-8
• No. of pages: 674
• Series: Signal Processing and Communications Series; Signal Processing and Communications; Signal Processing and Communications
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical, Technology: general issues, Electrical Engineering, Electronics engineering, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Mathematics & science, Mathematics and science