Chlamtac / Gumaste / Szabo Broadband Services

Business Models and Technologies for Community Networks
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-02249-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 302 Seiten, E-Book

Access to the Internet is an increasing problem in many areas ofthe world. As the popularity and usefulness of the Internetincreases on a daily basis, lack of access to the technology isputting many groups at a disadvantage in terms of better education,better jobs and even in terms of higher levels of civicparticipation. However, creating a network infrastructure toserve outlying communities and sectors of the population is notstraight-forward.
This book brings together all the aspects of the problem -technical, regulatory and economic - into one volume to provide acomprehensive resource. It describes the latest technologicaladvances that allow cost-effective network infrastructures to bebuilt, and places them in the context of the applications andservices that the infrastructure will deliver. A section onbusiness models and case studies from North American and Europedemonstrate that the solutions are economically and practicallyviable.
This book is essential for anyone looking to gain anunderstanding of the issues and technology surrounding the accessdebate. It will be of particular relevance to networkengineers/designers/planners at the incumbent operator companiescharged with delivering broadband access to as yet unconnectedregions. Governments and regulatory bodies will also findthis a useful guide to the problems that they may face.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chlamtac, Imrich

Gumaste, Ashwin

Szabo, Csaba

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction (Imrich Chlamtac, Ashwin Gumaste and csaba A.Szabó).
PART ONE: APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES.
2. Broadband Home/Entertainment Services (Arieh Moller and Roy Isacowitz).
3. Applications and Services to Meet Society-Related Needs(Csaba A. Szabo).
PART TWO: BUSINESS MODELS.
4. Key Legal and Regulatory Issues Affecting Community BroadbandProjects in the United States (Sean Stokes and JimBaller).
5. European Telecommunication Law and Community Networks(Giovanni Pascuzzi and Andrea Rossato).
6. Models for Public Sector Involvement in Regional and LocalBroadband Projects (Gareth Hughes).
7. Customer Owned and Municipal Fiber Networks (Bill St.Arnaud).
8. Towards Technologically and Competitively Neutral Fiberto the Home (FTTH) Infrastructure (Marvin Sirbu and AnupamBanerjee).
PART THREE: TECHNOLOGY.
9. Backbone Optical Network Design for Community Networks(Ashwin Gumaste, Csaba A. Szab o and Imrich Chlamtac).
10. A Comparison of the Current State of DSL Technologies(Scott A. Valcourt).
11. Fiber in the Last Mile (Ashwin Gumaste,¯, NasirGhani and Imrich Chlamtac).
12. Ethernet in the First Mile (Wael William Diab).
13. DOCSIS as a Foundation for Residential and CommercialCommunity Networking over Hybrid Fiber Coax (Steven Fulton,Chaitanya Godsay and Radim BartoS).
14. Broadband Wireless Networks: a Roadmap to Emerging Trendsand Standards (E. Baccarelli, M. Biagi, Raffaele Bruno, MarcoConti and Enrico Gregori).
PART FOUR: CASE STUDIES.
15. Community Networks in North America (Priya Shetty andAshwin Gumaste).
16. European Broadband Initiatives with Public Participation(Csaba A. Szabó).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Imrich Chlamtac, CreateNet Research Consortium
Ashwin Gumaste, Fujitsu Laboratories, USA
Csaba A. Szabo, Budapest University of Technology andEconomics, Hungary