- 680 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Broadband Last Mile: Access Technologies for Multimedia Communications provides in-depth treatments of access technologies and the applications that rely upon them or support them. It examines innovations and enhancements along multiple dimensions in access, with the overarching goal of ensuring that the last mile is not the weak link in the broadband chain. Written by experts from the academic and commercial segments of the field, the book's self-contained sections address topics related to the disciplines of communications, networking, computing, and signal processing.The core of this treatment contains contemporary reviews of broadband pipes in the classes of copper, cable, fiber, wireless, and satellite. It emphasizes the 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 the increasingly important topic of 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. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners working in the increasingly pervasive field of broadband.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Series Introduction
- Prologue
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Contents
- 1. Broadband in the Last Mile: Current and Future Applications
- 2. The Last Mile, the Edge, and the Backbone
- 3. Last Mile Copper Access
- 4. Last Mile HFC Access
- 5. Optical Access: Networks and Technology
- 6. Last Mile Wireless Access in Broadband and Home Networks
- 7. Satellite Technologies Serving as Last Mile Solutions
- 8. Management of Last Mile Broadband Networks
- 9. Emerging Broadband Services Solutions
- Index