Early warning systems: The “last mile” of adaptation

Illuminating the Last Mile?

The next leap in the communications market may be the extension of optical technology to access networks. Advanced fibre optical access equipment has been developed in the last decade and today trial tests are on the way and insular deployment has begun. The access network, the last mile, has not encountered any major changes of technology for a century. However, current advancements in technol...

An early warning on early warning systems!

Quality of Service for the Last Mile

As broadband access to the Internet is expected to become widely available to customers over the last-mile, the need for providing Quality of Service (QoS) classifications over lastmile links is keenly felt. This report deals with a broad set of last-mile technologies from the perspective of their respective abilities to support QoS. A brief overview of the QoS characteristics, standards define...

The Future of Last - Mile Delivery

WG Early Warning Systems

Early Warning Systems aim at detecting unclassified but potentially harmful system behavior based on preliminary indications and are complementary to Intrusion Detection Systems. Both kinds of systems try to detect, identify and react before possible damage occurs and contribute to an integrated and aggregated situation report (big picture). A particular emphasis of Early Warning Systems is to ...