Broadband networking concepts and technologies, such as open signalling, IP switching and xDSL technologies are experiencing a rapid evolution whereas the service concept in traditional ATM networks has not evolved at the same pace. As opposed to the broadband IN-based approach we have composed one vision of a flexible broadband media services and network architecture. The key issue is flexibil...

WiMAX is a popular broadband solution with diverse applications. With several advantages such as low cost applications and last mile solution for broadband wireless access, WiMAX will no doubt help bridge the ever increasing digital divide in many SubSaharan African countries. Many countries Sub of the Sahara have recently started deploying WiMAX to offer subscribers affordable broadband intern...

The rapid advance of communication technology is evolving the network environment into the broadband convergence network. Likewise, the IT services operated in the individual network are also being quickly converged in the broadband convergence network environment. VoIP and IPTV are two examples of such new services. Efforts are being made to develop the video phone service, which is an advance...

The broadcasting & telecommunication services in the future will be converged and be serviced on mobile devices. However, the current ICT infrastructure does not fully meet the future demand for those converged, realistic, intelligent, and personalized services. The Korean government is going to establish a high speed next generation network called UBcN (Ultra-Broadband Convergence Network) by ...

This paper describes the structure and performance of a Fixed WiMAX System, as part of a network of networks that provides a wireless broadband access to the University of Applied Sciences of Mikkeli, Finland. The aim of the study is to evaluate the performance of the whole system when it is working with videoconference traffic. There are two major blocks that describe the performance attending...

Just as broadband networks will enable user-to-user communications to extend from textual services to those employing multimedia, they will also make possible a management environment that can take advantage of increased bandwidth and multimedia technology. The fundamental advances incorporated in such an environment can provide efficient solutions to the problem of information management. To e...

With growing demands for fast provision of new and complex services, imposed by life and business dynamic in general, service providers are forced to adopt open technologies and advanced business models in their solutions. These enable a fast response to market demands and maximum utilization of the network. A big challenge for operators today is how to deliver broadband services in rural areas...

Broadband networks are used by hundreds of millions of users to connect to the Internet today. However, most ISPs are hesitant to reveal details about their network deployments, and as a result the characteristics of broadband networks are often not known to users, developers, and researchers. In this thesis, we make progress towards mitigating this lack of transparency in broadband access netw...

In order to achieve the combined advantages of optical broadband network and wireless network, the concept of Fiber wireless (FiWi) access network has been evolved. There are various research issues in FiWi network. Survivability and energy efficiency are of main concern. In this paper the main objective is to propose optimal segmentation of FiWi network, using adaptive energy segmentation algo...