High-speed broadband facilitates a vast number of beneficial applications such as voice over internet protocol (VoIP), streaming media, gaming, online government and business services, and other interactive services that require high data transmission rates. While high speed broadband is purported to lead ultimately to social and economic development, a coherent proactive national policy regard...

Introduction Broadband is a relatively new phenomenon that has attracted some attention in the last few years. According to Firth and Kelly (2001), the term broadband has no established definition and varies from country to country. The term usually covers varying high-speed access technologies including Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), cable modems, satellite and Wireless Fixed (Wi-F...

There is much dismay and even despair over the slow pace at which broadband is advancing in the United States. This slow pace is often claimed to be fatally retarding the recovery of the entire IT industry. As a result there are increasing calls for government action, through regulation or even through outright subsidies. A careful examination shows that broadband is full of puzzles and paradox...

Broadband network development does not always track closely a nations overall wealth and economic strength. The International Telecommunication Union reported that in 2005 the five top nations for broadband network market penetration were: Korea, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Denmark and Canada. The ITU ranked the United States sixteenth in broadband penetration. Aside from the obvious geographic...

Does broadband matter to the economy? Numerous studies have focused on whether there is a digital divide, on regulatory impacts and investment incentives, and on the factors influencing where broadband is available. However, given how recently broadband has been adopted, little empirical research has investigated its economic impact. This paper presents estimates of the effect of broadband on a...

Since the beginning of this millennium, there has been an unprecedented growth in broadband wireless networks. This can be attributed to high demand for wireless multimedia services such as data, voice, video, and the development of new wireless standards. The growth of wireless broadband networks is expected to gradually outpace landline communications because advancements in these technologie...

The broadband sonar concept has an impact on all areas of an active sonar system. This includes the signal processing of transmit-receive signals, the response of the medium and the target response. Beginning with the definition of a broadband signal, the implications of broadband signal processing in terms of matched filtering, pulse compression, low probability of interception and beamforming...