Broadband services : business models and technologies for community networks / / edited by Imrich Chlamtac, Ashwin Gumaste, and Csaba Szabo

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 384
• Soggetto topico: Broadband communication systems; Electronic villages (Computer networks)
• Altri autori: GumasteAshwin ChlamtacImrich SzaboCsaba (Csaba A.)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Broadband Services; Contents; Foreword; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is broadband?; 1.2 The objectives of this book; 1.3 Book outline; Part One Applications and Services; 2 Broadband Home/Entertainment Services; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Current broadband and home entertainment markets; 2.2.1 Television; 2.2.2 Mobile; 2.2.3 Consumer products; 2.3 What drives broadband?; 2.4 Future broadband entertainment services; 2.4.1 Television and video; 2.4.2 Games; 2.4.3 Music; 2.4.4 Gambling; 2.4.5 Internet; 2.4.6 Mobile; 2.5 Consumer demographics ; 2.6 Paying for content2.7 Security standards; 2.7.1 DVB (www.dvb.org); 2.7.2 3GPP (www.3gpp.org); 2.7.3 3GPP2 (www.3gpp2.org); 2.7.4 OMA - Open Mobile Alliance (www.openmobilealliance.org); 2.7.5 TCG (www.trustedcomputinggroup.org); 2.7.6 SVP (www.svp-cp.org); 2.7.7 WPA (www.wifialliance.com/OpenSection/protected_access.asp); 2.8 Summary; 3 Applications and Services to Meet Society-Related Needs; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 E-education applications; 3.2.1 Virtual classrooms; 3.2.2 Web-based learning; 3.2.3 Technology of e-education; 3.3 Telemedicine applications; 3.3.1 What is telemedicine? ; 3.3.2 Overview of telemedicine applications3.3.3 Requirements when transmitting medical diagnostic information; 3.3.4 Videoconferencing in telemedicine; 3.3.5 How does society benefit from telemedicine?; 3.4 E-government applications; 3.4.1 Overview; 3.4.2 Providing access to e-government services; 3.5 Summary; Part Two Business Models; 4 Key Legal and Regulatory Issues Affecting Community Broadband Projects in the United States; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The benefits of public fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems; 4.3 Burdens and risks of public broadband systems ; 4.4 Legal authority of public entities to provide communication services4.4.1 Federal law encourages, but does not affirmatively empower, local governments to provide communications services; 4.4.2 State laws affecting the authority of public entities to provide communications services; 4.4.3 Local restrictions; 4.5 Involvement models and structures; 4.6 Other considerations; 4.7 Federal regulatory issues; 4.7.1 Key definitions; 4.7.2 Implications of key definitions; 4.7.3 Access to incumbent network elements under Section 251(c)(3); 4.7.4 Pole attachments; 4.7.5 Universal service ; 4.7.6 Other important federal provisions4.8 State regulatory issues; 4.8.1 Certification; 4.8.2 Tariffs; 4.8.3 Annual reports; 4.8.4 Universal service and other contributions; 4.8.5 Regulatory fees; 4.8.6 Interconnection agreements; 4.9 Summary; 5 European Telecommunication Law and Community Networks; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Historical background; 5.2.1 The liberalization period; 5.2.2 The harmonization effort; 5.3 The New Regulatory Framework; 5.3.1 Liberalization; 5.3.2 National Regulatory Authorities; 5.3.3 General authorization; 5.3.4 Access and interconnection; 5.3.5 Universal service ; 5.3.6 Radio local area networks
• Sommario/riassunto: Access to the Internet is an increasing problem in many areas of the world. As the popularity and usefulness of the Internet increases on a daily basis, lack of access to the technology is putting many groups at a disadvantage in terms of better education, better jobs and even in terms of higher levels of civic participation. However, creating a network infrastructure to serve outlying communities and sectors of the population is not straight-forward. This book brings together all the aspects of the problem - technical, regulatory and economic - into one volume to provide a comprehensive
• Titolo autorizzato: Broadband services
• ISBN: 1-280-26877-8; 9786610268771; 0-470-02251-5; 0-470-02249-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877853303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II