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NII Road Map: Residential Broadband
NII Road Map: Residential Broadband
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METHODOLOGY To understand ND evolution, it is instructive to examine the various overlapping -and interdependent technology and business segments making up the Nit. Examples ofthese segments include residential broadband, satellite-based communications, intelligent transportation system, personal communications services, enterprise networking, home automation, public telephony, electronic commerce, end the Internet.
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Future residential broadband networks Will provide increased bandwidth and two-way interactive capabilities supporting a wide variety of applications. To characterize today's RBB networks and to understand how they are evolving to provide the capabilities needed In the future Nit, the XlWT invited industry experts representing CATV companies, local exchange carriers, RBB equipment manufacturers, and satellite communications service providers to discuss current and fixture RBB networks.
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High-power direct broadcast satellites allowing reception from small antennas (those less Han two feet In diameters Will be widely available for supporting video arid data services to residences. Terrestrial radio frequency access networks using cellular principles in the 30- to 40 |
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Electronic program guides, . Near video on demand; High- and low-speed data services; Video shopping malls; .
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