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IEC Newsletter
December 2007, Volume 1
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In This Issue:
Expanding Your Comfort Zone: Service Delivery in an IP World

Featured Keynote Address
An industry leader's insight from Broadband World Forum Europe 2007
Berit Svendsen
Berit Svendsen
Vice President and Head, Nordic Fixed
Telenor

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Executive Perspective
One-on-one interviews with industry leaders
Robin Mersh Robin Mersh
Chief Operating Officer
DSL Forum
Q.
DSL just reached a milestone, hitting 200 million customers. What is your outlook for the future?
A.
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Technology Briefing
White papers covering news, studies, and trends
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
Analog Technologies
Content by: Fred Eady, Circuit Cellar Magazine

"I recently received an e-mail from a reader asking why there were no in-depth TCP/IP stack 'how-to' articles. Honestly, I had never given that much thought because I normally forgo the formal TCP/IP stack in favor of small, easy-to-follow, home-brewed Ethernet driver packages. … What I'm about to introduce to you is the best of both the garage Ethernet driver and TCP/IP stack worlds. How would you like to solder down a single-IC Ethernet solution that provides the power of a full-blown commercial TCP/IP stack as if it were a set of simple Ethernet drivers? Read on, my friend." Read full article from Circuit Cellar Magazine.
Web ProForum
Tutorials featuring the latest technical and business issues
Since their emergence from standards bodies around 1990, SDH and its variant, SONET, have helped revolutionize the performance and cost of telecommunications networks based on optical fibers.

This tutorial discusses synchronous transmission standards in world public telecommunications networks. It will cover their origins, features, applications, and advantages, as well as their impact on network design and synchronous signal structure.

Definition and Overview
  1. Introduction: Emergence of SDH
  2. SDH Standards
  3. SDH Features and Management
  4. Network Generic Applications
  5. Network Generic Applications: Equipment and Uses
  6. Cross-Connect Types
  7. Trends in Deployment
  8. Network Design
  9. SDH Frame Structure
  10. Virtual Containers
  11. Supporting Different Rates
  12. Self-Test
Analyst Corner
Perspectives from leading information industry experts
Analyst Corner PDF

Educational content provided by
Casimer DeCusatis, Distinguished Engineer, Network Hardware Development, IBM Corporation


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The purpose of The Basics of IPTV is to increase understanding of the technical, economic, and business model differences that are evolving for the delivery of rich media such as video, audio, and graphics.

It likewise describes alternative scenarios that might develop during the global IPTV deployment and how it could affect consumer behavior.

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