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The Business of Broadband: Access and Applications
Format: Spiral-Bound, 382 pages
ISBN: 1-931695-15-6
Price:
$495
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Part I. Broadband Access | ||
| A. DSL | ||
| Flexible Bandwidth Services with DSL Bonding | ||
| Bonded DSL Service Requirements | ||
| DSL Bonding Techniques | ||
| Technical Comparison | ||
| An Infrastructure with Broad Potential | ||
| Play Ball — We Have a Start | ||
| Television Statistics and Home-Run Hitters | ||
| Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks — or Streaming Media | ||
| Other Things That Internet and Broadband People Do | ||
| Making Choices | ||
| Souvenirs for Home | ||
| Concession Stands in Rural America — What Digital Divide? | ||
| Digital Copper for Delivering Converged Services | ||
| The Problem | ||
| Today versus Tomorrow | ||
| G.shdsl | ||
| Multi-Link G.shdsl Access | ||
| Applications | ||
| B. Wireless Broadband | ||
| Bringing Broadband Data to the Wireless Mobile Market | ||
| Wireless Mobile Technology Evolution: A Brief History | ||
| Creating a Compelling Services and Applications Development Environment | ||
| Service-Creation Environment Required for Wireless Mobile Data Networks | ||
| Edging into the Core: Understanding the IP Backbone in a Wireless Mobile Network | ||
| 3G Wireless Networks: Services and Challenges | ||
| Deployment of 3G | ||
| 3G Services | ||
| Technical Challenges of 3G Networks | ||
| Alternatives to 3G | ||
| Leaping the Broadband Wireless Barrier: How Multiple Antenna Techniques Overcome LOS Restrictions | ||
| Line-of-Sight | ||
| Near–Line-of-Sight | ||
| True Non–Line-of-Sight | ||
| Translating Margin Reduction into Cell Size | ||
| Hyper-Diversity and Spectral Efficiency | ||
| Spatial Multiplexing and Spectral Efficiency | ||
| C. Wireless LANs | ||
| Broadband Data Networks Security — Woes of Wireless LANs | ||
| Understanding the Data Security Threats | ||
| Understanding Wireless LANs and Associated Risks | ||
| Legal Ramifications of Compromised Data Security | ||
| Recommendations and Leading Practices | ||
| Wireless LANs: Opportunities and Challenges for Mobile Network Operators | ||
| Wireless LAN Technical Challenges | ||
| Wireless LAN Business Models | ||
| Universal Mobility: Why Does It Win? | ||
| D. Ethernet | ||
| The Smart, Ethernet-Based Broadband Access Network | ||
| Ethernet-Based Broadband Access Distribution Methods | ||
| Intelligent Broadband Access Network Devices | ||
| The Public Ethernet Business Model: Many Services, One Network | ||
| We'll Pay a Dollar a Day. . . Ad Infinitum | ||
| Service Explosion or Slow Burn — The Result Is the Same | ||
| Public Ethernet — The Multiservice Enabler | ||
| "Ethernet Always Wins" | ||
| Original Ethernet — Coaxial Cable and Collision Avoidance | ||
| The Modern Ethernet — Simpler, Faster, Cheaper | ||
| Ethernet over Optical Fiber — A Virtuous Price/Performance Circle | ||
| Ethernet in the First Mile — The Thousand-Fold Bandwidth Multiplier? | ||
| Introducing the Public Ethernet Circuit | ||
| E. Operations, OSSs, and Quality of Service | ||
| OSS Challenges in Deploying Video on Demand over Broadband Networks | ||
| Introduction to Video on Demand | ||
| VOD: A "Killer" Application Ready for Takeoff? | ||
| VOD Functionality and Value Proposition | ||
| VOD Market Opportunity and Revenue Models | ||
| Status of VOD Deployment | ||
| VOD Value Chain | ||
| Types of VOD | ||
| OSS Challenges | ||
| Real-Time Rating and Billing | ||
| Business Intelligence and CRM | ||
| Network Management | ||
| Provisioning and Activation | ||
| Commerce and Partner-Relationship Management | ||
| Real-Time Service Assurance | ||
| QoS Architectures in Broadband Networking | ||
| Quality of Service | ||
| QoS Architecture Fundamentals | ||
| Existing QoS Architectures | ||
| Subscriber Provisioning for Broadband Networks | ||
| Network Architecture Issues | ||
| Challenges for Service Providers | ||
| Need Automated, Dynamic Process | ||
| A New Provisioning Model | ||
| Abstract the Subscriber from the Transmission Network | ||
| Description of Four Service Models | ||
| Single Service Gateway | ||
| Dynamic Subscriber Protocol Model | ||
| PPPoE Benefits | ||
| Dynamic Service Selection Model | ||
| TSP Active Session Model | ||
| Dynamic Transport Protocol Model | ||
| L2TP Benefits | ||
| Economic Benefits | ||
| One Model for All Services | ||
| Eliminating the Queue: Delivering on the Promise of Bandwidth on Demand | ||
| The Operational Challenge of Bandwidth on Demand | ||
| The BOD–Capable OSS | ||
| Delivering on the Promise | ||
| The Right Fit | ||
| Secure Broadband Storage Networking Solutions | ||
| SBSNS MAN Networks | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Metro SBSNS Examples | ||
| Why DWDM? | ||
| Metro SAN Design Guidelines | ||
| Gigabit Ethernet Guidelines | ||
| Metro DWDM Guidelines | ||
| Storage Security | ||
| Part II. Broadband Applications | ||
| TVoDSL: The Door to Your Customer's Living Room | ||
| A Fully Integrated TV and Web Experience | ||
| Navigation and Organization | ||
| Tele-Shopping | ||
| A Promising Future | ||
| The One-to-One Model | ||
| The Telco Opportunity | ||
| What's at Stake | ||
| Media and Network Convergence | ||
| Adapting to a New Interface | ||
| Migration to New Business Models | ||
| A Bit-Pipe Only? | ||
| Basic Economic Models | ||
| Mass Market | ||
| Crossing the Chasm | ||
| Bridging Enablers | ||
| Self-Generating Content | ||
| The xDSL Challenge | ||
| A New Paradigm Shift | ||
| TV and Video Distribution with VDSL | ||
| DSL Services | ||
| Market Aspects | ||
| Video Applications | ||
| The Role of the DSLAM | ||
| Solution for Broadcast TV | ||
| Video over DSL | ||
| The Broadband Challenge and Opportunity | ||
| The Marketplace | ||
| The Architecture and Equipment | ||
| The Content | ||
| Moving Beyond Commodity DSL: Market Opportunities for Business Broadband Services | ||
| Business Broadband Service: The Current State of the Market | ||
| SMB/EBO Telephony: Layering Business Voice Services over Network Access | ||
| Enterprise Telecommunications: Layering Big Business Services over Network Access | ||
| Business DSL Today: Layering Nothing over Network Access | ||
| The SMB/EBO Need for Layered Communications Services | ||
| Advanced CPE: Deploying Layered Business Broadband Services Today | ||
| Web Services and the Business of Broadband | ||
| Software As a Service | ||
| Service-Oriented Architecture | ||
| Web Services | ||
| The Web Services Business Model | ||
| DSL Service Applications: More Than Just Home Networking | ||
| Applications | ||
| Technology | ||
| The Technology Has Been Delivered — It's Time to Build Applications | ||
| "Pragmatic Apps" Not "Killer Apps" Are Driving Broadband | ||
| Converged Service Delivery | ||
| PBX Extension | ||
| TBroadband and Mobility in Health Care | ||
| Collaboration Framework | ||
| Video over DSL: A Business Case for Telcos | ||
| Basic Network Architecture | ||
| Video-over–DSL Service Model | ||
| Business Case for Video over DSL — Financial Results | ||
| Broadband Applications: Challenges and Issues of Profitability | ||
| Setting the Stage for New Business Models | ||
| Shifting to an Intangible Economy, Managing Value | ||
| Broadband Provider Uses Flexibility to Satisfy Customer Demand and Increase Profitable Revenues | ||
| B2B Portals Increase Gross Margin by Managing Value-Chain Delivery Network | ||
| A Pricing Practice for Profitable Services | ||
| DTM Tools Secure Profits | ||
| DTM Solutions for Broadband | ||
| Redundant Schemes Help Secure Multimedia Transactions and Activity | ||
| Data Networks and Multimedia Standards | ||
| Videoconferencing | ||
| Streaming Audio and Video | ||
| Socket Implementation | ||
| Multimedia Integration in Wireless Networks | ||
| Part III. The Business of Broadband | ||
| Revenue-Generating Enhancements Using DSL | ||
| Present State of DSL | ||
| Customer Challenges | ||
| Technical Challenges | ||
| Understanding the Market | ||
| Our Sad and Sorry Broadband Future | ||
| Broadband Pricing Models: A User Perspective | ||
| Bandwidth Pricing Models Review | ||
| Simulation Tool | ||
| User Classifications | ||
| Pricing Models and User-Sensitivity Relationships | ||
| Simulation Results | ||
| Where's the Content? | ||
| The Broadband Content Value Chain | ||
| Subscriber Portals | ||
| Digital Rights Management: The Bogeyman of the Internet | ||
| Service-Delivery Networks | ||
| The New Business Internet: Converting Bandwidth to Profitable Services | ||
| The New Business Internet | ||
| New Services Are Changing the Metro Landscape | ||
| Completing the Transition | ||
| Service Enabling Solutions for the New Business Internet | ||
| Consumer Price Points for Video-on-Demand Services | ||
| Consumer Interest in Video on Demand | ||
| Preferred VOD Payment Model | ||
| Price Points for Pay-Per-Use Model | ||
| Price Points for Monthly Subscription Model for VOD | ||
| High-Revenue Managed Data Services for Enterprise Customers | ||
| What Are the Barriers to Managed Services Today? | ||
| Managing Services by the "What" Technique | ||
| ILEC Strategies for Revenue Growth | ||
| Restructuring for Growth | ||
| New Packet-Based Services Are Deployable Now | ||
| Be a Valuable Service Provider! | ||
| VSP Background and Futures | ||
| VSP Market Scenario | ||
| Solve Functional Needs First to Ensure the Success of Enhanced Broadband Services | ||
| Meeting Service Expectations Is the First Step | ||
| The Evolution of Broadband Use | ||
| A Focus on Functionality Instead of Features | ||
| An Example of Technology Subordinated to Service Delivery | ||
| The Four 'E's of Enhanced Broadband Services Delivery | ||
| Delivering Profitable Broadband Applications | ||
| Is Bandwidth Really Still the Problem? | ||
| Not All Bandwidth Is Created Equal | ||
| For What Will They Pay? | ||
| How Can We Make It Happen? | ||
| Who Can Afford to Give Away Broadband Services? | ||
| What Is Revenue Assurance? | ||
| How Can Revenue Assurance Help Broadband Succeed? | ||
| Tips and Techniques to Tackle Revenue-Assurance Initiatives | ||
| The Broadband Value Chain: Technology and Business Models in the Next Stage | ||
| Content Trends in Broadband | ||
| A Broadband Value Chain | ||
| Portals — Back for Broadband? | ||
| Service Creation versus Service Consumption | ||
| Bridging the Chasm: Moving Broadband to Mass Adoption | ||
| Where Are We Today? | ||
| The Tip of the Iceberg | ||
| Broadband — Who Wants It? | ||
| A Broadband Killer App? | ||
| Holistic Broadband: Selling to the Family, Not the Individual | ||
| Hurry Up and Wait: Accelerating and Limiting Factors for Broadband Adoption | ||