Broadband access technologies

ABSTRACT

In the last two decades, we witnessed a revolution beyond our wildest predictions: the computer shrank in size and current demand, got immense processing capabilities, and left the Banking and Military premises to enter virtually in everyone's home. Till some years ago, the telecommunication infrastructures didn't make the same way along, but this scenario changed dramatically meanwhile.It's that evolution we'll try to explain in this document

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.5 Local and Wide-Area Networks
          Subjects: High-speed (e.g., FDDI, fiber channel, ATM)

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.5 Local and Wide-Area Networks
          Subjects: Ethernet (e.g., CSMA/CD); Access schemes

General Terms:
Human Factors, Legal Aspects, Management