Title :
Emerging residential broadband telecommunications
Author :
Burpee, David S. ; Shumate, Paul W., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Morristown, NJ, USA
fDate :
4/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Although near-term benefits are driving both telephone companies and cable operators to deliver residential services over optical fiber, in the longer term fiber enables new interactive, multimedia, switched “Information Age” services. The authors address residential fiber deployment, and opportunities for these two industries to work together in providing new services
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; multimedia systems; optical links; subscriber loops; telecommunication services; FTTC; FTTH; interactive services; multimedia services; optical fiber; residential broadband telecommunications; residential fiber deployment; residential services; Bandwidth; Cable TV; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Multimedia systems; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Telecommunication switching; Telephony;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
