An Overview of Fixed Access Networks

• xDSL

  • ISDN

  • HDSL

  • ADSL

  • VDSL

  • SDSL

• HFC

  • Cable MODEMs

  • IPTV Network Architectures and Protocols

  • 'IPTV Deployment Challenges and Opportunities', Anurag Srivastava & Swarup Acharya, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, IEEE Tutorial

  • Presentation Slides for IPTV Deployment Challenges and Opportunities

  • What is IPTV?

  • IPTV Market Drivers

  • Triple Play-IPTV

  • IPTV Technology Enablers

  • Transport Net Architectures for IPTV

  • IPTV Deployment Challenges

  • IPTV Competitive Threat

  • IPTV Vendors and Service Provider Strategies

  • Conclusion

• PLC

• Optical Access Networks

  • Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Architectures

  • xPONs (Passive Optical Network)

• Digital Subscribe Line-Wikipedia

• ADSL

  • Carrierless Amplitude Phase (CAP) Modulation

  • Dicsrete Multi Tone (DMT); Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

• High Data Rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL)

  • HDSL2

• Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL)

  • Symmetric High Speed Digital Subscriber Line

• Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL)

• DSL Forum

  • Technical Reports of DSL Forum

• DOCSIS Cable MODEM

• Powerline Digital Subscriber Line (PLC)