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Standards
- A Call to Action: A National Technology Roadmap for Telecommunications
Smith, David
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- The author issues a call to action for the telecommunications industry to begin the development of national roadmaps to help guide it into the next millennium.
- Broadband Access Ramps: The Inevitable Next Horizon
Wright, Terry
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- Considers the drivers underlying the emergence of the publicly accessible broadband network. Begins by stepping back in history to look at similar change agents that produced paradigm shifts. Argues that the cable industry has the opportunity to be an influential catalyst in shaping the nature and timing for this evolution to broadband-accessed cyberspace, as it remolds its installed competitive advantage into the fundamental on-line services access transport.
- Determining the Next U.S. Television Standard
Donnelly, David F. , Ph.D.
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- Provides a synopsis and analysis of recent events in the U.S. digital television standards-setting process and a set of public policy recommendations to guide the remaining proceedings.
- Driving Forces in Wireless Data Communications
Haberkorn, Ron A. , Ph.D.
Nikolich, Paul E.
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- The authors present an overview of the market forces driving the wireless data communications industry with a particular focus on wide-area-network applications. The discussion includes an overview of the technologies, the regulatory and standards environment, and a market profile and trends.
- Groupware as a Design Center
Ford, Tamara
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- HDTV Standards Setting: Politics, Technology, and Industry
Donnelly, David F. , Ph.D.
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- The author reviews the HDTV standards process and discusses the importance of setting standards in the technological innovation process.
- Interconnection Rules for Wireless Telecommunications
Davis, Vivian Witkind , Ph.D.
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- Excerpted from a recently published report from the NRRI which analyzes the complex implementation issues arising from policies that attempt simultaneously to encourage new wireless entrants into local markets and be consistent, fair, and neutral.
- Optimizing ISDN to Give More Capacity at Less Cost
Bryce, James Y.
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- Reviews the history of ISDN, provides some quick fundamentals, and finally addresses the problem of public switched network congestion brought on by intense Internet use. The author argues against dedicated ISDN and builds a case for Always On/Dynamic ISDN (AO/DI) Network Architecture, which creates the illusion of full-time connection while actually reducing connection times and costs to carriers and users.
- Packet Policies: Petabits, Photons, Phonemes, and the Feds
Wohlstetter, John C.
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- The author provides a candid look at FCC policy-making rules on incumbent LEC interconnection, availability of unbundled network elements, and universal access. He starts the discussion with a review of packet networks, then addresses the potential harm to ISP interests that may arise from these FCC rules. Finally, he suggests how proper regulation of packet networks can help the Internet flourish.
- Quality of Service for Multimedia Communications
Fredricsson, Staffan , Ph.D.
Perey, Christine
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- The authors review a Multimedia Communications Quality of Service document developed by the Multimedia Communications Forum to provide both service providers and users with universal performance guidelines and service parameters for multimedia communications.
- Rebooting the Regulatory Operating System: The Computer Industry Turns on the Power
Van Tassel, Joan , Ph.D.
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- Tells the story of an extraordinary industry coming of age, its entrance into the domain of public policy and regulation, and its demand for changes in the way business-as-usual is conducted. This article begins with a description of the core beliefs and practices that are so highly regarded within the information technology (IT) pantheon. It then describes the factors that are propelling the IT companies to action and the fears this creates in traditional analog-based entertainment, consumer electronics, and telecommunications industries. From there, the article details the inter-industry conflicts that have arisen and the actions the information interests are taking to pressure the government and existing industries to meet the needs of digital technologies. Finally, after covering the scorecard of the IT efforts, the piece examines the potential for moving from conflict to collaboration between these groups.
- Recommendations for the Global Information Highway: A Matter of Standards
Krechmer, Ken
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- The author discusses telecom standards and their role in the evolution of the Global Information Highway (GIH). He argues that much remains to be done to create a broad consensus among a variety of telecom standards organizations to further define and move the early vision of the GIH toward reality.
- Regulatory Perspectives on Investment and Innovation in U.S. Telecommunications
Darby, Larry F. , Ph.D.
Fuhr, Joseph P. , Ph.D.
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- The authors report some of the results from a broader review and analysis of the impact of regulation on investment and innovation in the telecom sector. They begin with a discussion of the historic importance of infrastructure development as a goal of telecom policy, and then move to Congress' recent enlargement of that goal in the Telecom Act of 1996. They briefly review the tools available to the FCC for encouraging infrastructure and innovation and what the theoretical and empirical literature has to say about the impact of various forms of regulation on innovation and capital formation. They conclude with the implications for the development of a comprehensive and coherent policy to encourage innovation and investment in infrastructure.
- The Art of Building Large Cellular Systems
Westin, Dan M.
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- Explores recent developments in terms of roaming capability and the expansion of cellular networks. In particular, it examines how switching systems of different vendors can work smoothly together on a local, regional, and national basis. A case history is featured to demonstrate how these factors come together for existing analog networks and digital systems coming on-line in China.
- The New International Agenda of NARUC
Gardner, James N. , Esq.
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- Features an interview with Ron Eachus, a public utility commissioner from the state of Oregon and current chairman of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Ad Hoc Committee on International Relations. Mr. Eachus gives us insights into NARUC's proposal to create a permanent new committee to encourage international regulatory cooperation and participation. According to the author, NARUC will be creating a new international forum which could significantly influence the evolutionary path of telecom regulation in the United States and abroad.
- The Residential Gateway: A New Traffic Cop for the Home
Holliday, Clifford R.
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- The author introduces us to a new concept -- the Residential Gateway -- that is a basic enabler for residential broadband communications networks. He believes that this concept is crucial to the realization of a multiple-provider, competitive residential environment. The Residential Gateway provides an effective solution to multiple incompatible external networks such as twisted copper pair, fiber optics, and coax interfacing with in-home networks and devices such as VCRs, TVs, and PCs.
- We Have Found the Killer App--And It is Killing Us
Holliday, Clifford R.
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- Looks at the design of the telco network and the Internet, then considers the impact of the projected Internet traffic on various parts of those combined networks. The author illustrates why he thinks the Web is becoming a "real killer" and discusses some of the possible ways to reform this "felon" application.
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