Broadband Local Loops for High-Speed Internet Access

Gagnaire (computer science and networks, ENST, France) overviews broadband access technologies, explains unbundling for voice and data services, and provides guidance on hardware considerations and critical communication protocols. He examines alternatives for home networking, single equipment customer premises, and multiequipment customer premises, and discusses aspects of protocol architecture, voice over video DSL, wireless local loop, and EFM access networks.