GSM and beyond-the future of the access network

Author

Danneels, J.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Telecom, Zaventern, Belgium

fYear

1998

fDate

5-7 Feb. 1998

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

25

Abstract

Investigates two facts: mobile is the current market driver, and Internet access will be the future market driver. This means that the next wave of infrastructure development will be driven by the demand for high-speed network access. However, for this uptake in demand to occur, further re-regulation and technological innovation are key. Regulators are already in the process of redefining everything that is critical to local loop investment, such as facilities unbundling, spectrum allocation, access charges, and universal service definition.

Keywords

Internet; frequency allocation; mobile communication; subscriber loops; Internet; access charges; access network; facilities unbundling; high-speed network access; infrastructure development; local loop investment; market driver; mobile communication; re-regulation; spectrum allocation; technological innovation; universal service definition; Consumer electronics; Discussion forums; Driver circuits; GSM; Hardware; Microelectronics; Packet switching; Telecommunications; Telephony; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1998. Digest of Technical Papers. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4344-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.1998.672332

Filename

672332