Open technical issues in provisioning high-speed interactive data services over residential access networks

This article is intended as an overview of high-speed data services delivery over residential access networks. The author identifies and lists some of the most important open technical issues that deserve further investigation by members of the global technical community prior to a truly large-scale deployment of a wide variety of high-speed interactive multiple-media services over state-of-the-art residential broadband access networks. The target access options include hybrid fiber/coax, fiber in the loop, digital subscriber line, digital satellite, broadband wireless, and so forth