Title :
Data rides high on high-speed remote access
Author_Institution :
Nokia Res. Center, Espoo, Finland
fDate :
1/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Internet and remote access services are growing by leaps and bounds, and major efforts are currently underway to provide greater bandwidth to the user by a multitude of access technologies, both wired and wireless. This article discusses the key access technologies currently being developed by vendors and deployed by service providers. It is expected that xDSL, cable data networks, and fixed and mobile wireless networks will be the hotbeds of tough competition, while direct satellite networks will hover over them with the potential to completely change the way the access networks are built. Irrespective of the ongoing debate on which technology would win or loose, in the world of real networks different access solutions will coexist, finding their own niches to meet the varying demands of performance and cost objectives for the end user
Keywords :
Internet; data communication; direct broadcasting by satellite; land mobile radio; subscriber loops; ISDN; Internet services; access networks; bandwidth; cable data networks; cost; digital subscriber line; direct satellite networks; fixed wireless networks; high-speed remote access; mobile wireless networks; performance; remote access services; service providers; vendors; wired access; wireless access; xDSL; Bandwidth; Communication cables; Costs; ISDN; Internet telephony; Local area networks; Modems; Satellites; Web and internet services; Wireless networks;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
