The wireless art and the wired force of subscriber access

Author

Drewes, Christian ; Aicher, Wolfgang ; Hausner, Josef

Author_Institution

Infineon Technol., Munich, Germany

Volume

39

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

124

Abstract

Different technologies for subscriber access are put side by side. Starting from the various transmission media characteristics of all systems, the well-known twisted pair lines with their corresponding digital subscriber line services are evaluated against wireless local loops, communications over ubiquitous power lines, high-bandwidth cable modems, and mobile radio. Each technology has its advantages and disadvantages. The different technologies will find their fields of applications. Most networks will have to provide a mixture of solutions for individual subscribers and customer segments to meet their boundary conditions. As a result, the future of subscriber access is a hybrid solution

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; digital subscriber lines; land mobile radio; modems; radio access networks; twisted pair cables; boundary conditions; digital subscriber line services; high-bandwidth cable modems; hybrid solution; mobile radio; power lines; subscriber access; transmission media characteristics; twisted pair lines; wireless local loops; Boundary conditions; Communication cables; DSL; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Internet; Modems; Optical fiber cables; Subspace constraints; Wireless communication; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.920866

Filename

920866