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Farewell to the Copper Pair?
About the Copper Double Lead and the Future of Fixed Network Access
Dr. Kai Grunert, Stephan Schäfer
The copper double lead (copper pair) can look back on a history of astonishing success. Originally installed for the transmission of analog telephone signals, the leads today carry bandwidths large enough for triple play services. Yet its future appears to be highly uncertain. Today’s wireless technologies such as CDMA and WiMAX are at least as good as the copper pair for the transmission of lower bandwidths such as those for example needed in developing countries. But it is physically not capable of transmitting really high bandwidths. Does the network upgrade with VDSL2 technology herald the last chapter in the long story of the copper pair?
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NEW ARTICLE Network Perfomance Implementation Management
Dr. Andreas Gerwens
The Next Generation
How to achieve a smooth transition to the next technolo...
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Frank Arndt, Steffen Scheller
The Art of Combination
Semantics deliver added value to Business Intelligence...
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ARCHIVE Network Perfomance Implementation Management
Andreas Melcher, Dr. Mathias Schweigel
"1M – 10M – 100M – 1G"
Cost-optimized Design of Multiservice Access Networks
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Dr. Hans-Peter Petry, Dr. Wolfgang Knospe
Mobile Broadband Networks – What’s Next ?
Technical and Commercial Prospects of Future Wireless Technologies
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