TOP-ARTICLE Next Generation Network Service Architecture

Mixing Old and New to Achieve a Lot

Fast growth with hybrid access technologies

Dr. Kai Grunert, Stephan Schäfer
How should we connect new customers where no universal NGN structure is available? This is a question which mainly interests network operators in rapidly growing markets. If new customers are connected to existing, non-NGN structures, their later migration will be costly. But there is an alternative available using a careful combination of access and transmission technologies.
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NEW ARTICLE Next Generation Network Service Architecture

Dr. Andreas Gerwens

The Next Generation

How to achieve a smooth transition to the next technolo...
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Karsten Knüttel, Manfred Schmitz

One for All

A seamless service experience achieved with a core netw...
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Dr. Christoph Tempich, Dr. Volker Rieger

Networked instead of linaer

How companies are utilizing the industrialization of kn...
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George Salisbury, Sebastian Krems

“Eye 8 a been 4 t”

Semantic Web developments are increasing the pressure o...
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ARCHIVE Next Generation Network Service Architecture

George Salisbury

Service Supporting Equipment at the Customer Premises

History and a Future for End-device Functionality
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Sebastian Krems

Bits, Bytes, Boxes or Services?

The Road to the Customer Goes Through the Infrastructure
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Interview

Interview with Mohammed Khalfan Al Qamzi CEO, Etisalat (UAE), etisalat

Precursor by State of the Art Access Networks
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Interview

Interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Trick: Access with a Future

Why Access Networks Will Remain Important Even in the All-IP World
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