Introduction to Broadband
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Introduction to Broadband
Learning Objectives•Give a general description of what
broadband is•Explain several types of broadband
services•Describe issues associated with
broadband services.
What is Broadband?
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal of greater bandwidth than another standard or usual signal.
What is Broadband?
Broadband Overview
Definition of Broadband•No formal definition.•FCC National Broadband Plan:
▫100 million households▫100 Mbit/s connections
Types of Broadband•Telecommunication•DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)•Internet Cable Service•Ethernet•Power-line communication•Video•Other Internet Connections
Telecommunications:Frequency
TelecommunicationsFrequency
Telecommunications:Frequency•Relative frequencies using light as an
example:
Telecommunications:Bandwidth
Telecommunication:Bandwidth
Telecommunications:Bandwidth
Telecommunications:Throughput
Telecommunications:Voiceband
Telecommunication:Multiplexing
Telecommunication:T-Carriers
Digital Subscriber Line(DSL)
DSL:Asymmetric DSL
DSL:Symmetric DSL
DSL:Network Architecture
DSL:Bandwidth vs Distance
Cable Internet Access
Hybrid Fiber Coax
Satellite Internet
Satellite Internet:Signal Latency
3G
4G
4G
Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX)
Fiber To The X (FTTX)
Optical Fiber
Shared Internet Access
Issues:Attenuation
Issues:Electromagnetic Radiation
Issues:Radio Frequency Interference
Technology Comparison
Broadband and Healthcarewww.broadband.gov
Broadband and HealthcareSpeed Test: http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/
Broadband and HealthcareHealthcare: www.broadband.gov/issues/healthcare.html
More Resources• "National Broadband Plan - Download the Plan." The National Broadband
Plan: Connecting America. Web. 15 July 2011. <http://www.broadband.gov/download-plan/>.
• What every engineer should know about data communications. Carl StephenClifton - M. Dekker - 1987
• The Cable/broadband communications book. Mary Louise.Hollowell - Knowledge Industry Publications – 1983
• Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps to Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as Amended by the Broadband Data Improvement Act". GN Docket No. 10-159, FCC-10-148A1. Federal Communications Commission. August 6, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2011
Learning Objectives•Give a general description of what
broadband is•Explain several types of broadband
services•Describe issues associated with
broadband services.
Instructor Information•Walt Dundore•[email protected]