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Introduction to Broadband

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?.

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Introduction to Broadband

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  1. Introduction to Broadband

  2. Learning Objectives • Give a general description of what broadband is • Explain several types of broadband services • Describe issues associated with broadband services.

  3. What is Broadband? The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal of greater bandwidth than another standard or usual signal.

  4. What is Broadband?

  5. Broadband Overview

  6. Definition of Broadband • No formal definition. • FCC National Broadband Plan: • 100 million households • 100 Mbit/s connections

  7. Types of Broadband • Telecommunication • DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) • Internet Cable Service • Ethernet • Power-line communication • Video • Other Internet Connections

  8. Telecommunications:Frequency

  9. TelecommunicationsFrequency

  10. Telecommunications:Frequency • Relative frequencies using light as an example:

  11. Telecommunications:Bandwidth

  12. Telecommunication:Bandwidth

  13. Telecommunications:Bandwidth

  14. Telecommunications:Throughput

  15. Telecommunications:Voiceband

  16. Telecommunication:Multiplexing

  17. Telecommunication:T-Carriers

  18. Digital Subscriber Line(DSL)

  19. DSL:Asymmetric DSL

  20. DSL:Symmetric DSL

  21. DSL:Network Architecture

  22. DSL:Bandwidth vs Distance

  23. Cable Internet Access

  24. Hybrid Fiber Coax

  25. Satellite Internet

  26. Satellite Internet:Signal Latency

  27. 3G

  28. 4G

  29. 4G

  30. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX)

  31. Fiber To The X (FTTX)

  32. Optical Fiber

  33. Shared Internet Access

  34. Issues:Attenuation

  35. Issues:Electromagnetic Radiation

  36. Issues:Radio Frequency Interference

  37. Technology Comparison

  38. Broadband and Healthcarewww.broadband.gov

  39. Broadband and HealthcareSpeed Test: http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/

  40. Broadband and HealthcareHealthcare: www.broadband.gov/issues/healthcare.html

  41. 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

  42. Learning Objectives • Give a general description of what broadband is • Explain several types of broadband services • Describe issues associated with broadband services.

  43. Instructor Information • Walt Dundore • walt@dundore.org

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