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Broadband ISDN — service visions and technological realities
Author(s) -
Spears Dan R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
international journal of digital and analog cabled systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1099-1131
pISSN - 0894-3222
DOI - 10.1002/dac.4520010103
Subject(s) - integrated services digital network , broadband integrated services digital network , broadband , telecommunications , broadband networks , vision , service (business) , computer science , transmission (telecommunications) , computer network , business , marketing , philosophy , theology
Two forces, service needs and technological advances, are driving the extension of the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) into the broadband area. First, this paper identifies several business and residential services which provide a market pull for broadband ISDN (BISDN). Secondly, it reviews recent advances in optical transmission and broadband switching which provide a technological push. Finally, it describes an experimental broadband prototype constructed to help us better understand the transmission, switching, signaling protocol, software, and service capabilities required for BISDN.