Press Release:
Telcordia Maps Telecom's Newest Frontier: Home Networks
Telcordia Examines Future Growth, QoS and Emerging Opportunities
Piscataway, NJ - January 5, 2009 - Telcordia, a global leader in the development of IP, wireline and mobile telecommunication software and services, today announced the release of two special reports that map out the intricacies of telecom's newest frontier — the home network.
In "Broadband Home Network Infrastructure — Viewing the Future," Telcordia analyzes the importance of a home network infrastructure in the era of high-bandwidth networks, and the move from multiple, autonomous home networks to integrated, broadband home networks that support multiple HDTV streams, including voice, video and data.
The report details the elements of home network infrastructure, compares in-place media, such as coax, telephone line, power line, and wireless, and evaluates other media such as optical fiber and unshielded twisted-pair cable. The report reaches conclusions about the medium- and long-term effects of home network media and LAN technology choices, and makes recommendations for "future-proofing" home networks, while taking advantage of the current in-place media.
Authored by Dr. Steven G. Ungar, Senior Research Scientist, Telcordia, the report is an essential reference for telecom managers and engineers interested in delivering broadband solutions to home network devices, as well as manufacturers of home network end devices.
The second new report, "Enabling and Ensuring QoS in the future Broadband Home Network", addresses the many facets of providing and assuring Quality of Service (QoS) for multimedia services throughout the home network. The report addresses approaches to configuring home networks to ensure QoS, as well as methods of measuring and assuring QoS. The report is written by Dr. Ken Kerpez, Senior Scientist, Telcordia.
"Home networks will dramatically change as bandwidth consumption and the number of devices interconnected in the home continues their explosive growth," said Zach Gilstein, Vice President, Service Assurance Solutions, Telcordia. "As this occurs, CSPs, equipment and software vendors, and consumer electronics manufactures will need to understand the technological, quality and business issues that must be addressed to ensure a high quality, sustainable customer experience."
The special reports can be purchased at Telcordia's Information SuperStore at: http://telecom-info.telcordia.com/site-cgi/ido/index.html. These specific reports can be found at http://telecom-info.telcordia.com/site-cgi/ido/docs.cgi?ID=SEARCH&DOCUMENT=SR-5304 and http://telecom-info.telcordia.com/site-cgi/ido/docs.cgi?ID=SEARCH&DOCUMENT=SR-5305.
You can also view Telcordia's robust library of resources, including whitepapers, podcasts, videos and more at www.telcordia.com.
About Dr. Steven G. Ungar
Since 1995, Dr. Ungar has been the lead Telcordia systems engineer on home networking, residential gateways, and home network security. He has been active in developing many U.S. National and International standards, and has chaired sessions at technical conferences in the U.S. and Europe.
About Dr. Ken Kerpez
Dr. Ken Kerpez is an IEEE Fellow. He has received three full patents, four provisional patents, published more than 24 journal articles, and authored more than 150 standards contributions.
Contact:
Sharon Oddy
Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
(732) 699-4203
oddys@telcordia.com