CHM 592 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Residential Gateway, Optical Fiber Cable, Cable Modem
24 Jun 2016
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Voip = voice over internet protocol: bandwidth intensive activity like video phone usage. Iptv = internet protocol television: bandwidth intensive activity like interactive gaming. Wireless home network = allows multiple computers or other devices to connect to the internet at one time: internet data sharing between many ip addresses. Router = devices that link all ip devices to one another and to the home broadband connection (aka residential gateway) Common broadband technologies used to deliver service include: digital subscriber line (dsl), cable modem, satellite, fiber cable networks, wireless technologies. Fttn: fiber-to-the-node (fttn) = a hybrid of dsl that offers high speeds up to. Ftth: fiber-to-the-home (ftth) = employs fiber optic networks all the way to the home, fiber optic cables extremely fast and are the backbone of both cable and telecommunication networks. Fixed (wired) broadband subscriptions: unlike dsl, cable internet users share bandwidth.
