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JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 Broadband Services BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKS Editedby Imrich Chlamtac CreateNetResearchConsortium Ashwin Gumaste FujitsuLaboratories,Dallas,USA and Csaba A. Szabo´ BudapestUniversityofTechnologyandEconomics,Budapest,Hungary iii JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 iii JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 Broadband Services i JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 ii JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 Broadband Services BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMUNITY NETWORKS Editedby Imrich Chlamtac CreateNetResearchConsortium Ashwin Gumaste FujitsuLaboratories,Dallas,USA and Csaba A. Szabo´ BudapestUniversityofTechnologyandEconomics,Budapest,Hungary iii JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 Copyright(cid:1)C 2005 JohnWiley&SonsLtd,TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester, WestSussexPO198SQ,England Telephone (+44)1243779777 Email(forordersandcustomerserviceenquiries):[email protected] VisitourHomePageonwww.wiley.com AllRightsReserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem ortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording, scanningorotherwise,exceptunderthetermsoftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988 orunderthetermsofalicenceissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgencyLtd,90Tottenham CourtRoad,LondonW1T4LP,UK,withoutthepermissioninwritingofthePublisher. RequeststothePublishershouldbeaddressedtothePermissionsDepartment,JohnWiley& SonsLtd,TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester,WestSussexPO198SQ,England,oremailed [email protected],orfaxedto(+44)1243770571. 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ISBN0-470-02248-5(alk.paper) 1.Broadbandcommunicationsystems. 2.Electronicvillages(Computernetworks) I.Gumaste,Ashwin. II.Chlamtac,Imrich. III.Szabo´,Csaba,(CsabaA.) TK5103.4.B7672005 384–dc22 2004022888 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN0-470-02248-5(HB) Typesetin10/12ptTimesbyTechBooks,NewDelhi,India PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyAnthonyRoweLtd,Chippenham,Wiltshire Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaperresponsiblymanufacturedfromsustainableforestry inwhichatleasttwotreesareplantedforeachoneusedforpaperproduction. iv JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 Contents Foreword xv AbouttheEditors xvii ListofContributors xix Acknowledgments xxv 1 Introduction 1 ImrichChlamtac,AshwinGumasteandCsabaA.Szabo´ 1.1 Whatisbroadband? 1 1.2 Theobjectivesofthisbook 3 1.3 Bookoutline 4 PartOne ApplicationsandServices 9 2 BroadbandHome/EntertainmentServices 11 AriehMollerandRoyIsacowitz 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Currentbroadbandandhomeentertainmentmarkets 12 2.2.1 Television 13 2.2.2 Mobile 14 2.2.3 Consumerproducts 15 2.3 Whatdrivesbroadband? 15 2.4 Futurebroadbandentertainmentservices 17 2.4.1 Televisionandvideo 18 2.4.2 Games 18 2.4.3 Music 19 2.4.4 Gambling 19 2.4.5 Internet 20 2.4.6 Mobile 21 2.5 Consumerdemographics 22 2.6 Payingforcontent 23 2.7 Securitystandards 24 2.7.1 DVB(www.dvb.org) 24 2.7.2 3GPP(www.3gpp.org) 24 v JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 vi Contents 2.7.3 3GPP2(www.3gpp2.org) 24 2.7.4 OMA–OpenMobileAlliance(www.openmobilealliance.org) 25 2.7.5 TCG(www.trustedcomputinggroup.org) 25 2.7.6 SVP(www.svp-cp.org) 25 2.7.7 WPA(www.wifialliance.com/OpenSection/protected access.asp) 25 2.8 Summary 25 3 ApplicationsandServicestoMeetSociety-RelatedNeeds 27 CsabaA.Szabo´ 3.1 Introduction 27 3.2 E-educationapplications 28 3.2.1 Virtualclassrooms 28 3.2.2 Web-basedlearning 29 3.2.3 Technologyofe-education 30 3.3 Telemedicineapplications 33 3.3.1 Whatistelemedicine? 33 3.3.2 Overviewoftelemedicineapplications 34 3.3.3 Requirementswhentransmittingmedicaldiagnosticinformation 36 3.3.4 Videoconferencingintelemedicine 39 3.3.5 Howdoessocietybenefitfromtelemedicine? 42 3.4 E-governmentapplications 42 3.4.1 Overview 42 3.4.2 Providingaccesstoe-governmentservices 43 3.5 Summary 44 PartTwo BusinessModels 47 4 KeyLegalandRegulatoryIssuesAffectingCommunityBroadband ProjectsintheUnitedStates 49 SeanA.StokesandJimBaller 4.1 Introduction 49 4.2 Thebenefitsofpublicfiber-to-the-home(FTTH)systems 49 4.3 Burdensandrisksofpublicbroadbandsystems 50 4.4 Legalauthorityofpublicentitiestoprovidecommunicationservices 51 4.4.1 Federallawencourages,butdoesnotaffirmativelyempower, localgovernmentstoprovidecommunicationsservices 53 4.4.2 Statelawsaffectingtheauthorityofpublicentitiestoprovide communicationsservices 56 4.4.3 Localrestrictions 58 4.5 Involvementmodelsandstructures 58 4.6 Otherconsiderations 59 4.7 Federalregulatoryissues 60 4.7.1 Keydefinitions 60 4.7.2 Implicationsofkeydefinitions 61 4.7.3 AccesstoincumbentnetworkelementsunderSection251(c)(3) 63 4.7.4 Poleattachments 64 JWBK004-FM JWBK004-Gumaste January14,2005 20:19 CharCount=0 Contents vii 4.7.5 Universalservice 65 4.7.6 Otherimportantfederalprovisions 66 4.8 Stateregulatoryissues 67 4.8.1 Certification 67 4.8.2 Tariffs 67 4.8.3 Annualreports 67 4.8.4 Universalserviceandothercontributions 67 4.8.5 Regulatoryfees 68 4.8.6 Interconnectionagreements 68 4.9 Summary 68 5 EuropeanTelecommunicationLawandCommunityNetworks 69 GiovanniPascuzziandAndreaRossato 5.1 Introduction 69 5.2 Historicalbackground 70 5.2.1 Theliberalizationperiod 70 5.2.2 Theharmonizationeffort 71 5.3 TheNewRegulatoryFramework 73 5.3.1 Liberalization 74 5.3.2 NationalRegulatoryAuthorities 75 5.3.3 Generalauthorization 76 5.3.4 Accessandinterconnection 77 5.3.5 Universalservice 78 5.3.6 Radiolocalareanetworks 79 5.3.7 E-privacy 79 5.4 MemberStates’implementation:theItaliancase 80 5.4.1 TheItalianElectronicCommunicationsCode 80 5.4.2 Internetserviceprovision 82 5.4.3 Radiolocalareanetworks 83 5.4.4 Acasestudy:ProvinciaAutonomadiTrentoand InformaticaTrentina 83 5.5 Summary 83 6 ModelsforPublicSectorInvolvementinRegionalandLocal BroadbandProjects 85 GarethHughes 6.1 Introduction 85 6.2 Overviewofmodelsforpublicinvolvement 85 6.2.1 Community-operatednetworksandservices 86 6.2.2 Carrier’scarriermodel 87 6.2.3 Passiveinfrastructuremodel 88 6.2.4 Fibercondominium 89 6.2.5 Aggregationofdemand 90 6.2.6 Summaryofmodels 91 6.3 Financialprofilesofdifferentmodels 91 6.4 Public–privatepartnerships 93

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