Cover Story Gateways To The Future
By John Poultney
Loose definitions, a flurry of standards, and a host of connectivity devices make residential gateway design a complex issue and quite a headache for today's system designers.
Online Exclusive Simulating Trade-offs in W-CDMA/EDGE Receiver Front Ends
By Kal Kalbasi
DSP-based digital receivers could hold the key to multi-mode W-CDMA/EDGE mobile phone architectures. But to unlock the door, designers will need good simulation techniques.
Features Building Optical Control Planes: Challenges and Solutions
By Deepak Shahane
Carriers are on the hunt to deliver value-added services, such as VPN. But to get there, they must implement new optical control planes. GMPLS and O-UNI have been unleashed to help in that venture.