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Cover Story
Video Coder Threads Media Needle
By Vishal Markandey, Jeremiah Golston, Faouzi Kossentini, Foued Ben Amara, Ali Jerbi
While MPEG-4 holds sway now, work is well under way on a new ITU/ISO standard, H.26L, that could very well reset the media bandwidth requirement.
Online Exclusive
Fine-Tuning VoBroadband Test Capabilities
By Richard Lambert
Integrated linecard/test-head designs help reduce the cost of performing automated tests in VoB applications. But, before implementing automated tests, designers must weigh their value and determine what troubles thee automated system should target.
Features
Nano-Optics Redefine Rules for Optical Processing
By Y. K. Park and Hubert Kostal
A new class of devices is smashing the size, manufacturing, cost and reliability hang-ups that have hampered optical elements to date.
Hybrid Fiber/Coax Options Explode for Last Mile
By Jerry Learned
New technologies are being added to the hybrid fiber/coax arsenal to make it an increasingly attractive alternative to all-fiber networks.
See the Future of Broadband Voice Network Test
By Richard Lambert
Though useful as a baseline, Telcordia's GR-909 mechanized loop test needs to be modified for the demands of broadband networks.
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