1. Introduction to Broadband

2. Learning Objectives Give a general description of what broadband is Explain several types of broadband services Describe issues associated with broadband services.

3. What is Broadband? The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal of greater bandwidth than another standard or usual signal.

4. What is Broadband?

5. Broadband Overview

6. Definition of Broadband No formal definition. FCC National Broadband Plan: ▫100 million households ▫100 Mbit/s connections

7. Types of Broadband Telecommunication DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) Internet Cable Service Ethernet Power-line communication Video Other Internet Connections

8. Telecommunications: Frequency

9. Telecommunications Frequency

10. Telecommunications: Frequency Relative frequencies using light as an example:

11. Telecommunications: Bandwidth

12. Telecommunication: Bandwidth

13. Telecommunications: Bandwidth

14. Telecommunications: Throughput

15. Telecommunications: Voiceband

16. Telecommunication: Multiplexing

17. Telecommunication: T-Carriers

18. Digital Subscriber Line(DSL)

19. DSL: Asymmetric DSL

20. DSL: Symmetric DSL

21. DSL: Network Architecture

22. DSL: Bandwidth vs Distance

23. Cable Internet Access

24. Hybrid Fiber Coax

25. Satellite Internet

26. Satellite Internet: Signal Latency

27. 3G

28. 4G

30. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX)

31. Fiber To The X (FTTX)

32. Optical Fiber

33. Shared Internet Access

34. Issues:Attenuation

35. Issues:Electromagnetic Radiation

36. Issues:Radio Frequency Interference

37. Technology Comparison

38. Broadband and Healthcare www.broadband.gov

39. Broadband and Healthcare Speed Test: http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/about/

40. Broadband and Healthcare Healthcare: www.broadband.gov/issues/healthcare.html

41. More Resources "National Broadband Plan - Download the Plan." The National Broadband Plan: Connecting America. Web. 15 July 2011.. What every engineer should know about data communications. Carl StephenClifton - M. Dekker - 1987 The Cable/broadband communications book. Mary Louise.Hollowell - Knowledge Industry Publications – 1983 Inquiry Concerning the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Capability to All Americans in a Reasonable and Timely Fashion, and Possible Steps to Accelerate Such Deployment Pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as Amended by the Broadband Data Improvement Act". GN Docket No. 10-159, FCC-10-148A1. Federal Communications Commission. August 6, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2011

42. Learning Objectives Give a general description of what broadband is Explain several types of broadband services Describe issues associated with broadband services.

43. Instructor Information Walt Dundore walt@dundore.org