Access network architectural issues for future telecommunicationnetworks.

This article discusses the evolution of access networks to support future multimedia services, with emphasis on the role of Working Party 3 of ITU-T Study Group 13. An overview of the access network is given, and the interfaces between the access network and other portions of the telecommunications...

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Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 36, 8 (1998).
Main Author:	Asatani, K.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	ITU-T Study Group 13. Q3 interface. UNI. VB5 standard. Working Party 3. Access network architecture. Broadband service node interface. Global information infrastructure. Multimedia access architectures. Multimedia services. Service node interface. Telecommunication management interface. Telecommunication networks. User-network interface.