Chapter 8. Evolving to RBB: Systems Issues, Approaches, and Prognoses

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Server Congestion

  • Cache Selection

  • Addressing Issues

  • Connection Model

  • Equal Access of Multiple Networks

  • Transmission Protocol

  • Television over the Internet

  • The Systems Problem

  • Full-service Networking

  • Prognoses

  • The Key Predictor of RBB Success

Access Networks and Home Networks have made tremendous strides over the past few years. The research and development work of companies, standards bodies, and academics worldwide has resulted in technologies that move megabits over thin wires and thin air. There has been a flood of venture capital, startup companies, multimillion-dollar mergers, and initial public offerings (IPOs) of publicly traded stock. ...

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