Convergence of residential gateway technology

A new OSI-based model is described that can be used for the classification of residential gateways. It is applied to analyze current gateway solutions and draw evolutionary paths for the medium to long term. From this it is concluded that particularly set-top boxes and broadband modems, as opposed to game consoles and PCs, have a strong potential to evolve toward gateways that deliver network services to the home on all OSI layers, although they probably will not converge. In our model, we have not found any compelling reasons for the residential gateway industry to support concurrent multiple broadband access network connections on a single residential gateway in the near future

Interim report I-Vision broadband : integral vision on broadband in the Eindhoven region

De centrale onderzoeksvraag van het project I-Vision was "in welke mate hebben de verschillenden FTTH (Fibre-to-the-Home) initiatieven vanuit de gemeente een bijdrage geleverd aan de verbetering van het sociaal-economische welzijn van bewoners en bedrijven in de regio Eindhoven". Deze vraag is onderzocht op basis van een theoretische analyse van internationale en nationale ontwikkelingen op het gebied van municipale netwerken en een empirische analyse van ervaringen van glasvezelgebruikers in de regio Eindhoven. De ontwikkeling van het sociaal-economische welzijn is geanalyseerd op basis van a) een kwantitatief onderzoek van de verandering van het sociaal kapitaal en sociale cohesie onder glasvezelgebruikers in the wijk Tongelre en Nuenen; en b) van interviews op de bedrijventerreinen in de Hurk en Esp in September/Oktober 2007

Convergence of Residential Gateway technology: analysis of evolutionary paths

A new OSI (Open Systems Interconnection)-based model is described that can be used for the classification of residential gateways (RG). It is applied to analyze current gateway solutions and to draw evolutionary paths for the mid-to-long term. It is concluded that set-top boxes and broadband modems especially, in contrast to game consoles and PCs, have a strong potential to evolve towards gateways that deliver network services to the home on all OSI layers, though they will probably not converge. In the context of our model, we have not found any compelling reasons for the residential gateway industry to support concurrent multiple broadband access network connections on a single RG in the near future

Convergence of residential gateway technology

A new OSI-based model is described that can be used for the classification of residential gateways. It is applied to analyze current gateway solutions and draw evolutionary paths for the medium to long term. From this it is concluded that particularly set-top boxes and broadband modems, as opposed to game consoles and PCs, have a strong potential to evolve toward gateways that deliver network services to the home on all OSI layers, although they probably will not converge. In our model, we have not found any compelling reasons for the residential gateway industry to support concurrent multiple broadband access network connections on a single residential gateway in the near future