{"title":"BT interactive TV","authors":"A. Livingstone","doi":"10.1109/CN.1996.534652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CN.1996.534652","url":null,"abstract":"In the summer of 1994, BT demonstrated some of the key elements necessary for interactive home services. In particular the ability to transmit near broadcast quality TV pictures using 2 Mbit/s digital compression, broadband transmission over normal telephone lines and subsequent reconstruction of the pictures in the home. As a result of that trial, since October 1995 BT has been operating an interactive TV service bringing entertainment, retailing and education to more than 2000 homes and 8 schools in the UK. Delivered across normal telephone lines, the system supports almost 150 content providers from Hollywood movie companies to UK charities.","PeriodicalId":217137,"journal":{"name":"3rd International Workshop on Community Networking 1996. Proceedings","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124405755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intercom Ontario: a community experiment in media affordances","authors":"D. Thomassin Singh, P. P. Singh, J. Durlak","doi":"10.1109/CN.1996.534656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CN.1996.534656","url":null,"abstract":"Intercom Ontario is a four-year study with the objective of determining what services Ontarians want, need, and will use on the information superhighway-and how to deliver them. Now in its second phase, the trial is moving to Newmarket, Ontario, a residential community where detailed usage data regarding which appliance is used in which location to perform which application will be captured. Each trial defines a media space whose possibilities for action are more or less rich. A longitudinal study exploring individuals' behavior within each media space is proposed. The motivation behind the study, underlying theory, and research methodology are described.","PeriodicalId":217137,"journal":{"name":"3rd International Workshop on Community Networking 1996. Proceedings","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124295216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bit velocity is not enough: content and service issues for broadband residential information services","authors":"A. Kuchinsky","doi":"10.1109/CN.1996.534641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CN.1996.534641","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses the design issues for creation and management of content and services, which arose from our work at Hewlett Packard Laboratories in broadband residential information systems. Particular attention is given to the issues engendered by an emphasis on community-based content and services. Hewlett Packard has introduced the HP Broadband Interactive Data Solution (BIDS) product family. BIDS provides data communication services to residential customers over a variety midband and broadband access networks (e.g. HFC, ADSL). The applications use standard data communications technologies, based upon TCP/TP. Subscribers are provided with a LAN-like connection-less environment at their homes, enabling community network access without connection setup delays and time-based connection charges. Services include email, news, a World Wide Web (WWW) browser, and access to commercial online services and the Internet. Content is HTML-based. The HP cable modems connect subscribers' PCs to HP head-end modems, broadband Internet servers, and content servers. HP network management systems run the entire network.","PeriodicalId":217137,"journal":{"name":"3rd International Workshop on Community Networking 1996. Proceedings","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126859104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cable networks evolution for multimedia delivery in Russia","authors":"O. Makhrovskiy, V. Shibanov, I. Tkachman","doi":"10.1109/CN.1996.534639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CN.1996.534639","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents some results of the first step of multimedia service introduction on broadcast networks in Russia. A cable network evolution strategy toward a full service network (FSN) on the basis of service requirements is proposed as a possible path of transition to broadband ISDN for Russia using the St. Petersburg region's example. Network topologies are analysed and future investigations are reviewed. Some aspects of the FSN creation programme for St. Petersburg and multimedia introduction in Russia are also presented.","PeriodicalId":217137,"journal":{"name":"3rd International Workshop on Community Networking 1996. Proceedings","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115242790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scheduling Disciplines for HFC Systems: What can we learn from ATM scheduling?","authors":"D. Sala, J. Limb","doi":"10.1109/CN.1996.534635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CN.1996.534635","url":null,"abstract":"Support of multimedia traffic with different Quality of !Service (QoS) require:me.nts on an integrated network has proven to be difficult. It requires :simple design of concelptually complex mechanisms. We study the iapplication of proposed ATM scheduling d i d plines to a Hybrid Fiber/Coaxial (HFC) system. Switching networks are based on pointto-point communication links whereas HFC !is a shared medium. If we can show that the structural differences between the environments do not affect the functionality of the scheduler a great amount of knowledge on supporting QoS can be imported to HFC systems from switching studies. As an example Self Clock Fair Queueing (SCFQ) is embedded in a HFC system. Siixxnulation results show that the scheduler maintaiins its capabilities in guaranteeing QoS in the HFC system.","PeriodicalId":217137,"journal":{"name":"3rd International Workshop on Community Networking 1996. Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129898919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}