Browsing Program on Internet and Telecoms Convergence by Title
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Quality of Service Monitoring: Performance Metrics Across Proprietary Content Domains
(2001-10-28)We propose a quality of service (QoS) monitoring program for broadband access to measure the impact of proprietary network spaces. Our paper surveys other QoS policy initiatives, including those in the airline, and ... -
Re-Examining the Digital Divide
(2000-09)Much media and public policy attention has been attended to a presumed ?Digital Divide.? This refers to those who have access to information tools and the capability of using information and those who presumably do not. ... -
Regulatory Treatment of IP Transport and Services
(2000-09)Current U.S. regulatory policy is incoherent in its treatment of packet-oriented data communications services. Services based on X.25, Frame Relay or ATM protocols are regulated as telecommunications services, while IP ... -
Rethinking the Design of the Internet: End to End Arguements vs. the Brave New World
(2000-09)This paper looks at the Internet and the changing set of requirements for the Internet that are 8oriented towards the consumer, and used for a wider set of purposes. We discuss a set of principles that have guided the ... -
Sales Tax on the Internet: When and How to Tax?
(2002-07-22)As a first attempt to tax electronic commerce, many countries applied the existing tax laws to Internet. However, applying these laws to border-spanning electronic commerce proved very inefficient and inappropriate. ... -
Show Me the Money: Contracts and Agents in the Service Level Agreement Markets
(2002-07-22)Delivering real-time services (Internet telephony, video conferencing, and streaming media as well as business-critical data applications) across the Internet requires end-to-end quality of service (QoS) guarantees, which ... -
Supporting Real-Time Applications in an Integrated Services Packet Network: Architecture and Mechanism
(1992-08)This paper considers the support of real-time applications in an Integrated Services Packet Network (ISPN). We first review the characteristics of real-time applications. We observe that, contrary to the popular view that ... -
Sustaining a Vertically Disintegrated Network through a Bearer Service Market
(1997-11)Based upon the Internet perspective, this chapter will attempt to clarify and revise several ideas about the separation between infrastructure facilities and service offerings in digital communications networks. The key ... -
A Taxonomy of Communications Demand
(2000)Demand forecasts are an essential tool for planning capacity and formulating policy. Traffic estimates are becoming increasingly unreliable, however, as accelerating rates of use and new communications applications ... -
A Taxonomy of Internet Appliances
(2000-09)The world is evolving from one in which almost all access to the Internet comes from personal computers (PCs) to one in which so-called Internet appliances (IAs) will make up a greater share of end-user equipment. Today's ... -
Taxonomy of Internet Telephony and Multimedia Standards
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A Taxonomy of Internet Telephony Applications
(2002-07-23)There are a broad range of objectives and opportunities that can be lumped under the heading of Internet Telephony, or ITel. This paper identifies a number of criteria that can be used to separate these different ITel ... -
Towards Coherent Regulation of Law Enforcement Surveillance in the Network Society
(2002-07-22)In this paper, we study the evolution of telecommunications technology and its impact on law enforcement surveillance. Privacy and the need for law enforcement to conduct investigations have not been at the center of the ... -
Trust: A Collision of Paradigms
(2002-07-22)In this work we survey the findings in social psychology and philosophy with respect to trust. We introduce three hypotheses that remain unanswered with respect to the manner in which humans react to computers. We discuss ... -
Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy
(1997-11)This paper utilizes the Internet Pricing Interface Taxonomy to examine incentives of service providers at various stages in the service provider value chain to vertically integrate. The focus is on residential, dial-up ...