93-95 microwave and, 56 Blowfish, 376 narrowband, 15 Bluetooth, 542, 625, 660-664 next-generation networks and, 410-411 Border gateway control function (BGCF), 424 optical technology and, 456 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), 258, 262-264, overview of, xxxiii-xxxv Index BPL (broadband over powerlines), 530-534 Broadcast property, of satellites, 63 bps (bits per second), 44 Broadcast satellite (BSS), 62 BPSK (Binary Phase-Shift Keying), 561-562 Broomsticking, 73 BR (backbone router), 261 Browser games, 704 BR (bacteriorhodopson), xxxii BSC (base station controller), 586-587, 699 BRA (Basic Rate Access), 47-48 BSS (basic service set), 645 Brain-computer interfaces, xlvi-xlvii BSS (Broadcast satellite), 62 BRAN (Broadband-Compliant Radio Access Net- BTS (base transceiver station), 582, 699 works), ETSI, 628-630 Bubble switches, 467-469 BREW (Binary Runtime for Wireless), 705 Bundling, 10 BRI (Basic Rate Interface), 47-48, 213 Bus topology, 52-53, 186 Bridge links (B), 135 Business-class communication trends, Bridges, 192-194 387-388 Broadband BWA (broadband wireless access), 559 backbone trends in, 385-386 Bypassing, and microwave, 57-58 bandwidth trends in, 386-387 DCSs, 128 defined, 560 C-band, 64 embedded devices in, xxxviv-xliii C (cross) links, 135 grid computing in, liii-liv Cable, fiber-optic. See Fiber optics human-machine interactions in, xlv-lii Cable modem termination systems. See CMTSs intelligent wearables in, xliii-xlv (cable modem termination systems) ISDN standard, 123 Cable modems LANs, 177-178 for cable TV networks, 512-513 LEOs, 70 CableHome standard, 521 main measurements of, XXX-XXXV DOCSIS standards, 513-518 new generation of networks in, lv-lvii OCAP standard, 520 next-generation networks in, liv-lvi OpenCable standards, 519-520 overview of, xxix-lviii, 17-18 PacketCable standards, 518-519 three-tiered architecture of, 427-432 VOD Metadata standard, 520-521 traffic trends in, xxxv-xxxviii, 384-385, 409 Cable TV networks, 509-522 wireless. See Wireless broadband Cable DTV, 400 Broadband access alt