Development of modern broadband multiservice networks

The present article covers the subject of modern broadband multiservice networks and their general architecture. The tendencies of networks development are thoroughly analyzed, both from the point of view of different access technologies and of different levels of network architecture. The classification of access networks is also introduced.

multiservice network, broadband access, mobile network, wired network, wireless network, ethernet, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), passive optical networks (PON), digital subscriber line (DSL), Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial (HFC), 3G, 4G, LTE, Wi-Fi, WiMax, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), Mobile Backhaul, Dense Wavelength-division Multiplexing (DWDM), IPv4, IPv6, Software-defined networking (SDN)