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<body> <h2><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Technology Watch</font></span></h2> <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana">Sorry your browser cannot support frames.</font></b></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana">If you are viewing this text, your browser lacks the ability to read frames. Don't worry, you can still enjoy our site. All the pages can be viewed from the contents page. Please come inside! </font></p> <p><strong><font color="#800000" face="Verdana"><big><font size="2"><span lang="en-gb">The latest updates on technology for networks and the Internet.</span></font></big></font></strong></p> <p><strong><font color="#800000" face="Verdana"><big><font size="2">The<span lang="en-gb"> archived</span> reports are now <span lang="en-gb">very</span> old</font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2"> as they were written in 1992/3 and were focused on describing the emerging / new technologies of the time. Some are still relevant today, others seem quite quant! I'll leave it to you to decide which category each subject sits in!</font></span></big></font></strong></p> <p><span lang="en-gb"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFF00">Current writings<br> </font></b></span><font face="Verdana"><strong><font size="1">History:<br> </font></strong></font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="part11.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The demise of ATM</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a href="part5.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Where now frame relay?</a></font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><br> </font><font face="Verdana"><strong><font size="1"><span lang="en-gb">Carrier Networks</span></font></strong><font size="1"><br> </font></font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a href="part2.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The phenomenon of Ipsilon</a></font></span><font size="1" face="Verdana"><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><strong style="font-weight: 400"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><a href="part3.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The rise and maturity of MPLS</a></font></span></strong><br> <font face="Verdana" size="1"><span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a href="part4.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The limitations of the Internet</a></font></span><font size="1" face="Verdana"><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="trafficengineering.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Traffic Engineering and MPLS-TE</a><br> </font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="pce.htm" style="text-decoration: none">PCE: IETF's hidden jewel</a><br> </font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="gmpls.htm" style="text-decoration: none">GMPLS and common control</a></font><br> <font face="Verdana" size="1"><span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="networkdogma.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The new network dogma</a></font><img src="http://www.gare.co.uk/images/new_small.gif" mce_src="http://www.gare.co.uk/images/new_small.gif" border="0" width="31" height="12"><font face="Verdana"><strong><font size="1"><br> </font></strong></font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="ocs.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Optimum Communications Services<span lang="en-gb">: <br>      F</span>inally a way out of the zero-sum game?</a></font><img src="http://www.gare.co.uk/images/new_small.gif" mce_src="http://www.gare.co.uk/images/new_small.gif" border="0" width="31" height="12"><font face="Verdana"><strong><font size="1"><br> </font></strong></font><span lang="en-gb"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana">Internet<br> </font></b></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a href="hfc.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The tale of DOCSIS</a></font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><br>  <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a href="ipv6.htm" style="text-decoration: none">IPv6 to the rescue - eh?</a></span></font><font face="Verdana"><strong><font size="1"><br> <span lang="en-gb">Optical networks</span></font></strong><font size="1"><a href="http://technologyinside.com/2007/02/28/networks-part-5-where-now-frame-relay/" rel="bookmark" title="Where now frame relay?" style="text-decoration: none"><br> </a></font></font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a href="part6.htm" style="text-decoration: none">SDH, the great survivor</a></font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="dwdm.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Making SDH, DWDM packet friendly</a></font><br> <font face="Verdana" size="1"><span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><a href="pons.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="1">PONs are</font></span><font size="1" face="Verdana"> anything but passive</font></a><font face="Verdana"><strong><font size="1"><br> Etherne<span lang="en-gb">t</span></font></strong><font size="1"><a href="http://technologyinside.com/2007/03/12/nexagent-an-enigmatic-company/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nexagent, an enigmatic company?" style="text-decoration: none"><br> </a></font></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><a href="Ethernet.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Ethernet goes carrier grade</a></font></span><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a href="http://technologyinside.com/2007/03/13/networks-part-6-ethernet-goes-carrier-grade/" rel="bookmark" title="Ethernet goes carrier grade?" style="text-decoration: none"><br> </a></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="tmpls.htm" style="text-decoration: none">PBT - PBB-TE or will it be T-MPLS<span lang="en-gb">?</span></a><a href="http://technologyinside.com/2007/03/22/pbb-te-pbt-or-will-it-be-t-mpls/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to PBB-TE / PBT or will it be T-MPLS?" style="text-decoration: none"><br> </a></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a href="eoe.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Ethernet-over-Everything</a></span></font><br> <span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><a href="hammer.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Enabling PBB-TE and MPLS services</a></font></span><b><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><br> Wireless</font></span></b><br> <span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Bluetooth standards swamp" mce_href="http://technologyinside.com/2007/10/02/the-bluetooth-standards-swamp/" href="bluetooth.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The Bluetooth standards <span lang="en-gb">maze</span></a></font><br> <span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><b>Mobile<br> </b></font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="http://technologyinside.com/2007/01/30/mobile-apps-java-just-doesnt-cut-the-mustard/" rel="bookmark" title="Java just doesn�t cut the mustard?" style="text-decoration: none">Mobile apps: Java doesn�t cut the mustard?</a></font><br> <font face="Verdana" size="1"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><a href="picogsm.htm" style="text-decoration: none">GSM pico cell's moment of fame</a></font></span><br> <span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a href="gprs.htm" style="text-decoration: none">WAP, GPRS, HSPDA on the move!</a><b><br> </b> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a href="payforit.htm" style="text-decoration: none">payforit on your mobile</a></span></font><br> <span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><a href="adapt.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Content transcoding hits </font><font face="Verdana" size="1">mobiles</font></span></a><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><b><br> Applications and services<br> </b> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Location based services � alive and well!" href="nbs.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Location based services</a></font></span><br> <font face="Verdana" size="1"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a href="presence.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The magic of 'presence'</a></span></font><br> <font face="Verdana" size="1"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="colo.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Colo crisis for the UK?</a><br>  <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to IP Multimedia Subsystem or bust!" href="ims.htm" style="text-decoration: none">IP Multimedia Subsystem or bust!</a><br>  <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><font face="Verdana"><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1"><a href="sip.htm" style="text-decoration: none">sip, Sip, SIP - Gulp!</a></font></span></font><br> <font size="1" face="Verdana"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a href="bpl.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The curse of BPL</a></span><br>  <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a href="enum.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Do you know your ENUM?</a></span><br> </font><b><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Company overviews<br>  </font></span></b><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a href="aria.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b>Aria</b> shows the optimal path</a></span><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="azea.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b>Azea</b> upgrading submarine cables</a><br> </font><b><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span></b><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="1"><a rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to iotum�s Talk-Now is now available!" mce_href="http://technologyinside.com/2007/04/04/iotums-talk-now-now-available/" href="iotum.htm" style="text-decoration: none">iotum</a></font></b><font size="1"><a rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to iotum�s Talk-Now is now available!" mce_href="http://technologyinside.com/2007/04/04/iotums-talk-now-now-available/" href="iotum.htm" style="text-decoration: none">�s Talk-Now is now available!</a></font></font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><br> </font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><a href="netronome.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The insistent beat of <b>Netronome</b>!</a></font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><br> </font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nexagent, an enigmatic company?" href="nexagent.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b>Nexagent</b>, an enigmatic company?</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="ocs.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b>Optimum Communications Services</b><span lang="en-gb">: <br>      F</span>inally a way out of the zero-sum game?</a><br> </font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> </font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a href="revector.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b>Revector</b>, detecting the</a><br> <a href="revector.htm" style="text-decoration: none">     dark side of VoIP</a></span><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="sharedband.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b>Sharedband</b>: not enough bandwidth?</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"></font><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><a href="thecloud.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><b>The Cloud</b> hotspotting the planet</a></font></span><font face="Verdana" size="1"><br> </font><br> <b><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#FFFF00">Archived '92/3 writings<br> </font><font size="1" face="Verdana">Network Technologies</font><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#FFFF00"><br> </font></span></b><font size="1" face="Verdana"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="sdh.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Synchronous Digital Hierarchy</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="atm.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="fibre.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Fibre Optic Cables</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="fr.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Frame Relay (FR)</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="smds.htm" style="text-decoration: none">S<span lang="en-gb">MDS</span></a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="in.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The Magic of Intelligent Networks</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="photo.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Photonics & the Future of Fibre</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="copper.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Copper Local loop Defunct? <span lang="en-gb">(DSL)</span></a><span lang="en-gb"><br>  </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="internet.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Internet - A tutorial</a></font><b><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="1">Radio</font><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#FFFF00"><br> </font></span></b><font face="Verdana" size="1"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="spread.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Spread Spectrum Radio</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="leo.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Low Earth Orbit satellites (LEOs)</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="gsm.htm" style="text-decoration: none">GSM Digital Cellular Radio</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="cordless.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Cordless Digital Telephony</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="mobile.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Mobile Data</a></font><br> <b><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Computer Technologies</font><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#FFFF00"><br> </font></span></b><font size="1" face="Verdana"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="comp.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Image & video compression</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="comp.htm" style="text-decoration: none">ASSPs</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="crypt.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Data Cryptography</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="pda.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="nt.htm" style="text-decoration: none">The Coming of NT</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a href="vod.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><span lang="en-gb">Video on Demand</span></a><span lang="en-gb"><a target="main" href="vod.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> (VoD)</a></span></font><font size="1"><br> </font><span lang="en-gb"><b><font face="Verdana" size="1">Other</font></b></span><b><span lang="en-gb"><font size="1" face="Verdana"> Technologies</font><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#FFFF00"><br> </font></span></b><font size="1" face="Verdana"> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="smart.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Fraud, smartcards, & biometrics</a><br> <span lang="en-gb"> </span><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="main" href="speech.htm" style="text-decoration: none">Speech recognition</a></font><br> <br> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFF00"><b><span lang="en-gb">Sister sites</span></b></font><font size="1" face="Verdana"><br> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a target="_parent" href="http://www.gare.co.uk" style="text-decoration: none">gare.co.uk</a></span></font><br> <font size="1" face="Verdana"><img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.myjapaneseteahouse.com/">My Japanese Teahouse</a></span><br> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><span lang="en-gb"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.myjapanesegarden.com/">My Japanese Garden</a></span><br> <img border="0" src="../images/point1.jpg" width="11" height="11"><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.myhouseextension.com">My House Extension</a></font></p> <p> </p> </body>