This paper asks is whether (i) 3rd generation wireless services, as embodied in theplanned and soon to be offered services emerging first in Asia and Europe, or (ii) theunlicensed wireless services such as 802.11 or wi-fi but also including more advancedwideband and ultrawideband (UWB) services...

Delivering real-time services (Internet telephony, video conferencing, andstreaming media as well as business-critical data applications) across the Internet requiresend-to-end quality of service (QoS) guarantees, which requires a hierarchy of contracts.These standardized contracts may be...

Ubiquitous broadband access is considered by many to be necessary for theInternet to realize its full potential. But there is no generally accepted definition ofwhat constitutes broadband access. Furthermore, there is only limitedunderstanding of how the quality of end-to-end broadband Internet...

The world is evolving from one in which almost all access to the Internet comes from personalcomputers (PCs) to one in which so-called Internet appliances (IAs) will make up a greater shareof end-user equipment. Today's PC is a general-purpose, highly configurable and extensibledevice ? an...