Read how the Next Generation Residential Gateway (RG) is capable of supporting the ever increasing need for higher data throughput rates, signaling range that covers the whole house and robustness capable of mitigating the sources of interference found in the home.
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By Ben SheppardWorldwide RGES Marketing Manager Next-Generation bsheppard@ti.com
Tina Rogers Residential Gateways: Product Line Marketing Manager Flexibility and High-Performance justina@ti.com will be Critical
Introduction
Increasingly, homes are being populated with a divergent array of digital devices, multimedia applications, networked appliances, voice and data communications platforms, entertainment systems and much more. All the while consumers are acquiring more and more digital content, which often enters the home through broad-band access to the Internet, is subsequently moved and shared among the devices inthe home, and eventually may be transferred outside the home via the Internet or byloading it onto a portable consumer device. The need to make sense of this situation and maintain some semblance of orderhas given rise to home networks, both wired and wireless. But centering a home network on a DSL or cable modem even if they have an integrated wireless network-ing router, or, for that matter, a personal computer, is not the answer. The complexitycaused by the presence of more and more digital devices and the sheer quantity ofmultimedia content requires a managed approach. Such a solution would be morecapable of supporting the ever increasing need for higher data throughput rates, signaling range that covers the whole house and robustness capable of mitigatingthe sources of interference found in the home. The next-generation residential gateway (RG) will serve these needs. More important-ly for the service providers that deploy them, advanced RGs are critical for coping withthe uncertainties of the marketplace while reducing operational costs and providing aneffective platform for launching a host of new revenue-generating services. And for theequipment manufacturers who will provide them, next-generation RGs must have areconfigurable and flexible architecture that can adapt to the requirements of telecom-munications service providers and cable companies in every region of the world. 2 Texas Instruments
What Consumers can be greedy. As more homes have installed broadband access to the Internet inConsumers recent years, consumers have found that they enjoy the faster speeds considerably and thatWant they want to do more. Unfortunately, the higher bandwidth was typically connected directly tothe home's primary personal computer, limiting residents' access to the higher bandwidth.To distribute the broadband bandwidth more effectively, home networks, and specificallywireless home networks, increased in popularity. Eventually, standalone wireless local areanetworking (WLAN) routers and access points gave way to DSL and cable modems withintegrated WLAN connectivity. The first glimmer of an RG emerged.At the same time, consumers were putting their newfound bandwidth to good use.Laptop computers could easily connect to the home network. Voice over IP (VoIP) phonesystems, interactive video gaming consoles, printers and other devices could access theInternet directly by way of the home's WLAN. Other types of digital devices like portableMP3 and DVD players/recorders were relegated to ad hoc connections to the home network by way of an intermediary device such as a PC. Over time and as more digital devices with their multimedia content enter the home, theunmanaged and ad hoc connections throughout the residence could show signs of strainunder the sheer weight of the applications and data flow. As this happens, consumer frus-trations and dissatisfaction could rise as well.
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Next Generation Residential Gateways: Flexibility and High-Performance will be Critical June 2006Texas Instruments 3
Enter the Some of the critical characteristics of the next-generation RG will be:
Next-Generation RG . Significant processing power to handle multiple, voice and high-throughput datastreams, many of which may have their own distinct requirements for quality-of-service (QoS), security and other parameters.. Flexible architecture and adaptable configuration options to tailor the RG to the particular needs of a home, various segments of consumers, each service provider'sunique requirements, and the restrictions of regions and countries throughout the world.. An open platform a... [download for more]
