At present, there is a strong worldwide push toward bringing fiber closer to indi-
vidual HOMEs and businesses. Fiber-to-the-Home/Business (FTTH/B) or close to it
networks are poised to become the next major success story for optical fiber com-
munications. In fact, FTTH connections are currently experiencing double-digit or
even higher growth rates, e.g., in the United States the annual growth rate was 112%
between September 2006 and September 2007, and their presence can add value of
U.S. $4,000–15,000 to the selling price of a home.
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Technologies
Broadband
Networks
Access
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2020-05-26
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In 2001, Orange, a UK mobile network operator, announced the “Orange
at Home” project, a smart house incorporating the latest technology
wizardry built some 20 miles north of London. It was intended to be more
than a mere showcase, with plans for real families to move in and live
with the smart home. My then research establishment, the Digital World
Research Centre at the University of Surrey, was commissioned to study
how these families reacted to their new home, and to report lessons for
the future development of smart HOMEs and smart home technologies.
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Inside
Smart
Home
the
上傳時間：
2020-06-06
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