References
Books
Claiborne, David. Mathematical Preliminaries for Computer Networking. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1990.
Hewlett-Packard. Testing Digital Video. Cupertino, California: Hewlett-Packard, 1997.
Varaiya, Pravin, and Jean Walrand. High-Performance Communication Networks. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 1996.
Articles
Balabanian, Vahe, Liam Casey, Nancy Greene, and Chris Adams, "An Introduction to Digital Storage Media-Command and Control." IEEE Communications Vol.34, No. 11: November 1996.
Cermak, Gregory, Sandra Teare, James Stoddard, and Ernest Tweedy. "Consumer Acceptance of MPEG2 Video at 3.0 to 8.3 Mb/s," Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering, Volume 2917: 19-22 November 1996
Chiariglione, Leonardo (Convenor), "Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio: Systems." Recommendation H.222.0 ISO/IEC 13838-1: April 1995.
Ciena Corporation. "Form S-1 Registration Statement, Preparatory to the Initial Public Offering of Ciena Stock." 12 December 1996.
Dutton, Harry. "High Speed Networking Technology." IBM International Technical Support Centers GG24-3816-01: June 1993.
Hong, Peter, "A Starlet's Secret Life—As an Engineer." Los Angeles Times: 30 August 1997.
Koenen, Rob. "MPEG-4:Multimedia for our Time." IEEE Spectrum Vol 16, No. 2: February 1999.
Quayle, Alan, and BT Labs. "Telecommunications Operators Needs and Requirements of an Interface between the Core and Access of a Broadband Network." ATM Forum/96-1045: August 1996.
Internet Resources
The ATM Forum, which has a residential broadband working group
www.cisco.com (search on whatever you need, such as "multicast")
Cisco's Web page has many good white papers. Use the search engine to find information on many topics.
www.lucent.com/ideas/perspectives/trends/index.html
Broad technical perspective from Bell Labs
The home page of DAVIC
Internet Engineering Task Force Home Page
Pointers to network protocols
National Transparent Optical Network Consortium
Home of the IP Multicast Initiative
The complete set of Internet documents maintained by the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute
The home page of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF)
cas.et.tudelft.nl/~glas/ssc/technOld/
Spread spectrum overview written by Jack Glas of the University of Delft, Netherlands
Spread spectrum scene, with lots of spread spectrum, wireless, and RF info
The home page for MPEG standards
More information on MPEG-2 and MPEG-4
Why stupid networks are a smart idea
www.fcc.gov/oet/faqs/freqchart.html
FCC FAQ on spectrum allocation
www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.html
U.S. spectrum allocation chart according to the NTIA of the U.S. Department of Commerce; shows how to order a very nice wall chart
strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/sf01608e.html
Spectrum allocation in Canada, according to Industry Canada
Mitsubishi Telecommunications Network Division