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ALTECH - Sistema di Gestione Allarmi Tecnologici

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:33:00 +0000

ALTECH il nuovo "Sistema di Gestione Allarmi Tecnologici" stà venendo alla luce, descrizione quì http://lnkd.in/CxwsDk.

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Rete in fibra plastica in casa od in ufficio sfruttando i condotti esistenti? Da ora è possibile facilmente!

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:49:00 +0000

Da oggi è più facile realizzare soluzioni ad altissime prestazioni in fibra ottica plastica POF per la casa e l' ufficio http://tinyurl.com/6kxdhzk

Rete in fibra plastica in casa od in ufficio sfruttando i condotti esistenti ?
Da ora è possibile facilmente !

Come ?
Utilizzando il nuovo connettore Optolock per attacco keystone !

Il connettore Optolock per fibra plastica POF per attacco keystone può essere montato, tramite adattatori per le principali marche (come Gewiss, Ticino, AVE, Vimar e molti altri) sulle placche per scatole da incasso e da parete tipo 503 e su tutti gli adattatori keystone per il networking.

Il cavo POF in fibra plastica può essere agevomente passato in canaline esistenti, anche insieme ai conduttori in rame per l' alimentazione elettrica, essendo questo sottile, isolante ed insensibile ai disturbi elettromagnetici prodotti sui cavi di rete dagli utilizzatori domestici e dell' ufficio.

Tramite il connettore Optolock il cavo POF in fibra plastica diventa accessibile all' esterno della placca, montata su una scatola a muro od a parete.
Da questo connettore Optolock ci si può collegare direttamente ad uno Switch con una porta Ethernet over POF in uplink ed ulteriori porte RJ45 o EoPOF oppure, tramite un Media Converter POF-RJ45 o POF-USB direttamente a qualsiasi dispositivo IP.

Le soluzioni possibili sono così molto ampie e possono integrare connessioni in rame, il Power over Ethernet (PoE) ed i collegamenti wireless (WiFi) per connettere in modo certo e sicuro PCs, tablets, netbooks, telefoni VoIP, telecamere IP e sistemi locali di archiviazione, stampa e streaming, mobile internet devices, smartphone, IPTV ed in generale qualunque dispositivo usi il protocollo Ethernet-IP per comunicare.

Realizzare la dorsale in fibra plastica POF ad altissime prestazioni per reti domestiche e di ufficio fornendo l' accesso a tutti i dispositivi con interfaccia Ethernet in rame con connettore RJ45 o con interfaccia WiFi tramite Access Point è ora molto più facile.
E' anche realizzabile il collegamento diretto al dispositivo in rete realizzando il cosiddetto "Fiber To The Desk" soprattutto per ambienti di ufficio o dove riservatezza e velocità sono da privilegiare.

Grazie al connettore Optolock per attacco keystone da oggi è più facile realizzare soluzioni ad altissime prestazioni in fibra ottica plastica POF per la casa e l' ufficio !

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Nuovi prodotti per lo Smart HOME e lo Smart OFFICE

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Sun, 22 May 2011 16:58:00 +0000

NEW Switches "CP8008GCx"8 ports POF Fast Ethernet + 2 ports TP/SFP Gigabit Ethernet Managed and Unmanaged Switches

NEW Panel Media Converters "CP8248"

24 ports POF Fast Ethernet to 24 ports RJ45-Cat5e Fast Ethernet converters panel, rack mount

Clicca sulle immagini dei nuovi prodotti per saperne di più e scaricare i datasheets.

See the world of networking in a whole new light and take advantage of the benefits of POF cables and EoPOF solutions for the SOHO market.

Please contact us to learn more about how ElectronicBRICKS™ products and solutions can benefit your customers.

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Fibre Ottiche Plastiche - Caratteristiche ed Applicazioni

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:21:00 +0000

Voglio segnalare, in lingua italiana, per approfondire le Caratteristiche e le Applicazioni delle Fibre Ottiche in Vetro ma soprattutto in Plastica la

Tesi di Laurea di Domenico Carlo Romeo
Fibre Ottiche Plastiche - Caratteristiche ed Applicazioni

Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria - Facoltà di Ingegneria
Corso di Laurea in Ingegneria delle Telecomunicazioni
Dipartimento di Informatica, Matematica, Elettronica e Trasporti
Anno Accademico 2009 - 2010

Il lavoro della Tesi di Laurea "Fibre Ottiche Plastiche - Caratteristiche ed Applicazioni" è strutturato come segue:

• il Capitolo 1 riporta le caratteristiche e la struttura delle ﬁbre ottiche, passando in rassegna il principio di funzionamento, i parametri caratteristici, la classiﬁcazione, le connessioni, i metodi di fabbricazione e le problematiche principali. Dopodiché si elencheranno i pro ed i contro delle ﬁbre ottiche in vetro rispetto ai mezzi metallici;

• il Capitolo 2 espone l’architettura dei sistemi di comunicazione in ﬁbra ottica, introducendo alcuni cenni sui dispositivi che li compongono. Dopodiché si tratteranno il sistema WDM, le problematiche principali ed inﬁne le prestazioni dei sistemi di comunicazione in ﬁbra ottica;

• il Capitolo 3 illustra la struttura delle ﬁbre ottiche plastiche, passando in rassegna i metodi di fabbricazione, le caratteristiche principali, le
connessioni e le procedure di installazione di questa tecnologia;

• il Capitolo 4 analizza le principali applicazioni delle ﬁbre ottiche plastiche, mettendo in evidenza una tecnologia molto promettente per il futuro, la Ethernet over POF (in abbreviazione EoPOF). In seguito si parlerà di POFTO, un’organizzazione internazionale che ha come scopo la promozione delle ﬁbre ottiche plastiche a livello mondiale nel settore ICT, e di alcuni progetti volti alla diﬀusione e allo sviluppo dei sistemi di comunicazione basati su tale tecnologia;

• il Capitolo 5 tratta le conclusioni.

Domenico Carlo Romeo nei Ringraziamenti scrive poi:

Ritengo che i ringraziamenti non siano una conclusione formale di un lavoro di tesi, ma la consapevolezza che in questi momenti di duro lavoro non si è soli.
Per questo motivo desidero innanzitutto ringraziare il Prof. Ing. Francesco Giuseppe Della Corte per la professionalità, la costante e fattiva disponibilità e la cortesia manifestate nei miei confronti.
Ringrazio inﬁne l’Ing. Valter Foresto, Presidente e fondatore dell’azienda ElectronicBRICKS™, ed il Prof. Ing. Roberto Gaudino, docente del Politecnico di Torino nonché coordinatore scientiﬁco dei progetti POF-ALL e POF-PLUS, per avermi fornito informazioni utilissime per la realizzazione della tesi.

Ed io non posso che dare visibilità, con il consenso dell' Ing. Domenico Carlo Romeo, a questa sua Tesi che certamente può contribuire a diffondere le conoscenze di questa promettente tecnologia.

- Valter Foresto

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Presentazione POF - ElectronicBRICKS™

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:22:00 +0000

"Red Light for Green Home Networks"

Sono davvero molti i vantaggi in termini di risparmio energetico, riduzione dell' impatto ambientale e dei costi di installazione ottenibili utilizzando la tecnologia Ethernet over Plastic Optical Fiber.
Per saperne di più puoi visitare il sito http://www.electronicbricks.it, contattami su LinkedIn o ai riferimenti che trovi in 'contact us' sul sito.

Reti Ottiche Residenziali a Larga Banda in Fibra Ottica Plastica

View more presentations from Electronic BRICKS™ - Comm.SEC di Valter Foresto

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Ethernet over Plastic Optical Fiber ... the "Red Light for Green Home Networks"

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:43:00 +0000

"Bring the Sun Indoors" using Plastic Optical Fiber
Fibre Ottiche Plastiche ... non solo per il 'green broadband optical communications' ... ma anche per illuminare direttamente dal sole ... anche quì risparmiando energia !

"Bring the Sun Indoors" using Plastic Optical Fiber

"Red Light for Green Home Networks" Plastic Optical Fiber communications solutions

Green Communication, Green Lighting ... Green Energy for the Future

Presenting : "Ethernet over Plastic Optical Fiber - Red Light for Green IP Home Optical Networks"

Presenting :
IP Network Cameras based on Ethernet over Plastic Optical Fiber,
EoPOF products and solutions,
POF Plenum Rated Cables

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From Fiber To The Home to Fiber In The Home

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:35:00 +0000

8 February 2011 Pre-Conference Workshop
From Fiber To The Home to Fiber In The Home
Complementary and Convergent In-Building Networks

Organised by POF-Forum & FTTH Council Europe
Orange Room 2 - 13:00 .. 18:00

This workshop will discuss the issue of in-house cabling for fibre networks. Topics will cover cabling-solutions in multi-dwelling units as well as the cabling within the premise of the end customer.
The main focus will be on installation solutions including POF, bendable fibre, new installation methods and other innovative approaches.

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Easy, Fast and Cheap to Deploy "IP Optical Networks" in the last 100 meters

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:21:00 +0000

Easy, Fast and Cheap to Deploy "IP Optical Networks" in the last 100 meters

Differentiate yourself from the competition, increase your competitive advantage and build stronger customer relationships by deploying ElectronicBRICKS™ solutions

Our products can be quickly, easily, and inexpensively deployed in new construction, existing structures, or in retrofits

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Fiber In The Home - Broadband Optical Communications in the Short Haul

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:07:00 +0000

HAPPY HOLIDAYS and LUMINOUS 2011 !

Multi Color Plastic Optical Fiber Christmas Tree with Decorations

Fiber In The Home

Broadband Optical Communications in the Short Haul

ElectronicBRICKS™ is looking to work with great partners to develop and deploy leading residential, commercial and industrial optical networking solutions.It is critical for broadband service providers to keep up with the latest technologies, trends, and market developments.

ElectronicBRICKS™ offers leading products and solutions that enable broadband service providers to deploy products and services that will solve their customers' technology challenges and needs.

ElectronicBRICKS™ specializes in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of the latest innovative optical networking solutions. We have a full line of residential, commercial and industrial optical networking solutions ready for deployment today and we offer custom product development to create next generation intelligent solutions to meet your specific technology and innovative network needs.
Our products can be quickly and easily deployed in new constructions, existing structures, or in retrofits.

Differentiate yourself from the competition, increase your competitive advantage and build stronger customer relationships by deploying ElectronicBRICKS™ solutions.

Differentiate yourself from the competition,

increase your competitive advantage and

build stronger customer relationships

by deploying ElectronicBRICKS™ solutions.

Our ElectronicBRICKS™ website here !

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(Red) Light for (Green) IP Networking

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:34:00 +0000

To put POF in the box (STB/Gateway) is half the cost relative to HPNA/PLC.

Very soon you will have GigE available over the same POF cable you put in your wall today at a similar low cost.
GigE over 1000BaseTX will break your heart as the every increasing noise fog envelops your house.
Wifi is fantastic for email and browsing but when you want guaranteed no intruption TV - it has to be a fibre.

Glass - don't put it in a house unless you have deep pockets to pay for eye surgery when some kid sticks it in his eye.

POF is the hotest wired solution for a home you can use.

It is 1/5 the carbon footprint of an equal length of copper cable - thats a big number when you are a Telco installing millions of miles per year.

It is fully recyclable.
It is low cost.
Eye safe.
Super fast and easy to terminate and install and you get guaranteed BW - unlike the PLC/MOCA/HPNA/Ghn scam of selling you the top rate but delivering the bottom.

POF complies to IEEE802.3 so when it says 100Mb or 1000Mb on the box that is exactly what the line rate is.

Honestly - POF is just red-hot.

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Plastic Optical Fiber is a GREEN Communication Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:38:00 +0000

Typical LINK POWER CONSUMPTION for PowerLINE, WiFi and POF

Plastic Optical Fiber is a GREEN Communication Technology

Greener technology is not just about power consumption.

If you compare 1m of POF cable to 1m of CAT5 cable and look at the CO2 generated during manufacturer then POF works out at approximately 1/5th the extraction cost - this is primarily due to the lack of copper.

The extraction of the copper for CAT5/5e (including an account for 70% recycling of the metal) still runs to a CO2 cost 5 times that of an equivalent length of POF.

So POF scores very high on the green scale when compared to technologies that need a copper cable.

This is one reason that Asia and India are now looking closely at POF for mass deployment.
With metal costs soaring non-metal based solutions like POF are growing in importance.

Glass is perfect for outside the home but not great in an environment where kids, pets and DIY folk are at play. POF is ideal in this space.

TV meets the WEB and the WEB meets the TV

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:16:00 +0000

Read about Google TV System on IPTV magazine ...

... or at Google TV website

Watching TV from the WEB or from Satellite or use the WEB on a TV need a rock solid home network infrastructure.
Look at Electronic BRICKS™ products and solutions to realize your next home network.

Technologies for Home Networking

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:16:00 +0000

Advances in communications technology to seamlessly connect all types of home devices and appliances are driving the vision to create an intelligent home ecosystem.
This would enable control, access and information sharing among all the devices and thereby a much more enhanced user experience.
The future growth of electronics at home lies in the devices being able to wirelessly communicate among themselves and with one or more universal handheld portable multiradio devices (including other intelligent control points).
Such a control device would be able to control the other wireless-enabled devices in a distributed or centralized manner.
All devices would in the future come with some type of a radio interface built into them.
One could potentially conceive the giant intelligent “home system” as being distributed but connected in a modular fashion over a large-area wireless infrastructure.
This naturally requires a vast amount of research in various aspects of networking, from privacy/security to high performance to seamless connectivity, emulating “being there” with the device or the equipment.

POF Newsletter from Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:28:00 +0000

POF Newsletter Mar-Apr 2010

The "POF Newsletter" is a Newsletter Covering Worldwide Developments in the Technology, Market, and Application of Plastic Optical Fiber.

The newsletter is published by POFTO the Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization "Promoting industry awareness, acceptance, and advancement of POF".

1 Gbps over Plastic Optical Fiber using OFDM modulation

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:31:00 +0000

This video demonstrates the potential of Plastic Optical Fiber.
With Firecomms' OptoLock tranceivers the fiber connectors are not needed at all making this a "simple plug and play system".
Using OFDM modulation (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) known from MOCA, HomePlug, etc. a 1 Gbps transmission is demonstrated.

Using Plastic Optical Fibers to illuminate and decorate the world

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:53:00 +0000

The Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) illumination and decoration is among the last generation lighting systems, with high technology, offering the most looked for advantages in the market compared with traditional technology

Low energy consumption: POF illumination and decoration effectively lights wide, broad areas with a single source. An ideal way to lower consumption and expenses.

Safety: POF does not transmit electricity, but solely light. POF system is specially perfect for wet or hazardous environments. And remote power source keeps electrical components at a safe distance.

Cold light: The optical fiber emits cold light (without infra and violet light), thus, the illumination does not affect the existing room temperature and degrade the goods under the shining of the cold light. This characteristic makes it ideal for illumination of pictures or works of art where another type of illumination could alter the original colors.

Visually attractive: A soft, clean and pure color effect is obtained by POF technology. This technology also allows to get color changes as well as dimmer effects, sparkling, blinkings, etc by adopting a filter. The whole system effects are full of beautiful, outstanding and wonderful performance.

Non-specialized maintenance: Except for the replacement of the light source, it is a maintenance-free product. No bulbs to burn out or replace in the cable system.

Easy installation: Its flexibility turns it a more adaptable product for the different types of installations

The variety of POF types are growing rapidly. The most typical and important varities are:

End light optical fiber
End light optical cable
Side light optical fiber
Points light optical fiber

The followings are excellent project examples using POF as illumination and decoration media:

POF is used in the illumination and decoration industries for many different and new applications.
The creative applications of POF are:

In-house decoration

Museum lighting for architectural accent and delicate objects

City building facade lighting

Stage effects lighting for entertainment industry

Signage backlighting

Cove lighting

Water fountain lighting

Emergency exit lighting and footpath lighting

Underwater lighting such as swimming pool lighting

Glass block lighting

Bartop, KTV and nightclub lighting

Cold case food lighting

Apparel lighting

Gardening

Road lighting

Flammable and explosive circumstance

Usage of solar energy

Products and Things on the Electronic BRICKS™ Labs - May 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:17:00 +0000

CP8701 POF Home Networking - Do It Yourself KIT

The CP8103 in the KIT can be powered by
a wall-mount power adaptor or by an USB power cable,
included in the KIT

Typical LINK POWER CONSUMPTION ...

... POF is GREEN !

CP4001 POF IP Camera,

CP8201 USB to POF Adapter,

ELII POF Feed-Thru

CP4001 POF IP Camera

First IP Camera based on POF Technology in the world !

CP4001 POF IP Camera,

ELII POF Feed-Thru

CP8009 8 FX POF Ports + 1 TX Eth Port Dump Switch

CP8012 and CP8024S POF Switchs

CP8012 POF Switch and CP8103 POF to TX Media Converter

CP8103 POF to TX Media Converter

The 'POF Do It Yourself KIT' presented at Orange - France Telecom

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:21:00 +0000

'POF Do It Yourself KIT'

presented at Orange - France Telecom

Why is Plastic Optical Fiber getting adopted more and more ?
With this video its easy to see why.
Eye safe visible light, cut and insert simplicity, no bending problems and simple.
Now we are starting to see the OptoLock POF port getting embedded into CPE's to make it even more simple.

More than 20% of flat panel TVs shipped in Europe this year will be able to connect to the internet, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. The study follows in the wake of the 2009 European market introduction of the first TV and Blu-ray devices able to access content directly from the Net.

By the end of 2010, the installed base of connected TVs will increase to 15 million devices, representing nearly 10% of the total number of flat panel TVs in use. The next step for manufacturers, says Futuresource, will be to add more compelling video services, including paid-for movie streaming that will create revenue-sharing opportunities with content owners, aggregators and application developers.

If you are a subscribed of a FTTx or high speed access network and you want to be sure to benefit from his high performance for HDTV and 100 Mbps around the house then use a POF fiber KIT to assure high Quality of Services at your home backbone !

BSPCOM™ - Electronic BRICKS™

CP8701 'POF Do It Yourself KIT'

Optical Fiber Backbone for Multiservice Home Network

POF Marketing in Short

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:12:00 +0000

Electronic Bricks™ POF Marketing In Short

View more documents from Electronic BRICKS™ - Valter Foresto.

Some POF Products on our portfolio

IPTV and Internet TV

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Fri, 14 May 2010 08:53:00 +0000

What is IPTV ?

IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is a system where a digital television service is delivered using Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure, which may include delivery by a broadband connection.
A general definition of IPTV is television content that, instead of being delivered through traditional broadcast and cable formats, is received by the viewer through the technologies used for computer networks.
For residential users, IPTV is often provided in conjunction with Video on Demand and may be bundled with Internet services such as Web access and VoIP.
The commercial bundling of IPTV, VoIP and Internet access is referred to as "Triple Play" service (when these three are offered with mobility, the service is referred to as "Quadruple Play").
IPTV is typically supplied by a service provider using a closed network infrastructure.
This closed network approach is in competition with the delivery of TV content over the public Internet, called Internet Television.
In businesses, IPTV may be used to deliver television content over corporate LANs.

IPTV and Internet TV

A telco IPTV service is usually delivered over a complex and investment heavy walled garden network, which is carefully engineered to ensure bandwidth efficient delivery of vast amounts of multicast video traffic.
The higher network quality also enables easy delivery of high quality SD or HD TV content to subscribers’ homes.
This makes IPTV by default the preferred delivery platform for premium content.
However the investment for a telco to build an end-to-end IPTV service can be substantial.
By contrast "Internet TV" generally refers to transport streams sent over IP networks (normally the Internet) from outside the network that connects to the users premises.
An Internet TV provider has no control over the final delivery and so broadcasts on a "best effort" basis.
Elementary streams over IP networks and proprietary variants as used by websites such as YouTube are now rarely considered to be IPTV services.
Compared to telco IPTV, Internet TV is a quick-to-market and relatively low investment service.
Internet TV rides on existing infrastructure including broadband, ADSL, Wi-Fi, cable and satellite which makes it a valuable tool for a wide variety of service providers and content owners looking for new revenue streams.
However, due to the fact that IPTV is always delivered over low cost IP STBs, which have limited computing power, the capability for IPTV operators to provide diverse multimedia services is limited.
This is where Internet TV has an advantage as it is delivered to a subscriber's (generally) powerful PC.
The relative ease of establishing an Internet TV service seems at first a threat to telco IPTV operators’ multimillion dollar investment, but both services do not necessarily compete for the same customers and there are some synergies between the two such as a common technology platform in the form of web-based technologies for content storage and delivery.
Broadcast IPTV has two major architecture forms: free and fee based.
As of June 2006, there are over 1,300 free IPTV sources available.
This sector is growing rapidly and major television broadcasters worldwide are transmitting their broadcast signal over the Internet.
These free IPTV sources require only an Internet connection and an Internet enabled device such as a personal computer, HDTV connected to a computer or even a 3G cell/mobile phone to watch the IPTV content.
Various Web portals offer access to these free IPTV sources.
Some cite the ad-sponsored availability of TV series such as Lost as indicators that IPTV will become more prevalent.
Because IPTV uses standard networking protocols, it promises lower costs for operators and lower prices for users.
Using set-top boxes with broadband Internet connections, video can be streamed to households more efficiently than current coaxial cable.
ISPs are upgrading their networks to bring higher speeds and to allow multiple High Definition TV channels.
IPTV uses a two-way digital broadcast signal sent through a switched telephone or cable network by way of a broadband connection and a set-top box programmed with software (much like a cable or DSS box) that can handle viewer requests to access to many available media sources.
Local IPTV, as used by businesses for Audio Visual AV distribution on their company networks is typically based on a mixture of:
a) Conventional TV reception equipment and IPTV encoders
b) IPTV Gateways that take broadcast MPEG channels and IP wrap them to create multicast streams.

Protocols

IPTV covers both live TV (multicasting) as well as stored video (Video on Demand VOD).
The playback of IPTV requires either a personal computer or a set-top box connected to a TV.
Video content is typically compressed using either a MPEG-2 or a MPEG-4 codec and then sent in an MPEG transport stream delivered via IP Multicast in case of live TV or via IP Unicast in case of Video on Demand.
IP Multicast is a method in which information can be sent to multiple computers at the same time.
The newly released (MPEG-4) H.264 codec is increasingly used to replace the older MPEG-2 codec.
In standards-based IPTV systems, the primary underlying protocols used are:
* Live TV uses IGMP version 2 or IGMP version 3 for IPv4 for connecting to a multicast stream (TV channel) and for changing from one multicast stream to another (TV channel change).
* VOD is using the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).
* NPVR (Network-based Personal Video Recorder) is also using the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).
Network Personal Video Recording is a consumer service where real-time broadcast television is captured in the network on a server allowing the end user to access the recorded programs on the schedule of their choice, rather than being tied to the broadcast schedule.
The NPVR system provides time-shifted viewing of broadcast programs, allowing subscribers to record and watch programs at their convenience, without the requirement of a truly personal PVR device.
It could be compared as a "PVR that is built into the network" however that would be slightly misleading unless the word "Personal" is, of course, changed to "Public" for this context.
Subscribers can choose from the programmes available in the network-based library, when they want, without needing yet another device or remote control.
However, many people would still prefer to have their own PVR device, as it would allow them to choose exactly what they want to record.
This bypasses the strict copyright and licensing regulations, as well as other limitations, that often prevent the network itself from providing "on demand" access to certain programmes (see Heroes, below).
In Greece, On Telecoms offers an NPVR service to all subscribers in their basic package with all the programming of all major national Greek TV channels for the last 72 hours.
The user has to sign in their contract that they agree that the company will record national programming of the last 72 hours FOR them so that they can come around any legal implications (like the ones mentioned here) as this service would work like a personal PVR.
Currently, the only alternatives to IPTV are traditional TV distribution technologies such as terrestrial, satellite and cable.
However, cable can be upgraded to two-way capability and can thus also carry IPTV.

Advantages

The IP-based platform offers significant advantages, including the ability to integrate television with other IP-based services like high speed Internet access and VoIP.
A switched IP network also allows for the delivery of significantly more content and functionality.
In a typical TV or satellite network, using broadcast video technology, all the content constantly flows downstream to each customer, and the customer switches the content at the set-top box.
The customer can select from as many choices as the telecomms, cable or satellite company can stuff into the “pipe” flowing into the home.
A switched IP network works differently. Content remains in the network, and only the content the customer selects is sent into the customer’s home.
That frees up bandwidth, and the customer’s choice is less restricted by the size of the “pipe” into the home.
This also implies that the customer's privacy could be compromised to a greater extent than is possible with traditional TV or satellite networks.
It may also provide a means to hack into, or at least disrupt (see Denial of Service) the private network.

Why use Plastic Optical Fibers ?

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:44:00 +0000

(Red) Light for (Green) IP Networking

From a post of Michael O'Gorman at my LinkedIn discussion about 'POF use'at the group of Werner BlankenbergConnected Home Networking

Social Page of Electronic BRICKS™

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:16:00 +0000

This is the
Social Page of Electronic BRICKS™

The scope of this page is to aggregate "Feedbacks and Suggestions", so feel free to write down your comments about posts, products or website organization, remarks and all your suggestions about

Plastic Optical Fibers based products,
Fiber To The Home products and FTTx Networking,
Power Over Ethernet products,
IP Video Surveillance

are welcome !

Highlighted News

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:00:00 +0000

BSPCOM webSite Contacts

Electronic BRICKS is the Distributor of BSPCOM in Italy

for POF, FTTx and PoE Products for IP Internetworking

Electronic BRICKS can be also a BSPCOM Representative in most not already covered territories in Europe, South America and India

Together we aim to be the best product range provider for communication, making efforts in promoting POF in applications for Fiber To The Home (FTTH), Fiber To The Desk (FTTD), LANs home and office networking, industrial and factory automation, IP based digital and video surveillance, military and security markets.

We provides products R&D, manufacturing, marketing, post-sale and application support for highly innovative POF products and opens to a new and improved networking and cabling technology with skills in all types of Optical Network Access Equipments, expecially focusing on the last hundred meters with the POF Networking Solutions !

Electronic Bricks™ POF Marketing In Short

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Electronic BRICKS is the Distributor of BSPCOM in Italy for POF, FTTx and PoE Products for IP Internetworking

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:14:00 +0000

BSPCOM webSite Contacts

Electronic BRICKS is the Distributor of BSPCOM in Italy

for POF, FTTx and PoE Products for IP Internetworking

Electronic BRICKS can be also a BSPCOM Representative in most not already covered territories in Europe, South America and India

Products and Solutions for Optical Networking

noreply@blogger.com (Valter) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:04:00 +0000

Fiber To The Home (FTTH) realizes the simultaneous transmission of Data, VoIP and IPTV signal over a single optical fiber to the home.

With recent widespread use of the Internet at home the traditional network communication lines are gradually unable to deliver the increasing amount of data, such as audio data, image data and movie data, via the Internet.
In order to satisfy these demands, FTTH (Fiber To The Home), in which optical fibers are provided to the home, and the like, are being made available widely to consumers.
FTTH delivers faster broadband access compared to existing access technologies including network connections based on phone lines (xDSL) or coaxial cable.
Optical fibers has become the medium of choice for sending digital signals between the central office and the customers remote terminals.

Optical fibers form some of the main lines through which telecommunications data is connected all over the world. An optical fiber typically includes a core region surrounded concentrically by a cladding. The optical fiber bidirectional communication is achieved by using a single optical fiber through which two types of light signals with different wavelengths are propagated bidirectionally has become increasingly common in optical communication applications such as FTTH.
In FTTH, optical signal capabilities are routed from a central office or other distribution location to a plurality of homes in that particular location via optical fibers and one or more optical connectors and/or other optical connection devices.

A possible solution for integration of Ethernet, Telecommunication and IPTV Networks in "the last hundred meters" may be use Glass Optical Fiber networking to reach the building and then use Plastic Optical Fiber to reach the home equipments.

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