THE ROLE OF BROADBAND

ALFONSO FUGGETTACEFRIEL - ICT INSTITUTE POLITECNICO DI MILANO

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY BROADBAND?

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS > 1, 2 MBS

BOTH WIRELINE AND WIRELESS:

MOBILE NETWORKS CANNOT REPLACE WIRELINE INFRASTRUCTURE

NGN: NEXT GENERATION NETWORK

WIRELINE: FIBERS, 10-100-1000 MBS

MOBILE: LTE, TENS OF MBS

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF NETWORKS?

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF A MODERN SOCIETY

ENRICH AND COMPLEMENT PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURES.

INTEGRATE DISPERSED ENTITIES

THEY HAVE A STRONG IMPACT ON LOCALISATION DECISIONS

WHY DO WE NEED BROADBAND?

SERVICES ARE MORE AND MORE DEMANDING

WE RUN MULTIPLE SERVICES IN PARALLEL

WE DO NOT WANT TO WAIT

MILAN AND BROADBAND

MILAN NEEDS BROADBAND NETWORKS

NETWORK NODES ARE LOCATED IN MILAN

WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF A BROADBAND NETWORK?

Last mile

Back-hauling

Backbones

3G, Fiber, Copper/DSL,Hyperlan, WiMax

Radio communication,Fiber,Copper

Fiber

WHAT IS THE ITALIAN SITUATION?

WE HAVE BACKBONES

BACK-HAULING NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED

THE LAST MILE HAS PROBLEMS

DIGITAL DIVIDE

WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE NETWORK CAPACITY WE NEED

MANY DECENTRALISED AREAS ARE DAMAGED BY THIS SITUATION

EXAMPLES: COMO, TREVISO, ALESSANDRIA, ...

SO, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

SIMPLIFY NETWORK CREATION RULES AND PROCEDURES

ANTICIPATE NEEDS AND THREADS (SEE VENICE)

PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS

IN THE FUTURE, A NEW BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT MODEL

IN CONCLUSION ...

This is a challenge

we cannot afford to loose