5G? IoT? Fiber Deep? 600G? We Are ready for networking at 2019!
For years we have all been talking about the emergence of 5G services, the Internet of Things (IoT) and the new high-capacity, low-latency network architectures that will be needed to support the resulting onslaught of bandwidth. Higher-speed data rates are critical to electronic evolution and revolution.
Here are some of my collection of newest trends and predictions for year 2018. have picked and mixed here quotations from many articles (linked to source) with some of my own additions to make this posting.
5G: The most newsworthy stories in wireless today are all about 5G. In 2019, we enter a cautious, early-adoption phase of this next generation of wireless technology. 2019 will be the year when we see the first commercial networks turning on and first handsets arriving in the market. Only a small number of users will get a first taste of 5G in specific geographic locations, using specific applications, none of which are ubiquitous or cost-optimized. For more details read my 5G trends for 2019 posting.
Deep fiber: Deep deployment of fiber optics into national network infrastructure might not be as glamorous as the eagerly anticipated launch of fifth-generation mobile networks (5G); however, it is just as important—maybe even more important. Wired broadband access supports as much as 90 percent of all internet traffic even though the majority of traffic ultimately terminates on a wireless device. Wireline and wireless networks are driving new architectures to support the move from 4G LTE to 5G infrastructure. In fact, 5G relies heavily on fiber infrastructure. Service providers in the access market are talking about the evolution of their plants to a Fiber Deep (FD) Architecture. FD architectures move the optical node (the optical-to-electrical conversion point) deeper into the network and closer to the subscriber. This means shorter copper, faster speed, more capacity and reduction in maintenance cost for both cable TV network and telephone line based access networks.
Ethernet: Faster Ethernet speeds are taken to use. These transitions are driven by the increasing global IP traffic. Hyper-scalers and service providers are moving from 100GbE to 400GbE Ethernet rates and beyond. In this speed development 56Gb/s And 112Gb/s SerDes Matter.
TSN: Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of standards under development by the Time-Sensitive Networking task group of the IEEE 802.1 working group. TSN standards documents that are specified by IEEE 802.1 can be grouped into three basic key component categories that are time synchronization; scheduling and traffic shaping; selection of communication paths, path reservations and fault-tolerance. Industrial Ethernet networks embrace time-sensitive networking (TSN) technology to integrate operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT).
SDN: Software-defined networking (SDN) technology is an approach to cloud computing that facilitates network management and enables programmatically efficient network configuration in order to improve network performance and monitoring. SD-WAN applies similar technology to a wide area network (WAN). SD-WAN allows companies to build higher-performance WANs using lower-cost and commercially available Internet access, enabling businesses to partially or wholly replace more expensive private WAN connection technologies such as MPLS.
IPv6: IPv4 and IPv6 are the two Protocols Run the Internet in 2019. The long-forecasted day the internet runs out of addresses has arrived and it marks a paradigm shift in the internet’s evolution. Though IPv6 has been available globally since 2012, it has seen a slow, if increasing, adoption rate. The migration to IPv6 is inevitable but will take time during that both systems are in use. In many networks a notable amount of traffic is already IPv6.
New Internet protocols: Internet security gets a boost with TLS 1.3. Also HTTP is in process of switching to a protocol layered on top of UDP. Today’s HTTP (versions 1.0, 1.1, and 2) are all layered on top of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) that is not very optimal in today’s applications as SSL over TCP requires subsequent round trips to establish the encrypted connection.
IoT: The IoT world is here, and the level and rate of convergence is increasing in volume and velocity. We will see the evolution of converged networks for IoT applications in mind. Network convergence (version 2.0) is here with changes and improvements made since the first converged network (Convergence 1.0). TIA TR-42 (Telecommunications Cabling Systems ANSI/TIA-568 family), BICSI (TDMM and others) and proprietary or third documents must adapt and adjust.
PoE: The IEEE 802.3bt standard, approved by the IEEE Standards Association Board on September 27, 2018, included some significant enhancements especially for LED lighting systems. This specification allows for up to 90W of delivered power for cable lengths of up to 100m through the use of all four pairs of wires.
Trade wars: It seem that there is a high tech “trade war” between USA and China. It affects specifically networking business. Big Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE are have received sanctions and their products are not wanted by many countries citing their business practices and potential security nightmares. For example Japan to halt buying Huawei, ZTE equipment and Huawei has been under fire in UK, just to mention examples. It seems that the business that is lost by Huawei and ZTE could benefit Ericsson and Nokia in the 5G base station markets for short term.
Security: The internet is going to hell and its creators want your help fixing it. All agree on one thing however: Right now there is a serious battle for heart and minds, the future of the internet and global society itself. There seems to be need for a conference to address the fact that people increasingly see tech as a threat and no longer as a pure force for good. Government set to revise internal rules on procurement to protect national cybersecurity. Your DNS might be broken, and you don’t even know it. Some DNS old hacks gets thrown out of use by February 1st, 2019.
WiFi: WiFi technology gets new marketing naming. The numerical sequence includes: Wi-Fi 6 to identify devices that support 802.11ax technology, Wi-Fi 5 to identify devices that support 802.11ac technology, Wi-Fi 4 to identify devices that support 802.11n technology.
Faster mobile: Mobile networks are getting faster in many countries. Mobile networks are killing Wi-Fi for speed around the world. Average data speeds on mobile networks now outpace customer’s Wi-Fi connection, on average, in 33 countries. That’s the The State of Wifi vs Mobile Network Experience as 5G Arrives.
Energy efficiency: We need to develop more energy efficient networking technologies. Today, information and communication technologies globally consume 8% of electricity and doubles every year.
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RF over Optical Fiber Transmitter and Receiver Kit for Secure Data Transport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yy1TsVd6Kc
CATV RF Optical Receiver and Transmitter 1310/1550nm Cable TV Fiber Optic System converts RF signal to optical RF providing secure video distribution with great performance.
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Marvell Bets $450 Million to Expand Ethernet Chip Business
https://www.electronicdesign.com/automotive/marvell-bets-450-million-expand-ethernet-chip-business?NL=ED-003&Issue=ED-003_20190510_ED-003_765&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1_b&utm_rid=CPG05000002750211&utm_campaign=25463&utm_medium=email&elq2=a6dbf6150a784a45be652cded77d69fb
Marvell Semiconductor said it will pay $452 million to acquire Aquantia, moving it further into the market for Ethernet transceivers and controllers dropped in network infrastructure, data centers, factories, cars. The Santa Clara, California-based company said that the deal will broaden its Ethernet PHY and MAC product lines as it attempts to increase its overall networking sales.
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Mikroaalloilla päästään kuitunopeuksiin
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9465-mikroaalloilla-paastaan-kuitunopeuksiin
70/80 gigahertsin langattomassa linkissä data kulki säännöllisesti yli 100 gigabitin vauhtia
Demossa käytettiin 8×8 MIMO-antennin laitteistoa, joka perustuu Ericssonin Mini-LInk 6352-radioihin. Käytössä oleva kaistanleveys oli 2,5 gigahertsiä. Kahdeksan erillisen striimin tuoma spektritehokkuus oli 55,2 bps/Hz.
mahdollistaa mikroaaltolinkkien käytön 5G-tukiasemien runkoverkkoväylänä
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MPLS-TP: A Superior Packet-based Technology for Industrial Applications
https://www.belden.com/resources/knowledge/white-papers/mpls-tp-technology-lp?utm_campaign=ISD-2019-EMEA-LNU-MPLS-TP-BC&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=72693082&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-85hDtAtVYsTu82idX9jaPej11wsJtDH57ZGq1Vsvpf2Xq37hDdIZQ7FQCprGsbRl17WdI31uG9q3rvZ7PBZ1ZePxvP_402jX97BJTq2bM4yBKQqoA&_hsmi=72693082
Why MPLS technology is replacing traditional circuit-switched TDM backbone networks like SONET and SDH
How the TP variant of MPLS technology is better suited to industrial applications
“IP/MPLS is no longer the only flavor of MPLS available. Utilities, transportation systems and other industrial users who may have been disappointed when investigating their packet-system migration alternatives are well-advised to consider MPLS-TP.”
MPLS-TP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPLS-TP
Multiprotocol Label Switching – Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) is a variant of the MPLS protocol that is used in packet switched data networks. MPLS-TP is the product of a joint Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) / International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) effort to include an MPLS Transport Profile within the IETF MPLS and PWE3 architectures to support the capabilities and functionalities of a packet transport network.
MPLS-TP is designed for use as a network layer technology in transport networks. It will be a continuation of the work started by the transport network experts of the ITU-T, specifically SG15, as T-MPLS. Since 2008 the work is progressed in a cooperation between ITU-T and IETF. The required protocol extensions to MPLS being designed by the IETF based on requirements provided by service providers. It will be a connection-oriented packet-switched (CO-PS) application. It will offer a dedicated MPLS implementation by removing features that are not relevant to CO-PS applications and adding mechanisms that provide support of critical transport functionality.
MPLS-TP is to be based on the same architectural principles of layered networking that are used in longstanding transport network technologies like SDH, SONET and OTN. Service providers have already developed management processes and work procedures based on these principles.
MPLS-TP gives service providers a reliable packet-based technology that is based upon circuit-based transport networking, and thus is expected to align with current organizational processes and large-scale work procedures similar to other packet transport technologies.
MPLS-TP is a low cost L2.5 technology (if the limited profile to be specified is implemented in isolation) that provides QoS, end-to-end OA&M and protection switching.
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Is the FCC banning the Boafeng radio?!?!?! What you need to know…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6YsjAl7KVo
The FCC IS cracking down on equipment that has not passed the FCC certification process. In this video, I show you how to know of your radio is legal.
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FCC Bombshell on Chinese Handhelds (#174)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8PU1eG6Cc
The FCC has issued a Public Notice called an “FCC Enforcement Advisory,” Number DA 18-980, dated 24 Sept 2018. It essentially makes worthless nearly all Chinese-made UHF/VHF ham radio handhelds imported into the country over nearly a decade that can also transmit outside the ham bands (which is nearly all of them). Watch this video for details and an interim update.
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This Is Why CB RADIO IS DEAD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQG7tFRasg
This Is Why CB RADIO IS DEAD!
In this video I attempt to find out whether or not CB radio is dead, dying or reviving. I’ve heard all too many times that CB is dead. However, as you’ll see from the results of this video, it doesn’t seem too dead to me.
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EMCORE CATV Overview Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4liKzXo2lRM
Overview of EMCORE CATV Broadband Fiber Optic Components and Transmission Systems
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
AT&T has cut 23K jobs since the corporate tax cut passed in 2017, after it lobbied for it by promising an additional $1B in investment in 2018 and 7K new jobs — AT&T also cut capital spending despite promising $1 billion capital boost. — AT&T has cut more than 23,000 jobs since receiving …
AT&T promised 7,000 new jobs to get tax break—it cut 23,000 jobs instead
AT&T also cut capital spending despite promising $1 billion capital boost.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/att-promised-7000-new-jobs-to-get-tax-break-it-cut-23000-jobs-instead/
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Vodafone hacks dividend as it reports €7.6bn losses for FY19
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/14/vodafone_loses_billions_cuts_dividend/
Shareholders left counting cost of 40% annual payout squeeze. CEO says balance sheet needed some love after 5G spectrum auction overheads
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Photonic Components for Analog Fiber Links
https://www.intechopen.com/books/optical-communication/photonic-components-for-analog-fiber-links
Currently, several companies are involved in the transport of radiofrequency (RF) or microwave signals radio over fiber links (RoF). RoF links are considered a promising technique in providing broadband wireless access services in the emerging optical-wireless networks. The modulation scheme which decides the way to generate the optical millimeter-wave signal is a key technique in this optical-wireless access network architecture
The simplest RoF system consists of a Central Site (CS) and a Remote Site (RS) connected by an optical fiber link or network. The frequencies of the radio signals distributed by RoF systems span a wide range (usually in the GHz region) and the applications for such systems range from in-building distribution of wireless signals (for example in shopping malls and tunnels), wireline interconnections between base stations and microcellular antennas, antenna remoting for various commercial (wing-tip antennas in aircraft) and military radar systems and broadcasting of cable television signals in both hybrid fiber coax (HFC) and triplexer based fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems
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Huawei ‘prepared to sign no-spy agreement with UK government’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/14/huawei-founder-shut-down-china-eavesdrop
Chinese telecoms company’s chairman says concerns about surveillance are overblown
Huawei’s chairman has said the Chinese company would be prepared to sign a “no-spy agreement” with the British government to reassure politicians it has no intention of allowing its technology to be used for surveillance.
“We are willing to sign a no-spy agreement with the UK government,” the company’s chairman told reporters, the first time he has made the offer of such a commitment public. “No spying, no back doors.”
He said Huawei had not been asked to conduct any surveillance by the Chinese government and insisted there were “no laws requiring the companies to collect intelligence from foreign governments”.
the US arguing for a total ban, citing concerns that its equipment could be exploited by China for surveillance.
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Close To 735K Fraudulently Obtained IP Addresses Have Been Uncovered and Revoked
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/05/15/2014234/close-to-735k-fraudulently-obtained-ip-addresses-have-been-uncovered-and-revoked
The American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd. (ARIN) has won a legal case against an elaborate multi-year scheme to defraud the Internet community of approximately 735,000 IPv4 addresses, the organization has revealed.
The emerging IPv4 address transfer market and increasing demand have resulted in more attempts to obtain IPv4 addresses fraudulently. This is the first arbitration ever brought under an ARIN Registration Services Agreement
Close to 735K Fraudulently Obtained IP Addresses Have Been Uncovered and Revoked, ARIN Reveals
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20190514_735k_fraudulently_obtained_ip_addresses_have_been_revoked/
The American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd. (ARIN) has won a legal case against an elaborate multi-year scheme to defraud the Internet community of approximately 735,000 IPv4 addresses, the organization has revealed. While the specifics of the findings are not released, John Curran, ARIN President and CEO said the fraud was detected as a result of an internal due diligence process.
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Trump Bars U.S. Companies From Foreign Telecoms Posing Security Risk
https://www.securityweek.com/trump-bars-us-companies-foreign-telecoms-posing-security-risk
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Wednesday barring US companies from using foreign telecoms equipment deemed a security risk — a move that appeared aimed at Chinese giant Huawei.
The order signed by Trump prohibits purchase or use of equipment from companies that pose “an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.”
“This administration will do what it takes to keep America safe and prosperous and to protect America from foreign adversaries,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.
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3 new IEEE 802.3 standard amendments for physical layer Ethernet functions published
https://www.cablinginstall.com/cable/article/16479633/3-new-ieee-8023-standard-amendments-for-physical-layer-ethernet-functions-published
IEEE and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) today announced the publishing and availability of three standard amendments to IEEE 802.3, added in response to evolving industry requirements for new and emerging Ethernet applications.
The three newly published IEEE 802.3 standard amendments include:
IEEE 802.3cb™-2018—IEEE Standard for Ethernet—Amendment 1: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane.
IEEE 802.3bt™-2018—IEEE Standard for Ethernet Amendment 2: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for Power over Ethernet over 4 pairs.
IEEE 802.3cd™-2018—IEEE Standard for Ethernet—Amendment 3: Media Access Control Parameters for 50 Gb/s and Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Operation.
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Passive optical LAN provides long-term benefits at senior living community
https://www.cablinginstall.com/design-install/article/16479647/passive-optical-lan-provides-longterm-benefits-at-senior-living-community?cmpid=&utm_source=enl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cim_data_center_newsletter&utm_content=2019-05-13&eid=289644432&bid=2441562
Qypsys provided a passive optical LAN to Williamsburg Landing in 2011. The capex and opex benefits have paid off for years.
The 2011 passive optical LAN project included the deployment of Motorola optical network terminals (ONTs) and optical line terminals (OLTs), 3 miles of singlemode optical fiber from Corning, Avaya phone systems for residential and corporate users, RF-over-fiber video services, data/internet service from Cox Communications that includes video streaming, and more than 700 Cisco wireless access points.
When the project commenced, the participants made the following business case for it.
Capex reduction achieved by lowering consumption of power and space
Opex reduction achieved by reducing costs to support and provide maintenance
Five-9s, 99.999%, LAN solutionreliability
Asingle network delivering voice, TV/video, and data
Converged IP surveillance, access control, and wander guard onto a single network
A future-ready core network
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http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190514-the-global-internet-is-disintegrating-what-comes-next
Russia is the latest country to try to find ways to police its online borders, sparking the end of the internet as we know it.
“This is different,” says Robert Morgus, a senior cybersecurity analyst at the New America Foundation. “Russia’s ambitions are to go further than anyone with the possible exceptions of North Korea and Iran in fracturing the global internet.”
Russia’s approach is a glimpse into the future of internet sovereignty. Today, the countries pursuing digital “Westphalianism” are no longer just the usual authoritarian suspects, and they are doing so at deeper levels than ever before. Their project is aided as much by advances in technology as by growing global misgivings about whether the open internet was ever such a good idea to start with. The new methods raise the possibility not only of countries pulling up their own drawbridges, but of alliances between like-minded countries building on these architectures to establish a parallel internet.
What’s wrong with the open internet?
It’s well known that some countries are unhappy with the Western coalition that has traditionally held sway over internet governance. It’s not just the philosophies espoused by the West that troubles them, but the way those philosophies were baked into the very architecture of the internet, which is rather famously engineered to ensure no one can prevent anyone from sending anything to anyone.
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Elon Musk just revealed new details about Starlink, a plan to surround Earth with 12,000 high-speed internet satellites. Here’s how it might work.
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-how-it-works-2019-5?utm_content=buffer88ccb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-insider-main&r=US&IR=T
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX plans to launch 60 internet-providing satellites.
The plan for Starlink, as the project is called, is to put a network of nearly 12,000 internet satellites in orbit, which could move internet data about 50% faster than existing fiber-optic cables.
Starlink could bring cheap, fast internet to remote areas, airplanes, ships, and cars, plus make international teleconferencing and online gaming nearly lag-free.
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Musk said it will take about 400 satellites to establish “minor” internet coverage and 800 satellites for “moderate” or “significant operational” coverage. The immediate major goal is to deploy nearly 1,600 satellites about 273 miles (440 kilometers) high.
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-how-it-works-2019-5?utm_content=buffer88ccb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-insider-main&r=US&IR=T#spacex-plans-to-launch-60-close-to-production-starlink-satellites-at-a-time-with-its-falcon-9-rockets-each-satellite-weighs-about-500-pounds-227-kilograms-and-is-roughly-the-size-of-an-office-desk-theyll-deploy-into-orbit-about-273-miles-440-kilometers-up-2
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At least 186 EU ISPs use deep-packet inspection to shape traffic, break net neutrality
https://www.zdnet.com/article/186-eu-isps-use-deep-packet-inspection-to-shape-traffic-break-net-neutrality/
NGOs, academics warn about DPI’s impact on user privacy, that net neutrality might be watered down in the EU.
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Group Seeks Investigation of Deep Packet Inspection Use by ISPs
https://www.securityweek.com/group-seeks-investigation-deep-packet-inspection-use-isps
European Digital Rights Organization Seeks Investigation Into Internet Service Providers’ Use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)
European Digital Rights (EDRi), together with 45 NGOs, academics and companies across 15 countries, has sent an open letter to European policymakers and regulators, warning about widespread and potentially growing use of deep packet inspection (DPI) by internet service providers (ISPs).
In simple terms, DPI is the analysis of the content of a packet. This is far more than is required by the ISP to perform its basic purpose — to provide user access to the internet, and route that access to its required destination. It is therefore by its nature privacy invasive, and not strictly legal within the EU.
Nevertheless, EDRi is concerned that its practice and use within Europe is growing, and that “some telecom regulators appear to be pushing for the legalization of DPI technology.”
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Close to 735K Fraudulently Obtained IP Addresses Have Been Uncovered and Revoked, ARIN Reveals
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20190514_735k_fraudulently_obtained_ip_addresses_have_been_revoked/
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Top U.S. Tech Companies Begin to Cut Off Vital Huawei Supplies
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-19/google-to-end-some-huawei-business-ties-after-trump-crackdown
The impact of the Trump administration’s threats to choke Huawei Technologies Co. reverberated across the global supply chain on Monday, hitting some of the biggest component-makers.
Chipmakers including Intel Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Xilinx Inc. and Broadcom Inc. have told their employees they will not supply Huawei till further notice, according to people familiar with their actions. Alphabet Inc.’s Google cut off the supply of hardware and some software services to the Chinese giant
Tall chip tale? Huawei’s backup plans leave experts unconvinced
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-huawei-analysis/tall-chip-tale-huaweis-backup-plans-leave-experts-unconvinced-idUSKCN1SN0YN
Chip experts are calling out Huawei for its claims that it could ensure a steady supply chain without U.S. help, saying the technology the Chinese telecoms network gear maker buys from American companies would be “hard to replace”.
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Everything We Know About SpaceX’s Starlink Network
https://hackaday.com/2019/05/20/everything-we-know-about-spacexs-starlink-network/
When it comes to SpaceX, or perhaps more accurately its somewhat eccentric founder and CEO Elon Musk, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. For as many incredible successes SpaceX has had, there’s an equal number of projects or ideas which get quietly delayed or shelved entirely once it becomes clear the technical challenges are greater than anticipated.
So a few years ago when Elon first mentioned Starlink, SpaceX’s plan for providing worldwide high-speed Internet access via a mega-constellation of as many as 12,000 individual satellites, it’s no surprise that many met the claims with a healthy dose of skepticism. The profitability of Starlink was intrinsically linked to SpaceX’s ability to substantially lower the cost of getting to orbit through reusable launch vehicles, a capability the company had yet to successfully demonstrate. It seemed like a classic cart before the horse scenario.
So How Do You Sign Up?
Unfortunately, we didn’t learn a whole lot about when and how consumers can actually sign up for Starlink Internet service. In the best case scenario, Elon estimated it would take another six launches before the network could even be activated, and twelve to provide enough coverage for it to be usable. After that, SpaceX will begin looking for commercial partners to actually start selling Internet service and distributing their phased-array terminals, likely with rural customers to begin with. At least for now it seems like SpaceX would rather partner with traditional ISPs than go to war with them, which will probably come as a disappointment to those who hoped Elon would shake up the telecommunications industry.
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What is Wi-Fi 6 and why you’re going to want it
https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-wi-fi-6-and-why-youre-going-to-want-it/
No individual device on your wireless network may run that much faster, but your total speed will increase.
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DNS Flag Day 2020: DNS servers must support both UDP and TCP queries
Industry group wants to make DNS over TCP support mandatory.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/dns-flag-day-2020-dns-servers-must-support-both-udp-and-tcp-queries/
An industry group of the world’s biggest DNS service providers has agreed on a plan to improve the state of the DNS ecosystem by forcing certain configuration changes upon the smaller server operators that are affecting the speed and performance of the entire internet.
According to this group, starting with February 1, 2020, DNS servers that can’t handle DNS queries over both UDP and TCP may be pushed out of the DNS ecosystem and stop working.
The idea is to get DNS server operators to update their server software and configurations and ensure their servers can handle DNS queries received as either UDP or TCP packets.
DNS Flag Day 2019 — first edition
This concerted industry push is part of a new event called DNS Flag Day, which had its first edition this year, on February 1, 2019.
During this first DNS Flag Day, participants pledged to roll out support for the Extensions to DNS (EDNS) protocol on their DNS servers and lock out any communications with servers that did not run DNS resolvers that were also EDNS compliant.
DNS Flag Day 2020
Now, the same industry group has met again and agreed on a new DNS Flag Day program for next year, and they’ve decided on pushing the entire ecosystem towards enabling support for DNS over TCP.
A 2017 statistic showed that only 3% of all DNS queries were sent via TCP, and the rest being handled via the more insecure UDP protocol.
More DNS Flag Days to come
With DNS Flag Day 2019 being a resounding success, this industry group now plans to hold a similar push every year and slowly force companies to move away from old software or bad configurations.
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“The Internet Association, an industry lobbyist group…”
Ivanka Trump Granted ‘Internet Freedom Award,’ Twitter Critics Gobsmacked
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-internet-freedom-award-twitter_n_5ce724bce4b0cce67c880035
“From the administration that killed net neutrality,” one commenter noted.
Ivanka Trump, an adviser in an administration that killed net neutrality and the supportive daughter of a president who slams journalists on the internet and threatens to use social media to spy on disabled people, was awarded the 2019 Internet Freedom Award this week.
The Internet Association, an industry lobbyist group representing companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, said it presented Trump with the award for her “extraordinary contributions to public policy and the internet economy,” related to her support for computer science education.
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Impact of Huawei ban on U.S. Midwest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP-Oy0J_JGo
U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to provide 700 million dollars in grants to help its telecommunications providers with the cost of removing Huawei equipment from their networks.
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Amphenol Network Solutions launches
https://www.cablinginstall.com/data-center/article/14033436/amphenol-network-solutions-launches?cmpid=&utm_source=enl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cim_data_center_newsletter&utm_content=2019-05-20&eid=289644432&bid=2447828
Amphenol Telect and All Systems Broadband have merged to create Amphenol Network Solutions, specializing in indoor/outdoor fiber management products for DCs and SPs.
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Verizon launches Narrowband IoT Network to more than 92% of U.S.
https://www.cablinginstall.com/wireless-5g/article/14009390/verizon-launches-narrowband-iot-network-to-more-than-92-of-us?cmpid=&utm_source=enl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cim_data_center_newsletter&utm_content=2019-05-20&eid=289644432&bid=2447828
The carrier’s NB-IoT technology occupies a dedicated frequency of 180 kHz bandwidth designated for IoT applications.
Tomi Engdahl says:
SCTE-ISBE adds structured cabling training courses for Carrier Ethernet, fiber
https://www.cablinginstall.com/cable/article/14033401/scteisbe-adds-structured-cabling-training-courses-for-carrier-ethernet-fiber?cmpid=&utm_source=enl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cim_data_center_newsletter&utm_content=2019-05-20&eid=289644432&bid=2447828
Both the Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional and Fiber Structured Cabling for Broadband Fiber Installers courses will be available online, or as blended-training boot camps.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Harder than it has to be: Must-see photos
https://www.cablinginstall.com/testing/article/14009449/mustsee-photos-harder-than-it-has-to-be?cmpid=&utm_source=enl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cim_data_center_newsletter&utm_content=2019-05-20&eid=289644432&bid=2447828
Our periodic roundup of the most wonderfully difficult cabling photos, as found posted to Reddit’s ‘Cablefail’ social media sub-community.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Single-Pair Ethernet horizons – Ask a Cisco Engineer, Pt. 2
https://www.cablinginstall.com/standards/article/16479646/singlepair-ethernet-horizons-ask-a-cisco-distinguished-engineer-pt-2?cmpid=&utm_source=enl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cim_data_center_newsletter&utm_content=2019-05-20&eid=289644432&bid=2447828
Part Two of CablingInstall’s video interview with Cisco Distinguished Engineer Peter Jones, chairman of the erstwhile NBASE-T Alliance, which in April 2019 became part of the Ethernet Alliance.
Tomi Engdahl says:
60 nettisatelliittia avaruuteen – tuhannet pian perään
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/05/25/60-nettisatelliittia-avaruuteen-tuhannet-pian-peraan/
Everything We Know About SpaceX’s Starlink Network
https://hackaday.com/2019/05/20/everything-we-know-about-spacexs-starlink-network/
In addition, Elon reiterated that these first 60 satellites don’t feature the “Design for Demise” optimizations which were implemented after the Federal Communications Commission’s expressed concerns over SpaceX’s inability to guarantee that debris from reentering Starlink satellites could be safely contained over the ocean. In their response to the FCC, SpaceX promised that future versions of the satellites would be designed in such a way that they would entirely burn up during reentry, removing any risk that falling debris endangering human life or property.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Introducing AWS Ground Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MwNgO0aJo0
AWS Ground Station – https://amzn.to/2waQW1N is a fully managed service that lets you control satellite communications, process data, and scale your operations without having to worry about building or managing your own ground station infrastructure.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Routing IP Over Instant Messages Is Possible Yet Impractical
https://hackaday.com/2019/05/28/routing-ip-over-instant-messages-is-possible-yet-impractical/
Telegram is an instant messaging app, well known for its focus on security and encryption. It’s used by government officials, journalists, and the paranoid, and can also handle VoIP calls, in addition to its text messaging capability. [PiMaker] wondered if all this encryption could be put to good use, and decided to try and route IP over Telegram, as you do.
The project is called Teletun, and it works! It uses telgram-cli, a command line interface for the instant messaging network. The actual IP routing is handled with a Python script
IP over Telegram, because why not.
https://github.com/PiMaker/Teletun
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/05/31/terabittien-ethernet-yhdistaa-5g-tukiasemat/
PM6110 META-DX1 Ethernet PHYs
https://www.microsemi.com/META-DX1
The META-DX1 family devices are multi-purpose Ethernet MACs/PHYs supporting rates from 1GE to 400GE. Each family member has 48 high-speed SerDes to enable up to 1.2 Tbps capacity with PAM4 SerDes, 800 Gbps when configured for gearboxing or 2:1 mux applications, and 600 Gbps capacity with NRZ SerDes. These highly flexible devices support retiming (analog and PCS), forward and reverse gearboxing, industry-leading timestamping accuracy to enable Class C/D PTP applications, hitless 2:1 multiplexing, crosspoint functionality, and flexible I/O to enable connectivity to a variety of optical modules, DACs, packet processors, and Ethernet switches.
Product Highlights
Up to 1.2 Tbps capacity throughput in a single device
Ethernet client support from 1GE to 400GE
Flexible Ethernet support
Line-speed MACsec encryption engines (10G-400G support)
48 integrated 28G NRZ/56G PAM4 SerDes
Optional Interlaken interface
Direct connectivity to passive copper cables including support for link training and auto negotiation
PTP (IEEE 1588v2) support up to Class C/D for 10G-400G
SyncE support
Ethernet retiming
OTN retiming
800G forward and reverse gearbox functionality
Hitless 2:1 mux mode for Working/Protect functionality
Flexible I/O and crosspoint functionality supports “any-to-any” SerDes connection
Tomi Engdahl says:
Delivering High-Speed Communications: The Back Story
https://semiengineering.com/delivering-high-speed-communications-the-back-story/
Collaboration overcomes tough signal and power integrity challenges.
Tomi Engdahl says:
4G Dials Up Small Cells — Finally!
Report projects 10M units/year by 2025, but 5G lags
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334757
LONDON — Small-cell base stations are finally getting traction, but mainly for improving indoor 4G LTE coverage in offices, while outdoor 5G units are still a ways off. That’s the conclusion of a report from a trade group of OEMs and service providers that make and deploy them.
By 2025, nearly 10 million small cells will ship a year, according to the Small Cell Forum’s annual forecast. Half of them will be indoor units to business, a market that took the bulk of the less than 4 million units sold last year.
OEMs at the event said that they are still waiting for 5G silicon from Qualcomm for units that they expect to start selling early next year. Only in 2022 will 5G small-cell deployment account for more than one-fifth of the total, but by 2025, 5G cells will make up two-thirds of total sales, the trade group predicted.
Small cells also open doors as hosts for smart caching and computing at the edge. Such functions “have tremendous potential to enable new applications, and we don’t understand these issues well at all,” she added.
At the London event, a senior radio planner for Turkcell, Turkey’s main service provider, described its deployments of 4G small cells that extended network throughput up to 40%.
BT has been putting the devices, about the size of a Wi-Fi access point, on streetlights, on payphones, and even under manhole covers, some with backhaul links running up to 100 Gbps. The U.K. alone could deploy three-quarters of a million small cells by 2025
Tomi Engdahl says:
Loon’s Balloons Deliver Emergency Internet Service to Peru Following 8.0 Earthquake
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/loons-balloons-deliver-emergency-service-to-peru-following-80-earthquake
When a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Peru on Sunday, it wreaked havoc on the country’s communications infrastructure. Within 48 hours, though, people in affected regions could use their mobile phones again. Loon, the Alphabet company, was there delivering wireless service by balloon.
Such a rapid response was possible because Loon happened to be in the country, testing its equipment while working out a deal with provider Telefonica. Both terrestrial infrastructure and the balloons themselves were already in place, and Loon simply had to reorganize its balloons to deliver service on short notice.
The last time Loon delivered emergency mobile service was in Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria devastated the island
A representative from Loon clarified that the regions receiving emergency service include some areas covered by the company’s ongoing tests, as well as areas that were outside of that zone
Tomi Engdahl says:
An astronomer captured SpaceX’s recently-launched Starlink satellites on video
Identified flying objects
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/25/18639905/spacex-starlink-satellites-video-dr-marco-langbroek-netherlands
Tomi Engdahl says:
Elon Musk Says It’s ‘So Far, So Good’ for SpaceX’s 1st 60 Starlink Satellites
By Mike Wall
https://www.space.com/elon-musk-says-spacex-starlink-satellites-doing-well.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Elon Musk just revealed new details about Starlink, a plan to surround Earth with 12,000 high-speed internet satellites. Here’s how it might work.
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-satellite-internet-how-it-works-2019-5?utm_content=buffer88ccb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-insider-main&r=US&IR=T
Tomi Engdahl says:
Rural Cooperatives Deliver High-Speed Internet for Less
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/internet/rural-cooperatives-deliver-highspeed-internet-for-less
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposed a rule update in April that would make it easier for people to install wireless repeater antennas—also known as signal boosters. In some rural regions, Wi-Fi can be the best way to extend the reach of fiber-optic networks at broadband speeds and at affordable prices.
The federal government spends around US $1.5 billion a year to expand broadband Internet service and subsidize plans for people with low incomes. Still, the so-called digital divide remains.
Some communities in the United States have already taken Internet service into their own hands by self-funding high-speed fiber and Wi-Fi networks. A handful of rural electricity cooperatives have even launched broadband cooperatives to build fiber-optic infrastructure.
Tomi Engdahl says:
LTE-mikroverkot avaavat uusia mahdollisuuksia ja tuovat verkon kattavuuden minne hyvänsä – vaikka kaivokseen
https://www.etteplan.com/fi/artikkelit/lte-mikroverkot-avaavat-uusia-mahdollisuuksia-ja-tuovat-verkon-kattavuuden-minne-hyvansa
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.cnet.com/news/silicon-valley-city-offers-free-wi-fi-via-smart-meters/
Tomi Engdahl says:
On Thursday, June 6, for two hours a large chunk of European mobile traffic was rerouted through China.
The claim seems to be according to this article that it was China Telecom, again “hijacking the vital internet backbone of western countries.” Or was this just another accidential mistake?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/for-two-hours-a-large-chunk-of-european-mobile-traffic-was-rerouted-through-china/
Border Gateway Protocol: The Biggest Network Vulnerability Of All?
https://www.techopedia.com/2/28494/security/border-gateway-protocol-the-biggest-network-vulnerability-of-all
Tomi Engdahl says:
Comcast broke law 445,000 times in scheme to inflate bills, judge finds
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/06/comcast-broke-law-445000-times-in-scheme-to-inflate-bills-judge-finds/?fbclid=IwAR3lw5RTuI3hBtx1Tf_HT4EBCKsISw9tUoJLHRKUprlzy2-hqPFPGwVxF4g
Comcast deception leads to refunds and $9M fine, a fraction of the amount sought.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
Many internet outages are caused by problems with the trust-based Border Gateway Protocol, which was conceived in 1989 and remains largely unchanged since 1994 — IN A WEEKS-LONG stretch in 2014, hackers stole thousands of dollars a day in cryptocurrency from owners.
https://www.wired.com/story/bgp-route-leak-internet-outage/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/07/02/ensin-menivat-lankapuhelimet-nyt-puhelinpylvaat-100-000-jaa-silti-pystyyn-kuidulle/