Miguellara
I raised this point, not as a basher (I am long on this stock), but as someone who knows about 'Advanced Services' and what this means at the IP 'packet layer' in terms of Differentiated Services and IP Quality of Service using the ToS 'bit' in the IP Header.
Put simply, support for IP Advanced Services allows the IP packet header to be 'marked' with different 'forwarding' priority - forwarding packets through a network with differing latency (delay). This would enable an operator (like NMC) to efficiently offer Applications such as Video On Demand (VoD), IPTV, Carrier Class VoIP (and I don't mean MSN peer to peer VoIP), and of course DECT, alongside 'best effort' web browsing.
IP packets can be marked at the core edge or even better in the access network (i.e Hotzone Basestation). If the Hotzone 4010s support Advanced Services, then I am happy, as this means applications with differing latency needs (such as IPTV) can be supported on the infrastructure from day one, and prioritised accordingly as they are routed thru the 'relay' Hotzones and WiMAX 'backhaul'.
Without this capability, the entire Access Network needs to be dimensioned with much more bandwidth to support the 'greedier' applications (like VoD and IPTV) - bearing in mind that best effort browsing packets will get treated the same as IPTV packets, which wastes bandwidth. My concern is the Hotzone 4010s lack any support for IP Advanced Services, whereas Uli's own 'next gen' Trimax kit has this capability. If I was NMC, I know what kit I would want!
schnizzle
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