Our information society relies to an unprecedented extent on broadband communication solutions such as high-speed Internet access, mobile voice and data services, multimedia broadcast systems, etc. In order to fulfill the steadily growing volume and bandwidth demand of those data services while simultaneously reducing the cost per transported information bit, communication systems have been continuously improved in terms of reach and aggregate transport capacity. However, it is now recognized that communication systems are rapidly approaching the fundamental information capacity of current...
Our information society relies to an unprecedented extent on broadband communication solutions such as high-speed Internet access, mobile voice and da...