Contents : - Contents by Author - University Program Sponsors - Academic Perspectives - An Aspect-Oriented Approach for Dynamic Monitoring of a Service Logic Execution Environment - Infrastructure as Platform: Services-Oriented Architecture, Virtualization, and 21 st- Century Communications - Executive Perspectives - Ubiquitous Broadband Access Networks with Peer-to-Peer Application Support - High-Power Lithium Ion - Profiting from Convergence - Every Bit Better: Next-Generation Optical Transport Platforms - The Necessity of MSANs in the Network Transformation Era - Digital Rights Management - Making Sense of Broadband Access - Digital Convergence: Who Will Take the Cake? - Physical-Layer Challenges in Gigabit Passive Optical Networks - Ethernet - An End-to-End Traffic and Hierarchical Traffic Management Architecture for Ethernet-Based Residential Triple-Play and Business Services - Carrier-Class Ethernet Service Delivery for Business Access - Cost-Effective and Practical Implementation of the Gigabit Ethernet for Home and Small-Business Applications - GE ADM-Based Ethernet Service Transmission Solution - Triple Play - Transport Considerations for Triple-Play Deployments - Successful Triple Play and Beyond - Acronym Guide