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Role of Convergence in GIMCV Development: A Vision

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Path to Global Information Multimedia Communication Village (GIMCV) can be seen as a convergence process among telephony, data exchange and television. Convergence refers not only to various services provided by the same operator but also by the same device, the same access network, the same transport network, etc. This paper present authors’ vision on how convergence will lead the GIMCV development.

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  1. Department of Communication Engineering, University of Malaga, 29071, Malaga, Spain

    Mari Carmen Aguayo-Torres, José Tomás Entrambasaguas Muñoz, Javier Poncela & Gerardo Gómez

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Aguayo-Torres, M.C., Muñoz, J.T.E., Poncela, J. et al. Role of Convergence in GIMCV Development: A Vision. Wireless Pers Commun 49, 321–334 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-009-9691-6

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