MPEG LA and ULDAGE Reach Historic Agreement Sep 15, 2009
One-Seg mobile TV handsets use both the Transport Layer of the MPEG-2 Systems Standard covered by MPEG LAs MPEG-2 Systems License and the ARIB One-Seg digital broadcast standard covered by ULDAGEs ARIB License. Therefore, One-Seg handset manufacturers need coverage under patents essential to both standards and would benefit from both licenses. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cisco's 'Smart Grid' Approach May 19, 2009
One thing that Cisco isn't doing is talking about the transport layer itself ... Lasser-Raab told me that Cisco isn't talking about the transport layer at this point and they are just looking at creating the communications layer to provide intelligence through the electrical grid ... If powerline networking is not used than utilities will be using other transport layers (cable. (Datamation)
Alcatel-Lucent Extends Carrier Ethernet Feb 14, 2009
At the top end is the transport layer which is all about replacing SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical Network )() with a packet transport network which improves manageability and reduces cost. LATEST NEWS. (SmallBusinessComputing)