Events - Colloquia & Seminars

CCIS Colloquium Spring 2006

The FiOS Digital Home

Speaker: Tushar Saxena

Affiliation: Verizon Communications

Date: Thursday, April 13 2006

Talk: 3:00 pm, 110 WVH

Abstract

As all entertainment and communication services will get delivered over a converged ultra-broadband pipe, the home-network becomes the critical link in realizing the promise of the new IP enabled experience. The proliferation of connected devices such as HDTV-sets, Media Centers, phones, PCs, game consoles, Home Gateways and Set-top Boxes in combination with the introduction of new services like whole-home DVR, networked security, etc, creates a complex network with major implications for QoS, manageability, and security.

This new frontier of broadband networking is spawning new ideas and this talk will explore the challenges and opportunities in this emerging space, especially from a service-provider's perspective.

Biography

Tushar Saxena is the Director of Customer Premises Architecture at Verizon Communications, where he is responsible for the next generation digital home strategy for all broadband services including FiOS and DSL.

Tushar started his career at GE Global Research in 1996 before joining Verizon in 1998, where he has held various positions at the former GTE Labs, BBN Technologies and the Verizon Technology Organization. He has been involved with developing consumer products and government/military solutions using emerging IP networking technologies and was the chief architect of VoiceWing, Verizon's consumer VoIP service. His group represents Verizon on industry and standards forums such as the MoCA alliance, DSL Forum, DLNA and CEA.

Tushar holds a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the State University of New York, Albany and an MBA from the Wharton School.