Mobile and Wireless Communications: Key Technologies and Future Applications

✍ Scribed by Peter Smyth, Peter Smyth

• Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 412
• Series: BT Communications Technology Series
• Edition: illustrated edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

It is an interesting collection of new mobile and wireless technologies. It would give an anticipation of the new technologies.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Contributors......Page 18
1.2 Enabling Fruitful Cross-Company Collaboration......Page 20
1.3 Techno-Economic Comparisons......Page 21
1.4 Road Map to the Future......Page 28
1.5 Future for DAB and DVB as Mobile Networks......Page 32
1.6 Summary......Page 36
2.1 Introduction......Page 38
2.2 Analogue Optical Fibre Networks......Page 39
2.3 Benefits of Centralisation for Cellular Infrastructure......Page 44
2.5 Passive Optical Radio Access Point......Page 46
2.7 Cellular Applications of Optical Radio......Page 51
References......Page 54
3.1 Introduction......Page 56
3.2 IEEE802.11b......Page 57
3.3 Current and Future Applications of Wireless LANs......Page 61
3.4 Technology Developments......Page 72
3.5 Summary and Future Outlook......Page 81
References......Page 83
4 Future Applications of Bluetooth......Page 86
4.1 Introduction......Page 7
4.2 What’s Special about Bluetooth?......Page 87
4.3 Possible Future Roles for Bluetooth......Page 89
4.4 Barriers......Page 94
4.5 Summary......Page 98
5.1 Introduction......Page 100
5.2 Single-Band UWB......Page 101
5.3 Multi-Band UWB......Page 109
5.4 Potential Markets and Applications......Page 115
5.5 UWB Regulatory Situation......Page 117
5.6 Summary......Page 119
6.1 Introduction......Page 122
6.2 Applications of Ad Hoc Networks......Page 124
6.3 IEEE802.11 WLANs and Ad Hoc Networks......Page 125
6.4 Routing Challenges......Page 129
6.5 BT Exact’s Symbiotic Test Bed......Page 131
6.6 Summary......Page 134
7.1 Introduction......Page 136
7.2 Mean Geographical Distances......Page 140
7.3 Connectivity......Page 141
7.4 Local Network Connectivity......Page 143
7.5 Interference......Page 145
7.6 Focused Antennas......Page 146
7.7 Multi-connectivity......Page 148
7.8 Valid Node Arrangement......Page 150
7.9 Scalability for Node Rates......Page 152
7.10 Summary......Page 154
8.2 Ad Hoc Networks......Page 156
8.3 Community-Based Networks......Page 160
8.4 Commercial Alternatives......Page 163
8.5 Capacity......Page 165
8.6 Summary......Page 166
9.1 Introduction......Page 168
9.2 Security Issues......Page 169
9.3 Device Misbehaviour......Page 170
9.4 The Solution Space......Page 172
9.5 Categories of Solution Components......Page 176
9.6 Solutions Design......Page 178
9.7 Summary......Page 182
10.1 Introduction......Page 184
10.2 Radio Frequency Bands and Services......Page 185
10.3 Bandwidth Efficiency......Page 186
10.4 Latency and Availability......Page 188
10.5 Basic Architecture Options......Page 189
10.6 DVB......Page 192
10.7 Interface to the Terrestrial Network......Page 193
10.8 Transport Control Protocol......Page 195
10.9 So What Does It All Mean?......Page 201
10.10 Summary......Page 203
11.1 Introduction......Page 206
11.2 SB3G Scenarios and Business Models......Page 210
11.3 Techno-Economic Analysis of SB3G......Page 218
11.5 BRAIN End Terminal Architecture (BRENTA)......Page 219
11.6 Seamless Access......Page 223
11.7 Network Architecture for SB3G......Page 225
11.8 Detailed IP Network Design......Page 228
11.9 2G Wireless LANs......Page 232
11.10 Summary......Page 234
12.1 Introduction......Page 238
12.2 A Reference Model for Mobile Access......Page 240
12.3 The Current Business Interface......Page 243
12.4 A New Business Interface......Page 246
12.5 Summary......Page 257
13.1 What is a Network API?......Page 260
13.2 Why are Network APIs of Interest?......Page 261
13.3 Forums Specifying Network APIs/Services......Page 262
13.4 Types of Application......Page 265
13.5 Network APIs Deployment......Page 266
13.6 Developer Forums......Page 267
13.7 Platform Resilience......Page 268
13.8 Summary......Page 270
14.1 The Historic Lead-Up to Parlay......Page 272
14.2 The Parlay Initiative......Page 276
14.3 Parlay X Web Services......Page 282
14.4 A Detailed Examination of Parlay’s Call Control Interfaces......Page 284
14.5 Types of Call Control......Page 285
14.6 Summary......Page 299
Appendix — The CCC Interfaces......Page 300
15.2 Spectrum Management......Page 302
15.3 Licensed and Licence-Exempt Operation......Page 308
15.4 ISM Bands......Page 309
15.5 Choice of Frequency Band for a Radio System......Page 310
15.6 The 2.4 GHz Band......Page 311
15.7 The 5 GHz Band......Page 312
15.8 Ultra-Wideband Devices......Page 315
15.9 Open Spectrum — An Alternative to Spectrum Management?......Page 316
15.10 Summary......Page 317
16.1 Introduction......Page 318
16.2 Mobile Multimedia Vision......Page 319
16.3 The Roadmap for Mobile Multimedia......Page 321
16.4 Multimedia and 3G......Page 330
16.5 Mobile Multimedia Challenges......Page 334
16.6 Business Models, Billing and Pricing for Multimedia......Page 337
16.7 Summary......Page 338
17.1 The Importance of the User Interface......Page 340
17.2 What is Multimodality?......Page 341
17.3 Multimodal Architectures......Page 345
17.4 Content Authoring and Standards......Page 352
17.5 The Mobile Multimodal Market......Page 356
17.6 Summary......Page 359
18.2 Technical Details for Mobile Streaming......Page 360
18.3 Streaming Techniques......Page 367
18.4 Fastnets......Page 369
18.5 Summary......Page 377
19.1 Introduction......Page 380
19.2 Invention and Adoption......Page 381
19.3 Developing Communication on the Move......Page 384
19.4 The Emergence of Mobile Telephone Behaviour......Page 387
19.5 The Mobile Telephone in a ‘Risk Society’......Page 388
19.6 The Object as Fashion Accessory......Page 389
19.7 Global Contrasts......Page 391
19.9 A View of the Next Decade of Mobile Communications......Page 392
Acronyms......Page 398
Index......Page 408