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Wireless Broadband


Wireless Broadband

Conflict and Convergence
IEEE Series on Digital & Mobile Communication, Band 19 1. Aufl.

von: Vern Fotheringham, Chetan Sharma

107,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 27.03.2009
ISBN/EAN: 9780470381595
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 300

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<i>Wireless Broadband</i> utilizes a reader-friendly approach to clearly explain the business, regulatory, and technology issues of the future market for wireless services. It covers broadband and the information society; drivers of broadband consumption; global wireless market analysis; broadband IP core networks; convergence; and contention and conflict. Complemented with more than eighty illustrations, this book provides unparalleled insight into the emerging technologies, service delivery options, applications, and digital content that will influence and shape the next phase of the wireless revolution.
<p>Foreword xiii</p> <p>Acknowledgments xvii</p> <p>List of Figures xxi</p> <p>INTRODUCTION 1</p> <p><b>1 WHERE WE ARE—WIRELESS MEETS THE BROADBAND INTERNET 5</b></p> <p>Where We Are 5</p> <p>How We Got Here: Reintegration of the Telecom Oligopoly and Cracks in the Walled Gardens 6</p> <p>Flexibility Comes to Wireless Spectrum 22</p> <p>The Wireless Technology Diaspora 23</p> <p>Cellular Carriers: Stuck on Stickiness 26</p> <p>Managed Network Services: The Outsourced Network 30</p> <p>Enhanced Broadband Voice 31</p> <p>Fixed Mobile Convergence 33</p> <p>Boundary Blurring 34</p> <p>References 35</p> <p><b>2 BROADBAND AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 37</b></p> <p>Impact of Telecommunications on the Economy 39</p> <p>Wireless Versus Wired Network Economics 40</p> <p>Broadband Matters 42</p> <p>So What of Broadband Wireless in All This? 42</p> <p>How Does the United States Rank Against the Rest of the World? 44</p> <p>Expansion of the DOI 47</p> <p>References 49</p> <p><b>3 GLOBAL WIRELESS MARKET ANALYSIS 51</b></p> <p>Macro Trends 52</p> <p>The Era of ‘‘Mass Specialization’’ 61</p> <p>Review of Major Markets 68</p> <p>The Developing World is Catching Up Rapidly 75</p> <p>References 76</p> <p><b>4 THE VIRTUAL DISPLACES THE PHYSICAL 77</b></p> <p>From Circuits to Packets 78</p> <p>‘‘Lies, Damn Lies and Statistical Access Networks’’ 79</p> <p>Moore’s Law Finally Reaches Telecom 80</p> <p>The ‘‘New Broadband’’ Eclipses ‘‘Neo Broadband’’ 82</p> <p>Regulatory and Public Policy Collide with Technology Shifts 83</p> <p>References 87</p> <p><b>5 CONVERGENCE FINALLY ARRIVES 89</b></p> <p>The Quad Play: Voice, Data, Video, and Mobility 89</p> <p>The Quad-Play Advantage 90</p> <p>Fixed Mobile Convergence and Unlicensed Mobile Access 93</p> <p>Broadband Market Overview 100</p> <p><b>6 DRIVERS OF BROADBAND CONSUMPTION 105</b></p> <p>Trends in Mobile and Converged Content Markets 105</p> <p>User Interface 105</p> <p>Handset Display Graphics 107</p> <p>Mobile Video Content 109</p> <p>Music 109</p> <p>Audio 110</p> <p>GPS/Location-Based Services 110</p> <p>Messaging and Hosting 113</p> <p>Internet 2/Web 2.0 Social Networking 115</p> <p>User Device Form Factors 116</p> <p>Processing Power 117</p> <p>Data Management 117</p> <p>Camera/Video Management 117</p> <p>Mobile Advertising 118</p> <p>Voice 119</p> <p>Video 122</p> <p>Video Compression Technologies 123</p> <p>Fixed Digital Video Services 127</p> <p>Traditional Data Services 131</p> <p>SCADA (Supervision, Control, and Data Acquisition) 131</p> <p>Gaming 132</p> <p>Sensor Networks 132</p> <p><b>7 THE EMERGING INFLUENCE OF THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY 135</b></p> <p>Wireless Local Area Networks Grow Up and Out:</p> <p>Municipal WiFi 135</p> <p>Organic WiFi Networks 138</p> <p>Public Safety WiFi Derivative 140</p> <p>License-Exempt Spectrum 140</p> <p>The Coordinated ‘‘Shared Commons’’ 141</p> <p>The WiFi Alliance 142</p> <p>WiMAX Forum 143</p> <p><b>8 ALWAYS BEST CONNECTED 145</b></p> <p>Product Definition for Broadband Wireless Systems 145</p> <p>Technology Drivers 146</p> <p>Evolving Wireless Broadband Market Segments 150</p> <p>Open Systems and Intelligence at the Edge 152</p> <p>Radio Network System Engineering 153</p> <p>References 154</p> <p><b>9 BROADBAND IP CORE NETWORKS 155</b></p> <p>User Authentication and Log-In 155</p> <p>Provisioning 156</p> <p>Fixed- and Mobile-Converged Services Over a Unified Packet Network 157</p> <p>Fixed Broadband Wireless Networks 159</p> <p><b>10 WIDEBAND 3G TO BROADBAND 4G—COLLISION AND CONVERGENCE OF STANDARDS 167</b></p> <p>Collision of 3G and WiMAX Standards 168</p> <p>3GPP and Long-Term Evolution 169</p> <p>WiMAX and Mobile WiMAX 175</p> <p><b>11 RADIO TECHNOLOGY—MOVING THE GOAL POSTS 191</b></p> <p>Enabling Technologies 191</p> <p>Generic Radio Devices 195</p> <p><b>12 CONTENTION AND CONFLICT—REGULATORY, POLITICAL, FINANCIAL, AND STANDARDS BATTLES 199</b></p> <p>Regulatory Drivers 200</p> <p>Radio Spectrum Allocations 202</p> <p>Radio Spectrum Auctions: A Failed Policy? 203</p> <p>Financial Realities 205</p> <p>The Standards Wars: Proprietary Versus Open Standards 207</p> <p>The Many Faces of the Standards Process 208</p> <p><b>13 CONCLUSION 213</b></p> <p>Economic Growth 214</p> <p>Public Policy 215</p> <p>A WIRELESS BROADBAND GLOSSARY 217</p> <p>B A SCENARIO OF A BROADBAND WIRELESS CUSTOMER, CIRCA 2012 231</p> <p>2012 Scenario 231</p> <p>C SPECTRUM TABLES—WIRELESS BROADBAND 235</p> <p>Mobile Network Spectrum Allocations 235</p> <p>Index 237</p> <p>About the Authors 251</p>
"[The authors] provide an interesting historical perspective of the telecoms industry looking at how it has developed since the break-up of the Bell monopoly in 1956 … .An extremely informative, insightful and thought-provoking volume." (<i>Engineering and Technology</i>, February 2009)
<p><b>Vern Fotheringham</b> is the Managing Director of IP Broadband Ltd and is an internationally recognized leader and entrepreneur in wireless broadband communications. He is widely credited with launching several landmark broadband ventures worldwide.</p> <p><b>Chetan Sharma</b> is President of Chetan Sharma Consulting and a leading strategist in the wireless industry. He has served as an advisor to senior executive management of several Fortune 100 companies in the wireless space and has authored five books.</p>
<p>"This is as comprehensive a book on wireless broadband as I have seen. The authors address the most important issues facing the players in the wireless ecosystem in great detail and provide a very thoughtful analysis."<br /> —Steve Elfman, President, Sprint Nextel</p> <p>"An insightful book that takes a refreshing multidimensional approach to the wireless broadband industry."<br /> —Dr. Hyun-Oh Yoo, former CEO, SK Communications, CEO, SKT Holdings America</p> <p>"Comprehensive and insightful coverage of the complex factors affecting the growth of the wireless broadband industry."<br /> —Dr. Nitin J. Shah, Cofounder, Personal Broadband Industry Association</p> <p>"This book accurately captures both the historical and holistic perspectives on key market forces at work and their interactions that will lead to fulfilling the broadband connectivity requirements of the market."<br /> —Umesh Amin, President, Wireless, Intellectual Ventures</p> <p>"The authors combine their considerable background and foresight to create a thought-provoking piece that provides both historical perspective and insight for the future."<br /> —Brooks Harlow, Partner, Miller Nash LLP</p> <p>"A well-written book, a great discussion of recent history, and provides insight into the complexity of what's to come."<br /> —Dr. C. R. (Rick) Baugh, IEEE Fellow</p> <p>"This book is a great overview of the issues relating to our industry and should be of significant value to readers who are curious about how we got where we are, and the lessons we should have learned along the way as an industry whose fate was and is tied so closely to the risk capital market."<br /> —Bill Rouhana, former CEO and Chairman, Winstar</p> <p>Utilizing a reader-friendly approach that minimizes industry jargon wherever possible, Wireless Broadband: Conflict and Convergence clearly explains the business, regulatory, and technology issues of the future market for wireless services.</p> <p>The book covers:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Broadband and the information society</p> </li> <li> <p>Drivers of broadband consumption</p> </li> <li> <p>Global wireless market analysis</p> </li> <li> <p>Broadband IP core networks</p> </li> <li> <p>Convergence finally arrives</p> </li> <li> <p>Contention and conflict: regulatory, political, financial, and standards</p> </li> </ul> <p>Complemented with more than eighty illustrations, this book provides unparalleled insight into the emerging technologies, service delivery options, applications, and digital content that will influence and shape the next phase of the wireless revolution.</p>

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