Fotheringham, Vern,

Wireless broadband : conflict and convergence / Vern Fotheringham, Chetan Sharma. - 1 PDF (xxiii, 253 pages) : illustrations, maps. - IEEE series on mobile & digital communication .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 WHERE WE ARE-WIRELESS MEETS THE BROADBAND INTERNET -- 2 BROADBAND AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY -- 3 GLOBAL WIRELESS MARKET ANALYSIS -- 4 THE VIRTUAL DISPLACES THE PHYSICAL -- 5 CONVERGENCE FINALLY ARRIVES -- 6 DRIVERS OF BROADBAND CONSUMPTION -- 7 THE EMERGING INFLUENCE OF THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY -- 8 ALWAYS BEST CONNECTED -- 9 BROADBAND IP CORE NETWORKS -- 10 WIDEBAND 3G TO BROADBAND 4G-COLLISION AND CONVERGENCE OF STANDARDS -- 11 RADIO TECHNOLOGY-MOVING THE GOAL POSTS -- 12 CONTENTION AND CONFLICT-REGULATORY, POLITICAL, FINANCIAL, AND STANDARDS BATTLES -- 13 CONCLUSION -- A WIRELESS BROADBAND GLOSSARY -- B A SCENARIO OF A BROADBAND WIRELESS CUSTOMER,CIRCA 2012 -- C SPECTRUM TABLES-WIRELESS BROADBAND -- About the Authors.

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Wireless Broadband 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.




Mode of access: World Wide Web

9780470381601

10.1002/9780470381601 doi


Wireless communication systems.
Broadband communication systems.


Electronic books.

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