Fixed/Mobile Convergence and Beyond
Unbounded Mobile Communications

A comprehensive guide to designing, implementing, and managing converged cellular/WiFi wireless networks

Richard Watson (Author)

9780750687591, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 19 November 2008

288 pages
23.4 x 19 x 1.9 cm, 0.59 kg

Mobile communications users are demanding increased reliability, functionality, and accessibility; they want "always on" access to voice, e-mail, text, and multimedia services as they roam from home to auto to office to outdoor/indoor locations. In addition, there is an increasing deamnd to replace separate landline/mobile telephones with a single handset that can be used wherever its owner might be. Answering those customer needs, fixed/mobile convergence (FMC) marries the mobility provided by cellular networks with the extended connectivity provided by 802.11-based WiFi services and integrates them with landline networks using a single handset.This book provides the theoretical and practical background necessary to successfully plan, develop, and deploy effective FMC networks. This book discusses the various 802.11 and VoIP protocols used in FMC networks, open and proprietary communications protocols, integration of FMC networks to wired telephone networks, mobilizing applications such as text messaging and video, security issues, mobile handset requirements for FMC networks, and the administration/management of FMC networks. Special attention is given to selecting appropriate components for FMC, and numerous case histories and examples from the author's experience are provided.This book is an essential tutorial and reference for any RF/wireless, communications, and networking professional who will work with the next generation of wireless networks.

1. Unbounded Mobile Communications2. Mobile Communications – State of the Technology3. Unbounded Mobile Communications – what is it?4. UMC - an overview of the technology requirements & considerations5. UMC – Current Market Solution Overview6. UMC – Layer 1 and 2 - Media requirements7. VoIP – Layer 3 and 4, the IP infrastructure8. Voice Optimized Networks – the network orphan9. Mobile Handset Solutions10. Hotspot and Hotzone Access11. Security considerations12. PBX features and integration13. UMC Management and Statute conformance considerations14. Mobilizing applications15. The Final Challenge – Sales/support channel considerations16. Unbounded mobile communications – beyond FMC

Subject Areas: WAP [wireless technology TJKW], Telephone technology [TJKT], Communications engineering / telecommunications [TJK]