{"product_id":"wireless-broadband-conflict-and-convergence-hardback-9780470227626","title":"Wireless Broadband; Conflict and Convergence (Hardback) 9780470227626","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWireless Broadband\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConflict and Convergence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eVern Fotheringham (Author), Chetan Sharma (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470227626, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 November 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, Charts: 30 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Photos: 12 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Screen captures: 2 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Tables: 4 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Graphs: 40 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 16.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.522 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[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.\" (\u003ci\u003eEngineering and Technology\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2009)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWireless Broadband\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 WHERE WE ARE—WIRELESS MEETS THE BROADBAND INTERNET 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere We Are 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow We Got Here: Reintegration of the Telecom Oligopoly and Cracks in the Walled Gardens 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlexibility Comes to Wireless Spectrum 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wireless Technology Diaspora 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCellular Carriers: Stuck on Stickiness 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaged Network Services: The Outsourced Network 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnhanced Broadband Voice 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixed Mobile Convergence 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoundary Blurring 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 BROADBAND AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpact of Telecommunications on the Economy 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWireless Versus Wired Network Economics 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroadband Matters 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo What of Broadband Wireless in All This? 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow Does the United States Rank Against the Rest of the World? 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpansion of the DOI 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 GLOBAL WIRELESS MARKET ANALYSIS 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacro Trends 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Era of ‘‘Mass Specialization’’ 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReview of Major Markets 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Developing World is Catching Up Rapidly 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 THE VIRTUAL DISPLACES THE PHYSICAL 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Circuits to Packets 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘‘Lies, Damn Lies and Statistical Access Networks’’ 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoore’s Law Finally Reaches Telecom 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘‘New Broadband’’ Eclipses ‘‘Neo Broadband’’ 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegulatory and Public Policy Collide with Technology Shifts 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 CONVERGENCE FINALLY ARRIVES 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Quad Play: Voice, Data, Video, and Mobility 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Quad-Play Advantage 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixed Mobile Convergence and Unlicensed Mobile Access 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroadband Market Overview 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 DRIVERS OF BROADBAND CONSUMPTION 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrends in Mobile and Converged Content Markets 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUser Interface 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHandset Display Graphics 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobile Video Content 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMusic 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAudio 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGPS\/Location-Based Services 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMessaging and Hosting 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternet 2\/Web 2.0 Social Networking 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUser Device Form Factors 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProcessing Power 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eData Management 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCamera\/Video Management 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobile Advertising 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoice 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVideo Compression Technologies 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixed Digital Video Services 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraditional Data Services 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSCADA (Supervision, Control, and Data Acquisition) 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGaming 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSensor Networks 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 THE EMERGING INFLUENCE OF THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWireless Local Area Networks Grow Up and Out:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMunicipal WiFi 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganic WiFi Networks 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Safety WiFi Derivative 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLicense-Exempt Spectrum 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coordinated ‘‘Shared Commons’’ 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe WiFi Alliance 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWiMAX Forum 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 ALWAYS BEST CONNECTED 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProduct Definition for Broadband Wireless Systems 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology Drivers 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolving Wireless Broadband Market Segments 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpen Systems and Intelligence at the Edge 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadio Network System Engineering 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 BROADBAND IP CORE NETWORKS 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUser Authentication and Log-In 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProvisioning 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixed- and Mobile-Converged Services Over a Unified Packet Network 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFixed Broadband Wireless Networks 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 WIDEBAND 3G TO BROADBAND 4G—COLLISION AND CONVERGENCE OF STANDARDS 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollision of 3G and WiMAX Standards 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3GPP and Long-Term Evolution 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWiMAX and Mobile WiMAX 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 RADIO TECHNOLOGY—MOVING THE GOAL POSTS 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnabling Technologies 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneric Radio Devices 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 CONTENTION AND CONFLICT—REGULATORY, POLITICAL, FINANCIAL, AND STANDARDS BATTLES 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegulatory Drivers 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadio Spectrum Allocations 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadio Spectrum Auctions: A Failed Policy? 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinancial Realities 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Standards Wars: Proprietary Versus Open Standards 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Many Faces of the Standards Process 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 CONCLUSION 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Growth 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Policy 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA WIRELESS BROADBAND GLOSSARY 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB A SCENARIO OF A BROADBAND WIRELESS CUSTOMER, CIRCA 2012 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2012 Scenario 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC SPECTRUM TABLES—WIRELESS BROADBAND 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobile Network Spectrum Allocations 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 251\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Electronics \u0026amp; communications engineering\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Electronics%20\u0026amp;%20communications%20engineering%20%5BTJ%5D%22\"\u003eTJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-IEEE Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52257216889112,"sku":"9780470227626","price":76.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470227626.jpg?v=1781278033","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wireless-broadband-conflict-and-convergence-hardback-9780470227626","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}