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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145956103321

Autore

Fotheringham Vern

Titolo

Wireless broadband : conflict and convergence / / Vern Fotheringham, Chetan Sharma

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , c2008

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2008]

ISBN

1-282-11268-6

9786612112683

0-470-38160-4

0-470-38159-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

IEEE series on mobile & digital communication

Altri autori (Persone)

SharmaChetan

Disciplina

384.5

621.384

Soggetti

Broadband communication systems

Wireless communication systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.