| Description |
xviii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
BT communications technology series ; 9 |
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BT communications technology series ; 9
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| Contents |
Future of mobile and wireless communications -- Optical radio - a review of a radical new technology for wireless access infrastructure -- Wireless LANs - present and future -- Future applications of Bluetooth -- Ultra-wideband and its capabilities -- Ad Hoc wireless networks -- Scalability, capacity and local connectivity in Ad Hoc networks -- The role of Ad Hoc networks in mobility -- Securing mobile Ad Hoc networks - a motivational approach -- The use of satellite for multimedia communications -- Evolving systems beyond 3G - the IST BRAIN and MIND projects -- Economic tussles in the public mobile access market -- Enabling applications deployment on mobile networks -- The parlay API - allowing third party application providers safe and secure access to network capabilities -- Radio spectrum management for tetherless communications -- Mobile multimedia services -- Multimodality - the future of the wireless user interface -- Mobile video-streaming -- A social history of the mobile telephone with a view of its future |
| Summary |
This book reviews the contribution of different wireless access technologies to the future and looks at the opportunities of opening up access to telecommunications systems, via application programming interfaces (APIs). The economic and regulatory issues associated with wireless communications are also discussed, with a look at the history and potential future of mobility from a user perspective |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Application program interfaces (Computer software)
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Wireless communication systems -- Technological innovations.
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Mobile communication systems.
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Wireless communication systems.
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| Author |
Smyth, Peter, 1955-
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Institution of Electrical Engineers.
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| LC no. |
2005472470 |
| ISBN |
0863413684 |
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