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Brave new unwired world : the digital big bang and the infinite Internet / Alex Lightman with William Rojas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lightman, Alex, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information society.
- Information technology--Social aspects.
- Information technology.
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Internet.
- Wireless communication systems--Social aspects.
- Wireless communication systems.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : J. Wiley & Sons, [2002]
- Summary:
- A whirlwind tour through the exciting landscape opening up around digital wireless communication In The Brave New Unwired World, the CEO of one of today's hottest wireless businesses explores the latest thinking and trends in the exciting world of digital wireless communication and boldly predicts the future of this hot new field. He acquaints readers with the amazing technologies involved and the no less amazing profit opportunities opening up around them. Drawing upon his unique access to top management at Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Verizon, IBM, Cisco, Psion, Microsoft, and other key players, he profiles those who are vying to be among the first to cash in on the wireless revolution while holding their own against brilliant upstarts, government regulation, and the threat of extinction by competitors who appear from virtually nowhere, at any moment.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Path to 4G: Major Technology Trends to Watch 3
- Part II The Wireless Market 25
- Chapter 2 A Brief History of the Cellular Industry
- 1975 to 2001 27
- Chapter 3 Radio Spectrum: Managing a Scarce Resource 41
- Chapter 4 Digital Signal Processors 63
- Chapter 5 2.5G Systems: An Interim Solution 68
- Chapter 6 The Wireless Internet Market 75
- Chapter 7 Third Generation (3G) Systems 82
- Part III Pervasive Computing 97
- Chapter 8 The Incredible Shrinking Computer 99
- Chapter 9 The Power of the Network 118
- Chapter 10 Molecular-Scale Electronics and Quantum Computing 126
- Chapter 11 The Digital Big Bang, Quantum Mechanics, and the Cosmos 137
- Chapter 12 Wearable Computers and Wireless Ubiquitous Computers 159
- Chapter 13 The Planetary Computer 181
- Part IV A Recipe For 4G Solutions 185
- Chapter 14 4G Networks 187
- Chapter 15 Choosing the Computer Technologies for 4G 194
- Chapter 16 Selection of the Air-Interface for 4G 200
- Chapter 17 The 4G Personal Communicator: Star Trek Technology 400 Years Early 218
- Chapter 18 4G Portals: Wireless AOLs 221
- Part V Case Studies: Fixed Wireless, Japan, and China 231
- Chapter 19 Broadband Fixed Wireless Access 233
- Chapter 20 NTT DoCoMo
- Crouching 4G Tiger; Sony
- Hidden Dragon 244
- Chapter 21 Why China Will Adopt 4G 268.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0471441104
- OCLC:
- 47989921
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