Making telecoms work : from technical innovation to commercial success / Geoff Varrall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varrall, Geoffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication systems.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Bridging the industry divide between the technical expertise of engineers and the aims of market and business planners, Making Telecoms Work provides a basis for more effective interdisciplinary analysis of technology, engineering, market and business investment risk and opportunity. Since fixed and mobile broadband has become a dominant deliverable, multiple areas of transition and transformation have occurred; the book places these changes in the context of the political, social and economic dynamics of the global telecommunications industry. Drawing on 25 years of participative experience in the mobile phone and telecommunications industry, the author closely analyses the materials, components and devices that have had a transformative impact. By presenting detailed case studies of materials innovation, such as those shown at success story Apple, the book shows how the collaboration of technological imagination with business knowledge will shape the industry's future. Makes a link between the technical aspects and the business practice of the telecoms industry, highlighting the commercial and economic significance of new developments . Gives a historical analysis of past successes and failures in order to identify future competitive advantage opportunities. Supplies detailed case studies of supply chain disconnects and the impact these have on industry risk and profitability. Brings together technological detail with analysis of what is and is not commercially important, from the implications of energy and environmental networks to the technical details of wireless network hardware.

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

User Hardware. Physical Layer Connectivity

Interrelationship of the Physical Layer with Other Layers of the OSI Model

Telecommunications Economies of Scale

Wireless User Hardware

Cable, Copper, Wireless and Fibre and the World of the Big TV

User Software. Device-Centric Software

User-Centric Software

Content-and Entertainment-Centric Software

Information-Centric Software

Transaction-Centric Software

Network Hardware. Wireless Radio Access Network Hardware

Wireless Core Network Hardware

Cable Network and Fibre Network Technologies and Topologies

Terrestrial Broadcast/Cellular Network Integration

Satellite Networks

Network Software. Network Software ₆ The User Experience

Network Software - Energy Management and Control

Network Software - Microdevices and Microdevice Networks - The Software of the Very Small

Server Software

Future Trends, Forecasting, the Age of Adaptation and More Transformative Transforms

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on PDF viewed 10/24/2017.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613404978

9781119967729

1119967724

9781283404976

1283404974

9781119967149

1119967147

9781119967132

1119967139

OCLC:

773301465