Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xii |
Acknowledgments | p. xxii |
History of Modern Communications | p. 1 |
First Voice Communications | p. 2 |
Cellular, True Mobility for the Masses | p. 5 |
Computing Power in Mobile Communications | p. 6 |
The Internet, A New Idea | p. 7 |
What About the Wireless Internet? | p. 11 |
Wireless Communications Devices | p. 13 |
Trends in Next-Generation Mobile Communications | p. 17 |
The Move to 2G Cellular | p. 19 |
Onward to 2.5G and 3G | p. 20 |
Terminal Technologies | p. 24 |
Infrastructure Challenges | p. 25 |
Circuit-switched vs. All-IP | p. 25 |
Service Provisioning | p. 27 |
Network Switch Requirements | p. 28 |
Driving Technologies: Competing and Complementary | p. 35 |
Cellular and PCS-based Technologies | p. 36 |
Cellular Data Modem Technologies | p. 37 |
CDPD Modems | p. 38 |
Traffic Channel Modems | p. 41 |
Short Message Service (SMS) | p. 42 |
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) | p. 45 |
Application Programming Languages and Protocols | p. 47 |
A Word About Mark-up Languages | p. 47 |
Common Ground--XHTML | p. 50 |
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) | p. 51 |
i-Mode (Compact HTML or c-HTML) | p. 55 |
J2ME | p. 58 |
Symbian | p. 60 |
WinCE | p. 61 |
PDA and Pocket PC Technologies | p. 62 |
RIM and Blackberry | p. 62 |
Palm | p. 63 |
Handspring | p. 63 |
HP | p. 64 |
Compaq | p. 64 |
Proprietary Networks | p. 64 |
Ardis (DataTAC) | p. 64 |
Ricochet | p. 64 |
Mobitex or RAM Mobile Data | p. 65 |
OmniSky | p. 66 |
Wireless LANs and Personal Area Networks | p. 66 |
Bluetooth | p. 67 |
IEEE 802.11 | p. 68 |
HiperLAN and HiperLAN2 | p. 71 |
Home RF | p. 75 |
Infrastructure Protocols and Applications | p. 76 |
H.323 | p. 76 |
MGCP/Megaco | p. 77 |
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) | p. 78 |
The Wireless Internet Market | p. 81 |
Internet and Broadband | p. 81 |
Wireless Subscribers and Internet Growth | p. 85 |
Computer Sales | p. 89 |
Voice Interaction: Linking the Web by Voice | p. 93 |
Market Case Studies | p. 95 |
European and Japanese Envy | p. 95 |
European Experience | p. 96 |
Finland: The Land of the Midnight Sun, Reindeer, and Mobile Phones | p. 97 |
Made in Japan: The Land of the Rising Wireless Internet | p. 98 |
The New Generation of Customers | p. 103 |
Teenagers Drive Wireless Internet Growth | p. 103 |
Wireless Business Enterprise | p. 104 |
In a Nut Shell... | p. 105 |
Wireless Internet Applications, Services, and Access-Enabled Solutions | p. 107 |
Access versus Applications | p. 108 |
Application and Service Categories | p. 110 |
Mobility Value | p. 110 |
Adding Vision to Voice | p. 111 |
Emerging Devices | p. 112 |
Mobile Portals | p. 115 |
Messaging--The First Wireless Internet Application | p. 117 |
Personalization | p. 119 |
Content Delivery | p. 120 |
Personalized Communications | p. 121 |
Mobile Electronic Mail | p. 121 |
Instant Messaging | p. 122 |
Electronic Calendar | p. 125 |
Mobile Electronic Wallet | p. 126 |
Identification or Security Access | p. 126 |
Electronic Photo Album | p. 126 |
News and Information | p. 128 |
Entertainment and Lifestyle | p. 130 |
Location-Based Services | p. 138 |
Access and Connectivity-Enabled Solutions | p. 140 |
Manufacturing | p. 144 |
Telemedicine | p. 145 |
Distance Learning | p. 147 |
Security Video Monitoring | p. 151 |
Billing and Security Issues | p. 153 |
Metcalfe's Law in Reverse | p. 155 |
Who Can I Connect With? | p. 156 |
Universal Messaging--Have It Your Way | p. 157 |
OK, Now Who's Going to Pay for All This? | p. 159 |
Enter the Cash Register | p. 160 |
M-Commerce--Security Pays Off | p. 162 |
Security and Privacy | p. 163 |
Data Collection | p. 164 |
Data Storage | p. 165 |
Data Analysis and Profiling | p. 165 |
Personalization Goes Both Ways | p. 166 |
Freedom of Expression | p. 167 |
Protecting Content | p. 168 |
Digital Rights Management | p. 168 |
A Final Word | p. 171 |
Communication Past and Future | p. 173 |
Service Providers of the Future | p. 174 |
MVNOs--Splitting the System into Transport and Marketing | p. 175 |
Services Complement Voice | p. 178 |
4G Systems--Stay Tuned for 3D! | p. 180 |
Context-Sensitive and User-Aware | p. 180 |
Economic Power | p. 188 |
WLANs and Bluetooth--The New Access Points | p. 188 |
Bluetooth--Shorter Range but Lower Power Consumption | p. 190 |
Cellular Threat or Benefit? | p. 190 |
Changing the Role of Wireless Operators | p. 191 |
Digital Divide--How Wireless Can Change the World | p. 192 |
Wireless Bridges the Divide | p. 194 |
Wireless Internet--This Time It's Personal! | p. 195 |
Life Turns Digital | p. 195 |
Technology Improves Social Interaction | p. 196 |
Multimedia Messaging | p. 196 |
Wireless Efficiency | p. 197 |
It's All About Emotion | p. 197 |
No, I Don't Want to See What You Did Last Summer | p. 198 |
Eroding Emotion | p. 198 |
Speed Influences the Volume of Communication | p. 199 |
Real Time Adds Value | p. 199 |
The Future of Wireless Internet is Certain--To Change! | p. 200 |
Will the Wireless Internet Survive? | p. 200 |
Brandwidth over Bandwidth | p. 201 |
Appendix A | p. 203 |
Appendix B | p. 205 |
Glossary | p. 213 |
Index | p. 225 |
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