UMTS and mobile computing /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huber, Alexander Joseph
Other Authors: Huber, Josef Franz
Format: Printed Book
Published: Boston : Artech House, c2002.
Subjects:
Mobile communication systems.
Wireless communication systems.
Global system for mobile communications.
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy031/2002019676.html
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.1 Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Computing
  • 1.2 The Driving Factor of Mobility
  • 1.3 Innovation Drivers
  • 1.3.1 Moore's Law
  • 1.3.2 Compression Standards for Multimedia: JPEG,
  • MP3, MPEG-4, MPEG-7
  • 1.3.3 Wireless Technologies Migrate to Configurable Radio
  • and Smart Antennas
  • 1.3.4 The Internet, Intranets, and Mobility
  • 1.3.5 Services and Applications
  • References
  • 2 The Market for UC
  • 2.1 Mobile Market Developments
  • 2.1.1 Emerging Wireless Personal Area and Wireless Local
  • Area Networks
  • 2.1.2 Mobile Satellite Network Markets
  • 2.2 Internet Market Developments
  • 2.2.1 Challenge: Transition from Circuit Switching to
  • Packet Switching
  • 2.2.2 Internet Access from Mobile Devices
  • 2.2.3 The Web Market
  • 2.2.4 Electronic Commerce: A Fundamental Component
  • of Future Multimedia Services
  • 2.2.5 Intranet Need for Mobile Extensions
  • 2.2.6 Intranet Access from Mobile Devices
  • 2.3 Fixed and Mobile Convergence
  • 2.3.1 Mobile Computer-Based Communications
  • and UMTS
  • 2.3.2 Increasing Mobility of Individuals and the Pressure
  • to Turn Dead Time into Productive Time
  • 2.3.3 Key Enablers
  • 2.3.4 Broadband Wireless Convergence
  • 2.3.5 Broadcasting Convergence
  • 2.3.6 Convergence on Devices
  • 2.3.7 Convergence and the Creation of New Services
  • References
  • 3 Technologies
  • 3.1 Mobile Wireless Communication Technologies
  • 3.1.1 WPANs
  • 3.1.2 WLANs
  • 3.1.3 Wireless WANs
  • 3.1.4 Extended Area Networks
  • 3.1.5 Other Technologies
  • 3.1.6 Technology Positioning and Comparison
  • 3.2 UMTS
  • 3.2.1 Value Chain-Developments Towards
  • Information-Based Services
  • 3.2.2 Network Architecture
  • 3.2.3 UMTS Radio Access Techniques
  • 3.2.4 Core Network
  • 3.2.5 Internet Service Provider's Function
  • 3.2.6 Mobile Portal's Function
  • 3.2.7 UMTS Terminal Technologies
  • 3.2.8 USIM Cards and Smart Cards
  • 3.3 UC Appliances (Devices)
  • 3.3.1 Card Technologies
  • 3.3.2 The iButton
  • 3.3.3 Tag Technologies
  • 3.3.4 Mobile 3G Devices
  • 3.3.5 Devices Summary
  • References
  • 4 Standardization
  • 4.1 WPAN and WLAN Standardization
  • 4.1.1 Bluetooth
  • 4.1.2 IEEE 802.X Standards
  • 4.1.3 DECT and PHS
  • 4.2 3G Standardization
  • 4.2.1 3GPP Develops Specifications for Global Use
  • 4.2.2 Internet-Related Standardization
  • 4.2.3 Standard Protocol Layers in UMTS
  • 4.3 Addressing and Registration Standards
  • 4.4 Standards for Information Encoding
  • 4.4.1 Voice Encoding
  • 4.4.2 Bitmap, Graphic, and Photographic-Image Encoding
  • 4.4.3 Video and Audio Compression '
  • 4.5 Software, Protocols, Computer Languages, and
  • Smart Cards
  • 4.5.1 SOAP
  • 4.5.2 CORBA
  • 4.5.3 Java Programming and Java Remote Method
  • Invocation
  • 4.5.4 Jini
  • 4.5.5 HAVi
  • 4.5.6 UPnP
  • 4.5.7 OSGI
  • 4.5.8 Home Plug and Play
  • 4.5.9 Web Programming and Markup Language Standards
  • 4.5.10 WAP
  • 4.5.11 Smart-Card Standardization
  • References
  • 5 Applications
  • 5.1 UMTS Services and Applications
  • 5.1.1 Mobile Internet and Intranet Access
  • 5.1.2 Customized Infotainment and Edutainment
  • 5.1.3 Multimedia Messaging Services
  • 5.1.4 Location-Based Services
  • 5.1.5 Voice- and Videotelephony and -conferencing
  • 5.1.6 UMTS Services Portability
  • 5.2 Examples: WAP and i-Mode
  • 5.3 Telemetry
  • 5.3.1 Vehicle-Related Mobile Computing
  • 5.3.2 Health Care
  • 5.3.3 Other Applications
  • 5.4 Mobile E-Commerce
  • References
  • 6 Resource Issues
  • 6.1 Addressing Capacity in Networked Environments
  • 6.L 1 Address Schemes
  • 6.1.2 Estimations of Address Capacity
  • 6.2 Frequency Spectrum
  • 6.2.1 How Much Frequency Spectrum Is Needed for
  • 3G Services?
  • 6.2.2 3G Traffic Capacity Calculations
  • 6.2.3 Worldwide 3G Spectrum Identification
  • 6.2.4 What Is the UMTS-Specific Spectrum Demand per
  • Operator in the Initial Phase?
  • 6.2.5 Spectrum Demand for WLANs or
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • 6.2.6 Worldwide WLAN Spectrum
  • Identification
  • References
  • 7 Outlook: Telecom + Datacom + Media = Infocom
  • 7.1 Taking Moore's Law into the Future
  • 7.2 Future Network Architectures
  • 7.3 Devices
  • 7.4 The Smart-Card Issue
  • 7.5 New Services and Applications
  • 7.6 Mobile Agents
  • 7.7 Industry Outlook
  • 7.8 Researchers Move to 4G Mobile Radio Systems
  • 7.9 Market Development
  • References.

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