Eylert The Mobile Multimedia Business

Requirements and Solutions
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-01652-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 326 Seiten, E-Book

As the wireless world opens up, this book explores the evolvingrole of multimedia and UMTS technology in the mobile communicationssector. The author draws on his extensive experience in the fieldto provide an approach that will appeal to academia and industryalike, covering hot topics such as regulation and licensing,services and applications, markets, security, devices and terminalsand charging schemes. Numerous examples from international sourcesare used to illustrate the current status of the technology aroundthe globe, examining the implications of its evolution to 4G.
* Focuses on commercial considerations such as regulation,markets, security and charging issues
* Provides wide-ranging content on the business issues that areattractive to a non-technical readership
* Puts 3G and UMTS into context by showing its evolution to itspresent status as well as giving an outlook on the future of mobilecommunications
* Includes state-of-the-art advice on 3G and UMTS architectureand deployment, illustrated with practical examples from around theworld
This is essential reading for technicians and engineersrecruited to develop the UMTS and WLAN networks; employees ofoperators and manufacturers in the industry, new recruits toregulators, and administrators wishing to gain a backgroundunderstanding of the business of mobile multimedia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eylert, Bernd

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Foreword by Jean-Pierre Bienaimé.
Foreword by Tom Wheeler.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
1.1 The 3G Mobile Pathfinders: Existing Wireless CommunicationSystems.
1.2 The History of 3G.
2. Mobile Communications Markets.
2.1 Market Analysis.
2.2 The Market Studies of the UMTS Forum.
2.3 Calculations.
2.4 Expectations.
3. Services and Applications.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Description of Some Services and Applications.
3.3 Portals and their Business Models.
3.4 Service Providers' Business Strategies.
3.5 Mobile Internet Protocol.
3.6 IP Multimedia Subsystem: Service Aspects.
3.7 Naming, Addressing and Other Identifiers.
4. Technology.
4.1 The ITU IMT-2000 Family Concept.
4.2 Technology Competitors.
4.3 Impact on Standardisation.
4.4 Terminals and Devices.
4.5 Names and Addresses Used in GPRS.
4.6 IMS.
4.7 WLAN/Wi-Fi.
5. Spectrum for UMTS.
5.1 Spectrum Availability.
5.2 WARC-92 Spectrum Sharing Scenarios.
5.3 More Spectrum Needed: Extension Bands for UMTS/IMT-2000 andWRC-2000 Results.
5.4 The Situation After WRC-2000.
5.5 Spectrum Beyond 3G and Preparation for WRC-07.
6. Regulation, Licensing and Global Terminal Usage.
6.1 Regulation.
6.2 Licensing.
6.3 Recommendations for Administrations.
6.4 Lessons Learned from the Licensing Process.
6.5 Global Terminal Circulation and Certification.
7. Mobile Communication and its Impact on SocialBehaviour.
7.1 Executive Summary.
7.2 Theme 1: Social Connectivity.
7.3 Theme 2: Emotion and Mobiles.
7.4 Theme 3: Public and Private.
7.5 How GSM was Shaped by the Consumer.
8. 3G and Beyond.
8.1 A Long-Term Business Issue.
8.2 The Research and Development Path.
8.3 Research Programmes.
8.4 Impact on New Spectrum and WRC-2007.
8.5 Implications for System Design.
References.
Abbreviations.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Bernd F Eylert is the outgoing President of the UMTS Forum and Vice President of T-Mobile International, Bonn, Germany. He has extensive overall knowledge of the industry that is complemented by his worldwide network of contacts from academia, business and governments. He also gives university lectures on the subject and this book is based on a course that he designed for the Mobile Telecommunications course at the University of Wildau in Germany.