Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 862 g
From Technical Innovation to Commercial Success
Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 862 g
ISBN: 978-1-119-97641-7
Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
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.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Telekommunikationswirtschaft, Post
- Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik Fernmeldetechnik
- Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Nachrichten- und Kommunikationstechnik Mobilfunk
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword xvii
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xix
Acknowledgements xxiii
1 Introduction 1
Part I USER HARDWARE
2 Physical Layer Connectivity 15
3 Interrelationship of the Physical Layer with Other Layers of the OSI Model 55
4 Telecommunications Economies of Scale 91
5 Wireless User Hardware 125
6 Cable, Copper, Wireless and Fibre and theWorld of the Big TV 167
Part II USER SOFTWARE
7 Device-Centric Software 175
8 User-Centric Software 185
9 Content- and Entertainment-Centric Software 199
10 Information-Centric Software 211
11 Transaction-Centric Software 229
Part III NETWORK HARDWARE
12 Wireless Radio Access Network Hardware 237
13 Wireless Core Network Hardware 257
14 Cable Network and Fibre Network Technologies and Topologies 267
15 Terrestrial Broadcast/Cellular Network Integration 275
16 Satellite Networks 303
Part IV NETWORK SOFTWARE
17 Network Software - The User Experience 335
18 Network Software - Energy Management and Control 347
19 Network Software - Microdevices and Microdevice Networks - The Software of the Very Small 353
20 Server Software 363
21 Future Trends, Forecasting, the Age of Adaptation and More Transformative Transforms 369
Index 391