Convergence of Broadband, Broadcast, and Cellular Network Technologies
Convergence of Broadband, Broadcast, and Cellular Network Technologies

Author: Trestian, Ramona

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-04-30

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1466659793

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In the ever-evolving telecommunication industry, technological improvements alone are not able to keep up with the significant growth of mobile broadband traffic. As such, new research on communications networks is necessary to keep up with rising demand. Convergence of Broadband, Broadcast, and Cellular Network Technologies addresses the problems of broadband, broadcast, and cellular coexistence, including the increasing number of advanced mobile users and their bandwidth demands. This book will serve as a link between academia and industry, serving students, researchers, and industry professionals.

Wireless Broadband
Wireless Broadband

Author: Vern Fotheringham

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-03-27

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0470381590

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Wireless Broadband utilizes a reader-friendly approach to clearly explain the business, regulatory, and technology issues of the future market for wireless services. It covers broadband and the information society; drivers of broadband consumption; global wireless market analysis; broadband IP core networks; convergence; and contention and conflict. Complemented with more than eighty illustrations, this book provides unparalleled insight into the emerging technologies, service delivery options, applications, and digital content that will influence and shape the next phase of the wireless revolution.

Paving the Way for 5G Through the Convergence of Wireless Systems
Paving the Way for 5G Through the Convergence of Wireless Systems

Author: Trestian, Ramona

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-12-28

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1522575715

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In the ever-evolving telecommunication industry, smart mobile computing devices have become increasingly affordable and powerful, leading to significant growth in the number of advanced mobile users and their bandwidth demands. Due to this increasing need, the next generation of wireless networks needs to enable solutions to bring together broadband, broadcast, and cellular technologies for global consumers. Paving the Way for 5G Through the Convergence of Wireless Systems provides innovative insights into wireless networks and cellular coexisting solutions that aim at paving the way towards 5G. Through examining data offloading, cellular technologies, and multi-edge computing, it addresses coexistence problems at different levels (i.e., physical characteristics, open access, technology-neutrality, economic characteristics, healthcare, education, energy, etc.), influencing networks to provide solutions for next generation wireless networks. Bridging research and practical solutions, this comprehensive reference source is ideally designed for graduate-level students, IT professionals and technicians, engineers, academicians, and researchers.

Handbook of Research on Software-Defined and Cognitive Radio Technologies for Dynamic Spectrum Management
Handbook of Research on Software-Defined and Cognitive Radio Technologies for Dynamic Spectrum Management

Author: Kaabouch, Naima

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-10-31

Total Pages: 1064

ISBN-13: 1466665726

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The inadequate use of wireless spectrum resources has recently motivated researchers and practitioners to look for new ways to improve resource efficiency. As a result, new cognitive radio technologies have been proposed as an effective solution. The Handbook of Research on Software-Defined and Cognitive Radio Technologies for Dynamic Spectrum Management examines the emerging technologies being used to overcome radio spectrum scarcity. Providing timely and comprehensive coverage on topics pertaining to channel estimation, spectrum sensing, communication security, frequency hopping, and smart antennas, this research work is essential for use by educators, industrialists, and graduate students, as well as academicians researching in the field.

Convergence Technologies for 3G Networks
Convergence Technologies for 3G Networks

Author: Jeffrey Bannister

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2004-02-13

Total Pages: 674

ISBN-13: 9780470860915

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The merging of voice and data on a single network opens powerful new possibilities in communications. Only a fundamental understanding of both technologies will ensure you are equipped to maximise their full potential. Convergence Technologies for 3G Networks describes the evolution from cellular to a converged network that integrates traditional telecommunications and the technology of the Internet. In particular, the authors address the application of both IP and ATM technologies to a cellular environment, including IP telephony protocols, the use of ATM/AAL2 and the new AAL2 signalling protocol for voice/multimedia and data transport as well as the future of the UMTS network in UMTS Release 5/6 All-IP architecture. Convergence Technologies for 3G Networks: Explains the operation and integration of GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, CDMA2000, IP, and ATM. Provides practical examples of 3G connection scenarios. Describes signalling flows and protocol stacks. Covers IP and ATM as used in a 3G context. Addresses issues of QoS and real-time application support. Includes IP/SS7 internetworking and IP softswitching. Outlines the architecture of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for UMTS. Convergence Technologies for 3G Networks is suited for professionals from the telecommunications, data communications and computer networking industries..

Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: Applications, Architectures, and Challenges
Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks: Applications, Architectures, and Challenges

Author: Rehmani, Mubashir Husain

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-06-30

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1466662131

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"This book examines how wireless sensor nodes with cognitive radio capabilities can address these network challenges and improve the spectrum utilization, presenting a broader picture on the applications, architecture, challenges, and open research directions in the area of WSN research"--Provided by publisher.

Enabling Real-Time Mobile Cloud Computing through Emerging Technologies
Enabling Real-Time Mobile Cloud Computing through Emerging Technologies

Author: Soyata, Tolga

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-07-25

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1466686634

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Today's smartphones utilize a rapidly developing range of sophisticated applications, pushing the limits of mobile processing power. The increased demand for cell phone applications has necessitated the rise of mobile cloud computing, a technological research arena which combines cloud computing, mobile computing, and wireless networks to maximize the computational and data storage capabilities of mobile devices. Enabling Real-Time Mobile Cloud Computing through Emerging Technologies is an authoritative and accessible resource that incorporates surveys, tutorials, and the latest scholarly research on cellular technologies to explore the latest developments in mobile and wireless computing technologies. With its exhaustive coverage of emerging techniques, protocols, and computational structures, this reference work is an ideal tool for students, instructors, and researchers in the field of telecommunications. This reference work features astute articles on a wide range of current research topics including, but not limited to, architectural communication components (cloudlets), infrastructural components, secure mobile cloud computing, medical cloud computing, network latency, and emerging open source structures that optimize and accelerate smartphones.

Technological Breakthroughs in Modern Wireless Sensor Applications
Technological Breakthroughs in Modern Wireless Sensor Applications

Author: Hamid Reza Sharif

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-03-31

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1466682523

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Collecting and processing data is a necessary aspect of living in a technologically advanced society. Whether it's monitoring events, controlling different variables, or using decision-making applications, it is important to have a system that is both inexpensive and capable of coping with high amounts of data. Technological Breakthroughs in Modern Wireless Sensor Applications brings together new ways to process and monitor data, and to put it to work in everything from intelligent transportation systems to healthcare to multimedia applications. This book is an essential reference source for research and development engineers, graduate students, academics, and researchers interested in intelligent engineering, internetworking, routing, and network planning algorithms.

Proceedings of Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology
Proceedings of Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology

Author: Xin-She Yang

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-07-11

Total Pages: 792

ISBN-13: 9811923949

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This book gathers selected high-quality research papers presented at the Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, held at Brunel University, London, on February 21–24, 2022. It discusses emerging topics pertaining to information and communication technology (ICT) for managerial applications, e-governance, e-agriculture, e-education and computing technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) and e-mining. Written by respected experts and researchers working on ICT, the book offers a valuable asset for young researchers involved in advanced studies. The work is presented in four volumes.

Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political, and Economic Implications
Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political, and Economic Implications

Author: Xu, Xiaoge

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-06-30

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1466661674

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As mobile technology becomes much more prominent in the world, its effect on the social, political, and economic realms cannot be ignored. Interdisciplinary approaches towards re-examining the prevalence of communication technologies are essential for industry professionalsÂ’ development. Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political, and Economic Implications sheds light on emerging disciplines in multimedia technologies and discusses the changes, chances, and challenges in the mobile world. Areas such as mobile governance, mobile healthcare, and mobile identity are examined, along with their social, political, and economic implications. Serving as a reconnection between academia and industry, this book will be useful for students, professors, researchers, and policy-makers of mobile media and communications.