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编号   SH031
书名   The Future of Wireless Communications
作者   William Webb
出版社   Artech House
出版时间   2001年
类别    教学参考
状态    正常
简介 Preface. 

Part 1: Why It Is Worthwhile 

Why Forecast the Future? - Why the Forecast Will Be Wrong. Key Factors Influencing the Future. Methodology Adopted in this Book. Structure of this Book. 

Part 2: What Drives the Future 

What Might the End User Want? - Why What the End User Wants Is Critical. What Are People Prepared to Pay for? What They Have Today What They Want Now. What They Might Want In The Future. 

The Pieces of the Puzzle – The Value of a Good Understanding of the Starting Position. Wireless Communications. How Well Does the Current Position Match User Requirements? 

Part 3: What Limits the Future 

Overview of Technology Development. – Overriding Principles of Wireless Communications. "Laws" Shaping Technical Development. The Problems Associated With Small Cells Technical Developments in Wireless in the Last 20 Years. Summary of the Key Technical Issues. 

Nontechnical Constraints On The Future – Introduction. Standards. Spectrum. Finance. Environmental Issues. Billing, Fraud Security, And Numbering Issues. Summary Of Nontechnical Constraints. 

Organizations and Strategies – Introduction. Today’s Wireless Communications Companies. Strategy. How Is Strategy Developed? A Case Study in Strategic and Organizational Behavior. How Is the Future Invented—Do We Control It? Key Issues for Organizations and Strategy. 

Part 4: Views of the Future 

How A 20-Year Forecast Might Have Looked In 1980 – A Look Back In History. How Might An Expert Have Predicted The Next 20 Years? What Actually Transpired? How Significant Are The Differences? What Lessons Can Be Learned And What Is Different Now? What The Experts Say-The Next Seven Chapters. 

Forecasting the Future: A Technologist’s View – Introduction. Key Factors. Applications. Wide Area Cellular System Considerations. Nomadic and Fixed Networks. Business, Regulatory, and Standards. Public Acceptance. Future Scenarios. A Day in the Life: 20 Years Out. 

A Bold View of the future – Introduction. Cellular Data. "Centrifugism" Of Services. The Operator Role Model. Overall Conclusion. 

Realizing The Mobile Information Society – Introduction. Air Interface Development. Network Development. Future Scenarios. Concluding Remarks. 

Learning From The Past – Introduction. Peter in 2018. The Precellular Age. The First Generation. The Second Generation. The Third Generation. The Post – 3G World. Constraints on the Mobile Wireless Future. Conclusion. 

When My Kids Are in their Twenties – Introduction. A Look Back. The Transition from 2G to 3G. The Next Generation at the Doorstep. New Technologies, Features, and Applications. Standards and New Technologies. 

Communications Cocktail – The Current Communications Environment-A Mix of Public and Private Systems. Key Market Trends—Personalization, Applications, and Location. Technology Trends. Regulatory Issues and Opportunities. The Future as a Cocktail of Different Communications Solutions. Conclusion. 

Mapping the Future of Convergence and Spectrum Management - Approach. Convergence Scenarios. 

Summary of the Views of the Experts – Contents. Introduction. Content and Services. The Personal Communication. The Operators. Other Wireless Networks. Technological Issues. The Risks. Possible Future Scenarios. Key Points Raised by Each Contributor. 

A Discussion of the Key Issues – Summary of the Key Developments Required. Summary of Key Constraints. Examining The Developments Required. Summary of which Issues Will Be Solved and by When. 

A Future Road Map – Integrating the View of the Experts with those Developed Here. The Overall Network Architecture. A Future Road Map. A Vision of Communications in 2010. A Vision of Communications in 2020. Key Uncertainties. The Future in Three Pages. What Should We Be Doing Now?