The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications, From Cellular Systems to WAP and M-Commerce
A complete guide to the state of the art in wireless and mobile Internet applications and their business impact, written especially for nontechnical professionals. Topics covered include M-Commerce, a peek into the far future of holophones and 4G, Bluetooth, and fixed wireless applications.
Wireless applications may (or may not) be the next big thing in communications. The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications surveys the universe of wireless telephony and data-communications technologies with an eye to mobile commerce and information services. For the most part, this guide isn't well suited to engineers or technicians, but rather to managers, salespeople, corporate decision-makers, and investors, who need the big picture without too many details. When they finish this book, readers will understand competing wireless telephony technologies, as well as the latest developments in short-range wireless networking (Bluetooth especially) and the promise of satellite-based global-roaming services. As the title implies, the book also emphasizes ways of putting telecommunications to work--distributing information and bringing in revenue. Including:
· Wireless voice and data communications technologies and the applications (such as mobile commerce) that run on them
· Established cellular and digital technologies (AMPS, D-AMPS, GSM, and CDMA)
· Third-generation standards (including IMT-2000, W-CDMA, and CDMA-2000)
· Applications technologies (including the Wireless Application Protocol--WAP--suite and Short Messaging Services--SMS)
