Preface |
Evolution from 2G over 3G to 4G / 1: |
First Half of the 1990s - Voice-centric Communication / 1.1: |
Between 1995 and 2000: the Rise of Mobility and the Internet / 1.2: |
Between 2000 and 2005: Dot Com Burst, Web 2.0, Mobile Internet / 1.3: |
From 2005 to today: Global Coverage, VoIP and Mobile Broadband / 1.4: |
The Future - the Need for Beyond 3G Systems / 1.5: |
All Over IP / 1.6: |
Summary / 1.7: |
References |
Beyond 3G Network Architectures / 2: |
Overview / 2.1: |
UMTS, HSPA and HSPA+ / 2.2: |
Introduction / 2.2.1: |
Network Architecture / 2.2.2: |
Air Interface and Radio Network / 2.2.3: |
HSPA (HSDPA and HSUPA) / 2.2.4: |
HSPA+ and other Improvements: Competition for LTE / 2.2.5: |
LTE / 2.3: |
Basic Procedures / 2.3.1: |
Summary and Comparison with HSPA / 2.3.5: |
LTE-Advanced / 2.3.6: |
802.16 WiMAX / 2.4: |
The 802.16d Air Interface and Radio Network / 2.4.1: |
The 802.16e Air Interface and Radio Network / 2.4.4: |
Summary and Comparison with HSPA and LTE / 2.4.5: |
802.16m: Complying with IMT-Advanced / 2.4.7: |
802.16j: Mobile Multihop Relay / 2.4.8: |
802.11 Wi-Fi / 2.5: |
The Air Interface - from 802.11b to 802.11n / 2.5.1: |
Air Interface and Resource Management / 2.5.4: |
Wi-Fi Security / 2.5.5: |
Quality of Service: 802.11e / 2.5.7: |
Network Capacity and Usage Scenarios / 2.5.8: |
Usage in Developed Markets and Emerging Economies / 3.1: |
How to Control Mobile Usage / 3.2: |
Per Minute Charging / 3.2.1: |
Volume Charging / 3.2.2: |
Split Charging / 3.2.3: |
Small-screen Flat Rates / 3.2.4: |
Strategies to Inform Users When Their Subscribed Data Volume is Used Up / 3.2.5: |
Mobile Internet Access and Prepaid / 3.2.6: |
Measuring Mobile Usage from a Financial Point of View / 3.3: |
Cell Capacity in Downlink / 3.4: |
Current and Future Frequency Bands for Cellular Wireless / 3.5: |
Cell Capacity in Uplink / 3.6: |
Per-user Throughput in Downlink / 3.7: |
Per-user Throughput in the Uplink / 3.8: |
Traffic Estimation Per User / 3.9: |
Overall Wireless Network Capacity / 3.10: |
Network Capacity for Train Routes, Highways and Remote Areas / 3.11: |
When will GSM be Switched Off? / 3.12: |
Cellular Network VoIP Capacity / 3.13: |
Wi-Fi VoIP Capacity / 3.14: |
Wi-Fi and Interference / 3.15: |
Wi-Fi Capacity in Combination with DSL and Fibre / 3.16: |
Backhaul for Wireless Networks / 3.17: |
A Hybrid Cellular/Wi-Fi Network for the Future / 3.18: |
Voice over Wireless / 4: |
Circuit-switched Mobile Voice Telephony / 4.1: |
Circuit Switching / 4.1.1: |
A Voice-optimized Radio Network / 4.1.2: |
The Pros of Circuit Switching / 4.1.3: |
Packet-switched Voice Telephony / 4.2: |
Network and Applications are Separate in Packet-switched Networks / 4.2.1: |
Wireless Network Architecture for Transporting IP packets / 4.2.2: |
Benefits of Migrating Voice Telephony to IP / 4.2.3: |
Voice Telephony Evolution and Service Integration / 4.2.4: |
Voice Telephony over IP: the End of the Operator Monopoly / 4.2.5: |
SIP Telephony over Fixed and Wireless Networks / 4.3: |
SIP Registration / 4.3.1: |
Establishing a SIP Call Between Two SIP Subscribers / 4.3.2: |
Session Description / 4.3.3: |
The Real-time Transfer Protocol / 4.3.4: |
Establishing a SIP Call Between a SIP and a PSTN Subscriber / 4.3.5: |
Proprietary Components of a SIP System / 4.3.6: |
Network Address Translation and SIP / 4.3.7: |
Voice and Related Applications over IMS / 4.4: |
IMS Basic Architecture / 4.4.1: |
The P-CSCF / 4.4.2: |
The S-CSCF and Application Servers / 4.4.3: |
The I-CSCF and the HSS / 4.4.4: |
Media Resource Functions / 4.4.5: |
User Identities, Subscription Profiles and Filter Criteria / 4.4.6: |
IMS Registration Process / 4.4.7: |
IMS Session Establishment / 4.4.8: |
Voice Telephony Interworking with Circuit-switched Networks / 4.4.9: |
Push-to-talk, Presence and Instant Messaging / 4.4.10: |
Voice Call Continuity / 4.4.11: |
IMS with Wireless LAN Hotspots and Private Wi-Fi Networks / 4.4.12: |
IMS and TISPAN / 4.4.13: |
IMS on the Mobile Device / 4.4.14: |
Challenges for IMS Rollouts / 4.4.15: |
Opportunities for IMS Rollouts / 4.4.16: |
Voice over DSL and Cable with Femtocells / 4.5: |
Femtocells from the Network Operator's Point of View / 4.5.1: |
Femtocells from the User's Point of View / 4.5.2: |
Conclusion / 4.5.3: |
Unlicensed Mobile Access and Generic Access Network / 4.6: |
Technical Background / 4.6.1: |
Advantages, Disadvantages and Pricing Strategies / 4.6.2: |
Evolution of Mobile Devices and Operating Systems / 5: |
The ARM Architecture / 5.1: |
The x86 Architecture for Mobile Devices / 5.1.2: |
From Hardware to Software / 5.1.3: |
The ARM Architecture for Voice-optimized Devices / 5.2: |
The ARM Architecture for Multimedia Devices / 5.3: |
The x86 Architecture for Multimedia Devices / 5.4: |
Hardware Evolution / 5.5: |
Chipset / 5.5.1: |
Process Shrinking / 5.5.2: |
Displays and Batteries / 5.5.3: |
Other Additional Functionalities / 5.5.4: |
Multimode, Multifrequency Terminals / 5.6: |
Wireless Notebook Connectivity / 5.7: |
Impact of Hardware Evolution on Future Data Traffic / 5.8: |
The Impact of Hardware Evolution on Networks and Applications / 5.9: |
Mobile Operating Systems and APIs / 5.10: |
Java and BREW / 5.10.1: |
BREW / 5.10.2: |
Symbian/S60 / 5.10.3: |
Windows Mobile / 5.10.4: |
Linux: Maemo, Android and Others / 5.10.5: |
Fracturization / 5.10.6: |
Operating System Tasks / 5.10.7: |
Mobile Web 2.0, Applications and Owners / References: |
(Mobile) Web 1.0-How Everything Started / 6.1: |
Web 2.0 - Empowering the User / 6.3: |
Web 2.0 from the User's Point of View / 6.4: |
Blogs / 6.4.1: |
Media Sharing / 6.4.2: |
Podcasting / 6.4.3: |
Advanced Search / 6.4.4: |
User Recommendation / 6.4.5: |
Wikis-Collective Writing / 6.4.6: |
Social Networking Sites / 6.4.7: |
Web Applications / 6.4.8: |
Mashups / 6.4.9: |
Virtual Worlds / 6.4.10: |
Long-tail Economics / 6.4.11: |
The Ideas Behind Web 2.0 / 6.5: |
The Web as a Platform / 6.5.1: |
Harnessing Collective Intelligence / 6.5.2: |
Data is the Next Intel Inside / 6.5.3: |
End of the Software Release Cycle / 6.5.4: |
Lightweight Programming Models / 6.5.5: |
Software above the Level of a Single Device / 6.5.6: |
Rich User Experience / 6.5.7: |
Discovering the Fabrics of Web 2.0 / 6.6: |
Aggregation / 6.6.1: |
AJAX / 6.6.2: |
Tagging and Folksonomy / 6.6.3: |
Open Application Programming Interfaces / 6.6.4: |
Open Source / 6.6.5: |
Mobile Web 2.0 - Evolution and Revolution of Web 2.0 / 6.7: |
The Seven Principles of Web 2.0 in the Mobile World / 6.7.1: |
Advantages of Connected Mobile Devices / 6.7.2: |
Offline Web Applications / 6.7.3: |
The Mobile Web, 2D Barcodes and Image Recognition / 6.7.4: |
Walled Gardens, Mobile Web 2.0 and the Long Tail / 6.7.5: |
Web Page Adaptation for Mobile Devices / 6.7.6: |
(Mobile) Web 2.0 and Privacy / 6.8: |
On-page Cookies / 6.8.1: |
Inter-site Cookies / 6.8.2: |
Flash Shared Objects / 6.8.3: |
Site Information Sharing, Social Distribution / 6.8.4: |
Session Tracking / 6.8.5: |
Mobile Applications / 6.9: |
Web Browsing / 6.9.1: |
Audio / 6.9.2: |
Video and TV / 6.9.3: |
Voice and Video Telephony / 6.9.5: |
Widgets / 6.9.6: |
Social Media / 6.9.7: |
Microblogging / 6.9.8: |
Location / 6.9.9: |
Shopping / 6.9.10: |
Mobile Web Servers / 6.9.11: |
Index / 7: |
Preface |
Evolution from 2G over 3G to 4G / 1: |
First Half of the 1990s - Voice-centric Communication / 1.1: |
Between 1995 and 2000: the Rise of Mobility and the Internet / 1.2: |
Between 2000 and 2005: Dot Com Burst, Web 2.0, Mobile Internet / 1.3: |
From 2005 to today: Global Coverage, VoIP and Mobile Broadband / 1.4: |