Professor Nigel Linge Computer Networking and Telecommunications Research Group University of Salford

What do you use yours for? Texting your friends – and talking to them! Accessing the Internet Sending and receiving Taking part in competitions Receiving news updates Downloading ring tones The diary function to plan your busy life Taking pictures using the built-in camera Listening to music (MP3) Playing games As an alternative to cash for purchasing things As a fashion item Recording you and your friends having fun Watching television

Let’s have a look at something familiar. Telecommunication indicators for 2007 There are now more mobile phones than people in the UK.

The challenges of going mobile... Mobile phones need to move and so communication must be wireless. Mobile phones are mobile and that means we need to be able to find out where each one is currently located. Mobile phones are portable and that means they need to be battery powered. Mobile phones must not interfere with one another and that requires different frequencies. Mobile phones need to communicate with non-mobile phones and that requires them to be compatible with other services.

The Mobile Telephone – where did it come from?

The evolution of your mobile s 1985 Cellnet Analogue Network for voice 1990s GSM in UK Digital Network for voice Late 1990s GPRS Digital Network for voice and data services 2000s High capacity digital network 1 st Generation 2 nd Generation 2.5 Generation 3 rd Generation

Your mobile tells us who you are... SIM card Your details

Location based services... Tracking - Emergency services - Crime detection/prevention - Parents Local information - Directions - Nearest pizza place - Cinemas Marketing - Special offers for where you are Friends - Where are they?

The telephone is for talking.. BUT.... On 1 st January 2007, 214 million text messages were sent by mobiles within the UK alone! That’s 9 million per hour or 3 for every person living in the UK. In 2008 we are sending 1.4 billion text messages every week – that will be almost 73 billion for the year! The mobile has changed the way we communicate – a new form of language has been created. So, how good are you at texting? How r u?How are you?

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Mobile television...

Access to information... Telephone calls Images Television Radio Music Text messages The Web In the last 40 years mankind has produced more information than in the previous 5,000 The world wide web is estimated at 30 billion pages Assume you browse one page per minute How much of the web could you read in a year? About 0.002% of the total!

Wearing your technology... Bluetooth earpieces...

Let’s have a look at your mobile phone.... The principles of radio signal propagation (2.5GHz). The development of materials that will produce the next generation of electronic devices and flexible circuit boards. An understanding of electronic circuits. Modern electronic circuits are all designed using software and their operation is controlled by software. The design and development of the user interface – menus, graphics, keyboard functions. Making calls, sending text messages are all controlled by communication protocols. Physics Computing and ICT Mathematics Mathematics underpins all science and engineering. Mathematical models are used by all telecommunications companies to design their wireless networks. Mathematics also makes security and encryption possible.

The future mobile phone... The mobile phone has evolved into a mobile computer !