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1 Mobile Services Cellular networks Spectrum The structure of the industry Second & third generation networks Handhelds M-Commerce
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2 Pre-cellular Mobile Service
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4 Cellular’s Additional Capacity
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5 Spectrum What is it? Wavelength Allocation –Licensed –Unlicensed Harmonization
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6 Connections Between Mobile & Landline Networks
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7 2nd Generation Wireless Services
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8 SS7 & Registers - Tracking Users
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9 Third Generation Cellular WCDMA –GSM & TDMA –Evolution via: GPRS (General Packet radio services) EDGE (Enhanced data rates for GSM) HSDPA (High speed uplink packet access) CDMA2000 –1x –1xEV-DO –Rev A
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10 U.S. Carriers GSM evolving to WCDMA –Cingular Wireless –T-Mobile CDMA2000 1X & EV- DO –Verizon Wireless –Sprint Nextel iDEN Trialing WiMAX
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11 Third generation network architecture - 3GPP for WCDMA
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12 Nextel’s Nationwide Push-to-talk Service
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13 What Issues are Carriers Facing? $$$ Roaming Capacity Billing New Applications
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14 What do Customers Want? Voice –Quality –Pricing –Coverage Features Data Video
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15 Third Generation Economics New Handsets Denser base station coverage $$$ for licenses Will companies pay for high-speed data? Will consumers?
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16 Figure 8.6 Kodiak push-to-talk between cellular networks. Figure courtesy of Kodiak Networks.
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17 Handhelds Triple mode –WCDMA –GSM –GPRS Multi-band –800 megahertz (MHz) –1.8 gigahertz (GHz)
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18 Handheld Capabilities Ring tones Cameras Video & games Battery life Differentiators Subsidies
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19 Advanced Applications & M- commerce Pay by phone Multi-media Internet access Remote Access to Enterprise applications Challenges –Spam –Security
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20 Mobile Services Summary The Significance of cellular service Differences between 2nd & 3rd Generation Service Impact of governments’ spectrum policies Handhelds & user experiences
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