CHAPTER 6
Mobile TV Using 3G Technologies
There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.
Archibald McLeish
6.1 Introduction
It began with the 2.5G networks such as GPRS, EDGE, and cdmaOne in the late 1990s as a service for streaming of short clips. The operators had upgraded the networks from pure voice to being data capable. cdmaOne and GPRS users had “always-on” connectivity using packet-switched connections. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) was formalized and was intended to be the protocol of choice for accessing wireless applications over the air. However, in the initial period, at least, the data usage of the networks was limited. Internet access, though possible, had ...
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