
CHAPTER 2
Cellular Telephony: Wireless
Roaming Pioneers
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Future of Computing
2.3 Basic Concepts
2.4 Early History of Radio Telephony
2.5 The Digital Revolution
2.6 Soft versus Hard Handoffs in Various Cellular Technologies
2.7 The Quest for Convergence
2.8 Summary
References
2.1 Introduction
This chapter provides some details on the background and history of mobile computing. Given
the breath of this topic, we have had to be highly selective in our choice of the material that
could be included in this book. We have listed a large number of references so that the
interested reader can explore these topics further.
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