July 2010
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
14h 19m
English
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260 Smart Phone and Next-Generation Mobile Computing
5.3 Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Wireless is everywhere. A large array of wireless technologies is being
used in our everyday life, not to mention those used in indus-
try, military, government agencies and organization, and scientific
research; consequently, there are many types of communication
networks, each comprised of intelligent mobile devices and fixed net-
work infrastructures. In this broad domain, convergence is bound to
happen in many aspects. Below is a list of issues that have been exten-
sively explored by researchers from both academia and the wireless
industry:
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Integration of cellular networks and wireless LAN hotspots
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Integration of wireless LAN and Bluetooth
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Integration ...