July 2010
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
14h 19m
English
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24 Smart Phone and Next-Generation Mobile Computing
2.45 billion by 2009. Today, cell phones have become so popu-
lar around the world that in some places such as Singapore it has
reportedly replaced traditional landline Public Switched Telephone
Network (PSTN) telephones as the first choice of communication.
The U.S. mobile wireless market will hit $158.6 billion in 2005 and
$212.5 billion by 2008, according to a Telecommunications Industry
Association (TIA) study. Cellular networks and cell phones are by all
means a tremendous success. The evolution of cellular networks, ser-
vices, standards, and cell phones will reveal future directions in the
mobile wireless world.
2.1.1 The History of Cellular Systems
The first commercial cellular network system, ...