Wireless Internet Crash Course

257 Pages·2001·4.83 MB·English

by  Roman Kikta, Al Fisher, Michael Courtney

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WIRELESS INTERNET
CRASH COURSE
ROMAN KIKTA
AL FISHER
MICHAEL P. COURTNEY
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To my wife, Jennifer, an ardent Internet and wireless user—
for all your love and support.
To my 16-month-old daughter, Katherine Grace, who’s
already fascinated by handheld devices and will grow up know-
ing only a “wireless world.”
To my parents, who don’t understand the technology but
nonetheless are captivated by it all—for your encouragement.
Roman
Dedicated to my loving wife, Peggy, and all our children
David, Patrick, Amy, and Zachary. Their love, support and
understanding made this book possible for without it, I could
not have persevered the long nights and weekends of writing
instead of spending time with the family.
In memory of my late Mother and Father who taught me to
set goals and strive to achieve them; and above all else, to hold
an education in the highest esteem. They instilled in me that
you could always learn something new.
Al
Dedicated to my parents, Earl and Colette Courtney, who, in
addition to teaching me the value of hard work, have
helped me to see that not everyone is an early adopter, and have
served (albeit unknowingly) as my faithful indicator of when a
particular technology was finally ready for the non-technical
mainstream. Through their cautious but curious approach in
adopting digital technologies, I am constantly reminded of the
need for day-to-day functionality, ease of use, and above all,
value for money.
Mike
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CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Preface xii
Acknowledgments xxii
ONE: HISTORY OF MODERN COMMUNICATIONS 1
First Voice Communications 2
Cellular, True Mobility for the Masses 5
Computing Power in Mobile Communications 6
The Internet, A New Idea 7
What About the Wireless Internet? 11
Wireless Communications Devices 13
Trends in Next-Generation Mobile Communications 17
The Move to 2G Cellular 19
Onward to 2.5G and 3G 20
Terminal Technologies 24
Infrastructure Challenges 25
Circuit-switched vs. All-IP 25
Service Provisioning 27
Network Switch Requirements 28
TWO: DRIVING TECHNOLOGIES:
COMPETING AND COMPLEMENTARY 35
Cellular and PCS-based Technologies 36
Cellular Data Modem Technologies 37
CDPD Modems 38
Traffic Channel Modems 41
Short Message Service (SMS) 42
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) 45
Application Programming Languages and Protocols 47
A Word About Mark-up Languages 47
Common Ground—XHTML 50
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 51
i-Mode (Compact HTML or c-HTML) 55
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J2ME 58
Symbian 60
WinCE 61
PDA and Pocket PC Technologies 62
RIM and Blackberry 62
Palm 63
Handspring 63
HP 64
Compaq 64
Proprietary Networks 64
Ardis (DataTAC) 64
Ricochet 64
Mobitex or RAM Mobile Data 65
OmniSky 66
Wireless LANs and Personal Area Networks 66
Bluetooth 67
IEEE 802.11 68
HiperLAN and HiperLAN2 71
Home RF 75
Infrastructure Protocols and Applications 76
H.323 76
MGCP/Megaco 77
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) 78
THREE: THE WIRELESS INTERNET MARKET 81
Internet and Broadband 81
Wireless Subscribers and Internet Growth 85
Computer Sales 89
Voice Interaction: Linking the Web by Voice 93
Market Case Studies 95
European and Japanese Envy 95
European Experience 96
Finland: The Land of the Midnight Sun, Reindeer,
and Mobile Phones 97
Made in Japan: The Land of the Rising Wireless Internet 98
The New Generation of Customers 103
Teenagers Drive Wireless Internet Growth 103
Wireless Business Enterprise 104
In a Nut Shell… 105
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FOUR: WIRELESS INTERNET APPLICATIONS,
SERVICES, AND ACCESS-ENABLED SOLUTIONS 107
Access versus Applications 108
Application and Service Categories 110
Mobility Value 110
Adding Vision to Voice 111
Emerging Devices 112
Mobile Portals 115
Messaging—The First Wireless Internet Application 117
Personalization 119
Content Delivery 120
Personalized Communications 121
Mobile Electronic Mail 121
Instant Messaging 122
Electronic Calendar 125
Mobile Electronic Wallet 126
Identification or Security Access 126
Electronic Photo Album 126
News and Information 128
Entertainment and Lifestyle 130
Location-Based Services 138
Access and Connectivity-Enabled Solutions 140
Manufacturing 144
Telemedicine 145
Distance Learning 147
Security Video Monitoring 151
FIVE: BILLING AND SECURITY ISSUES 153
Metcalfe’s Law in Reverse 155
Who Can I Connect With? 156
Universal Messaging—Have It Your Way 157
OK, Now Who’s Going to Pay for All This? 159
Enter the Cash Register 160
M-Commerce—Security Pays Off 162
Security and Privacy 163
Data Collection 164
Data Storage 165
Data Analysis and Profiling 165
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Personalization Goes Both Ways 166
Freedom of Expression 167
Protecting Content 168
Digital Rights Management 168
A Final Word 171
SIX: COMMUNICATION PAST AND FUTURE 173
Service Providers of the Future 174
MVNOs—Splitting the System into Transport and Marketing 175
Services Complement Voice 178
4G Systems—Stay Tuned for 3D! 180
Context-Sensitive and User-Aware 180
Economic Power 188
WLANs and Bluetooth—The New Access Points 188
Bluetooth—Shorter Range but Lower Power Consumption 190
Cellular Threat or Benefit? 190
Changing the Role of Wireless Operators 191
Digital Divide—How Wireless Can Change the World 192
Wireless Bridges the Divide 194
Wireless Internet—This Time It’s Personal! 195
Life Turns Digital 195
Technology Improves Social Interaction 196
Multimedia Messaging 196
Wireless Efficiency 197
It’s All About Emotion 197
No, I Don’t Want to See What You Did Last Summer 198
Eroding Emotion 198
Speed Influences the Volume of Communication 199
Real Time Adds Value 199
The Future of Wireless Internet is Certain—To Change! 200
Will the Wireless Internet Survive? 200
Brandwidth over Bandwidth 201
APPENDIX A 203
APPENDIX B 205
Glossary 213
Index 225
FOREWORD
Many people worldwide experience Internet connectivity
on their computers at work, enjoying a high-speed, seam-
less connection through corporate networking. However, less
than 10–15% of these same people enjoy a broadband connec-
tion for personal Internet access at home; the number of
broadband mobile users is significantly less than that at this
point. Many of these individuals who delight in high-speed
access at work are disappointed with their home experience
and highly disappointed with their mobile access experience.
This results in a limitation of personal use or SOHO work
objectives. Today, the primary options available to fixed broad-
band customers are cable, DSL, satellite, or point-to-point and
point-to-multipoint wireless. These are good technologies but
insufficient to address all global broadband needs due to range,
flexibility, or physical connection requirements. In many cases,
there is a virtual monopoly of these existing broadband solu-
tions that makes them expensive and potentially unattractive to
the end user. Mobile users have even fewer choices for broad-
band access but the marketplace is changing. Competition and
market penetration require new technology for wireless mobile
and fixed broadband access systems. This is the dawn of the
Wireless Internet. The team here at Navini Networks believes
that narrowband, slow-speed connections will be things of the
past in a few years and that wireless solutions must be a sig-
nificant part of that change.
The world of wired telecommunications has developed for
well over 100 years and continues to advance daily at an aston-
ishing pace. At the same time user behavior is also evolving and
untethered access is considered an increasingly important
requirement. Although wireless telecommunications has exist-
ed for the last 30–50 years, it only became popular with the
advent of mobile cellular communications in the last 15 years.
Today, the majority of voice calls are divided between cordless
phones and cellular phones, skipping the basic wired phones of
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