Communications after Two Thousand AD

By: D.E.N. Davies, C. Hilsum, A.W. Rudge

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Hardcover | 1 December 2009

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The Royal Society has initiated a series of meetings to discuss the effect advances in technology will have on our way of life in the next century. The two previous meetings have been concerned with housing and waste treat ment. The subject of the third meeting, communications, is no less critical to life, but it offers particular problems and uncertainties, especially in the forecasting of future trends. Indeed, some have doubted if there can be profitable debate on long-term development in such a fast-moving field. The importance of the topic justifies an attempt, and the reader will judge whether the authors have met the challenge. Communications today bears little resemblance to that of the 1970s. Then we knew about satellites and optical fibres, and we had seen lasers and silicon chips, but most of us could never imagine the potential of the new technologies within our grasp. We had also not assessed the thirst of the popUlation for more and better ways of talking and writing to each other. It was the combination of market need and technical capability that created the com munications revolution.

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Electronics & Communications Engineering Communications Engineering & Telecommunications Energy Technology & Engineering Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering Science Physics Classical Mathematics Wave Mechanics including Vibration & Acoustics Industry & Industrial Studies

Media, Entertainment, Information & Communication Industries Business & Management Management & Management Techniques

Contributors
Preface
Global strategies	p. 1
The American scene	p. 9
Future technological developments and their impact	p. 19
The Japanese scene	p. 31
From telephony to information networking - renovating the telecommunications infrastructure	p. 45
Social implications	p. 57
The impact of networks on financial services: the reality of electronic banking	p. 77
Impact of regulations on communications	p. 93
Communications strategy - the impact of market forces, regulation and technology	p. 103
Architecture, technology and applications	p. 117
Mobile communications in the 21st century	p. 135
Broadcasting after AD2000	p. 149
Optical switching	p. 177
Broadband fibre	p. 201
Why software engineering at a communications meeting?	p. 215
Improving communications at the desktop	p. 225
Index	p. 245
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