Globalization of Mobile and Wireless Communications

Preface. Acknowledgements. About the Editors. Abbreviations. 1 Introduction to Globalization of Mobile and Wireless Communications: Today and in 2020; Sudhir Dixit, Tero Ojanpera, Richard van Nee, and Ramjee Prasad. 2 Role of Network Operators and Manufacturers in Building a Globalized World; Sofoklis Kyriazakos. 3 Globalization of Mobile and Wireless Communications: Bridging the Digital Divide; Marco Moretti. 4 Globalisation of Wireless and Mobile Networks; the Impact to Africa; Stanley Mneney. 5 Globalisation Of Mobile And Wireless Communications: Today And In 2020: Emerging Global Business Models 2020; Peter Lindgren, Yariv Taran, and Kristin Falck Saughaug. 6 Access Security and Personal Privacy in Public Cellular Communication Systems: The Past, the Present and Beyond 2020; Geir M. Koien and Vladimir A. Oleshchuk. 7 Security and Privacy Challenges in Globalized Wireless Communications; Hanane Fathi. 8 802.11n: The Global Wireless LAN Standard; Richard van Nee. 9 Vision on Radio Resource Management (RRM) and Quality of Service (QoS) for Wireless Communication Systems in Year 2020; Ljupco Jorguseski. 10 On Designing Future Communication Systems: Some Clean-Slate Perspectives; Petar Popovski. 11 Long-Term Development of Air Interfaces: Is It CDMA or OFDM? Ernestina Cianca. 12 Flexible and Dynamic Use of Spectrum: the Cognitive Radio Approach; Enrico Del Re, Gherardo Gorni, Luca Simone Ronga, Rosalba Suffritti. 13 Future Perspectives for Cognitive Radio; Marchetti and Rahman. 14 Multi-users Participation in Bidding Process in a Congested Cellular Network; K. Sridhara, P.S.M Tripathi, Ambuj Kumar, Ashok Chandra, Ramjee Prasad. 15 Wavelet Radio: A Future Vision for Wireless Communications; Homayoun Nikookar. 16 Cooperative Localization in a Hybrid WiMax/WiFi System: A Future-Proof Framework; Francescantonio Della Rosa, Simone Frattasi and Joo Figueiras. 17 Perspectives on Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks; Mary Ann Ingram, Lakshmi Thanayankizil, Jin Woo Jung and Aravind Kailas. 18 Coherent Transmission: A Technique to Stop Global Warming and Climate Change; Shinsuke Hara. 19 Novel Services and Applications Demand Intelligent Software; Rasmus Olsen. 20 Let's Assume the System is Synchronized; Fred Harris. Author Index. Subject Index.