Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Authorship by Chapter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Introduction to 802.11
- Part II 802.11 Quality of Service
- Part III 802.11 Security
- Part IV High Throughput 802.11
- Part V 802.11 Mesh Networks
- Part VI 802.11/Cellular Interworking
- Part VII Coexistence
- Part VIII 802.11 Network and Radio Resource Management
- Part IX 802.11 Range
- Part X 802.11 Hardware Design
- Part XI Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Part XII Wi-Fi Applications
- Part XIII Ultra WideBand (UWB)
- Part XIV Public Wireless Broadband
- Chapter 36 Wireless Cities
- Chapter 37 The Path to 4G and the Mobilization of the Internet
- Chapter 38 All Internet is Local: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves the U.S. Broadband Problem
- Epilogue
- Index
Chapter 36 - Wireless Cities
from Part XIV - Public Wireless Broadband
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Authorship by Chapter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Introduction to 802.11
- Part II 802.11 Quality of Service
- Part III 802.11 Security
- Part IV High Throughput 802.11
- Part V 802.11 Mesh Networks
- Part VI 802.11/Cellular Interworking
- Part VII Coexistence
- Part VIII 802.11 Network and Radio Resource Management
- Part IX 802.11 Range
- Part X 802.11 Hardware Design
- Part XI Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Part XII Wi-Fi Applications
- Part XIII Ultra WideBand (UWB)
- Part XIV Public Wireless Broadband
- Chapter 36 Wireless Cities
- Chapter 37 The Path to 4G and the Mobilization of the Internet
- Chapter 38 All Internet is Local: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves the U.S. Broadband Problem
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
Foreword: A World Without Wires
Contributed by Steve Andrews, BT Group's Chief of Mobility and Convergence
Wireless working is mainstream. Whether on the go, at home at work or in the local coffee shop, it is increasingly possible to get the information we require, whenever we want it on the device we want it on. It is clear then that this is no longer a technology of the future. Wireless technology is radically changing the way local authorities, individuals and businesses work, talk and play. And it is doing so right now.
Simply put, there is a huge benefit for councils who understand the evolution to a wireless world, helping them to fulfil their vision of creating an e-enabled town or city. We have already seen it start happening in the U.S. and other parts of the world and the UK is now well underway. From Philadelphia to Westminster, municipal wireless networks are springing up in cities across the globe; ambitious but realistic projects which help council workers, communities and local businesses alike to mobilise and reap the benefits that wireless broadband networks can bring.
According to Gartner, Wi-Fi is accessible on 80% of professional PCs, as well as being in homes across the country, where people are increasingly getting comfortable with the wireless world. Wireless communications have taken a foothold throughout Europe and IDC research shows that two thirds of the European working population is equipped with mobile devices and predicts that during 2007 there will be 99.3 million mobile-enabled workers in Europe.
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- Emerging Technologies in Wireless LANsTheory, Design, and Deployment, pp. 789 - 804Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007