Mobile Evolution Insights on Connectivity and Service

This book presents insights, interpretations, concepts, and interdependent views—in the landscape of mobile connectivity and service—that emphasize the significance of a harmonious interplay, cooperation, and coalescing of a variety of interdisciplinary domains of science and art.Mobile Evolution: Insights on Connectivity and Service explores the forward-looking and enabling capabilities of mobile connectivity and service in the context of long term evolution (LTE) systems and multimedia services, as viewed through a lens of human experience. It provides information and guidelines pertaining to the strategies and technologies associated with the next-generation mobile ecosystem.The book examines the intersection between the technology and the human dimension in the context of the ever-changing landscape. It arms you with ideas that you can apply to design, innovation, strategy, and business models for the various facets of mobile communication connectivity and service.

Genesis of Personal CommunicationsNature of CommunicationsSociological PerspectivesAdvent of Mobile Communications, Standardization, and InnovationAmorphous ConvergenceElements of StandardizationUniversalityArchitectural RoleKnowledge ProcessingLeadershipConnectivityMoments and MemoriesMetamorphosis: Voice to DataTransport Entities Pathways Symphony of Choice Behind the ScenesWireless Framework What Is the Heritage? Motivating Factors Conceptual Underpinnings Nature of LTE Radio Access OFDM CP Organization of radio-interface resources Modulation Subcarrier Modulation Differential Modulation Coherent Modulation Spatial Diversity Error Correction Time and Frequency Interleaving HARQ SFNs Convergent Directions LTE-Advanced CA CoMP Access Broadcast Access Heterogeneous Access and Handover Relay SDRDecentralization and Shift toward All-IP Systems Assorted Mobile Broadband Connectivity: Ubiquity of IP Assorted Coverage Footprints Hybrid AccessIdeas and Concepts in Connectivity PatternsCoordination in ConnectivityArchitectural Framework HorizonsEmbodiment of Paradigm Shifts Connectivity for Service Mobility: EPS EPS Framework Characteristics Radio Resource Management Quality and Policy Coordination Mobility and Handover Management Quality of Experience Interdependence in the Communication Landscape Self-Organization, Distribution, and Interdependence Performance Enhancements through Traffic OffloadStrategic ConsiderationsVirtualization PerspectivesAutonomic Perspectives: Nature’s ThemeServiceShifting HorizonsData Ubiquity Information Archetypes Subjective RealmContextual Awareness Interdependence Ambient IntelligencePersonalizationSocial TiesExperiential PlanePervasivenessArchitectural Views Service-Oriented Architecture Service Paradigm Framework of Enablers Web Service Convergence OSE Framework API FrameworkInternet of ThingsVirtualization and Cloud ComputingPathways to Well-BeingInterdependence: Renaissance of Multifaceted ConvergenceNature of Communications Xanadu Broadband Café Human FactorsEssence of Connectivity Next Elemental Shift ImpactEssence of Service Horizons Enablement Ties AmbienceTransformation Symphony Aesthetics Resonance ImaginationIndex

Sebastian Thalanany advises organizations on the adoption of forward-looking and interoperable capabilities in the evolution of the mobile communications ecosystem. He advocates and influences the direction of ideas, consensus, and the progression of global standardization initiatives, in the development of emerging mobile Internet and LTE-Advanced specifications.Mr. Thalanany has chaired mobile technology evolution specification working groups, and is engaged in leadership, guidance, strategy formulation, and advisory roles, under the auspices of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) standards organizations. He has been an invited speaker at Informa conferences, on a variety of topics in the emerging mobile ecosystem. His experience spans interdependent, interdisciplinary, innovative, and experiential aspects of services, along with an evolutionary landscape of the mobile ecosystem.Sebastian is an executive scholar in leadership and strategy from the Kellogg School of Management. He is a senior member with IEEE, and has an MS in electrical and computer engineering from Oklahoma State University. He is currently with U.S. Cellular, Chicago, USA.