Introduction to Mobile Video, How to Send Live TV and Streaming Video to 2G and 3G Multimedia Telephones Review

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(More customer reviews)If you need to get up to speed quickly or just a quick reference for a new technology, this is a good solution; it is written by people, who know their field, in clear concise language (no upper level math degree's needed). Making good use if diagrams and well worded descriptions the book will fill in the mystery behind how video gets to your phone. This is not a replacement for a text book for system designers, but is an excellent resource for persons needing a quick but thorough understanding of cellular video.

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Introduction to Mobile Video explains how to send video and television to mobile telephones on 2nd and 3rd generation wireless systems. You will learn about the key available video transmission options. These include sending telephone and video signals on the same mobile radio channel, using dual frequency mobiles to allow access to mobile telephone systems and land based television transmission systems (such as DVB-H) and dual mode mobile to allow access to mobile telephone and satellite based television systems.Described are the key mobile video applications including sending video clips, live TV, video messaging, and multi party gaming. The fundamentals of sending mobile video including circuit switched video, packet video, video and audio compression, audio quality, video quality, multiplexing voice and video services, and channel setup and control is provided.Explained are the core technologies that are used for mobile video including video compression, audio compression, multimedia transmission, and media players that can be used for small portable electronics devices. Discover the different types of media formats that can be used by mobile devices and the types of operating systems and media players they can use. You will learn about how to overcome the challenges of limited processing power and the battery life in mobile devices and how to provide a good viewing experience while saving battery life. An introduction to security and digital rights management is provided. You will learn about the basic requirements for licensing content and how content aggregators receive and reformat media for distribution in mobile systems. Some of the most important topics featured are: Different Ways to Send Mobile Video Key Mobile Video Applications such as Live TV Types of Multimedia Telephones Mobile Video and Audio Compression Mobile Video Player Software Mobile Operating Systems How to send Live TV to Mobile Telephones Protocols that are Used in Mobile Video Mobile Video Security and DRM

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WAP Servlets: Developing Dynamic Web Content With Java and WML (With CD-ROM) Review

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(More customer reviews)The author makes a good attempt at describing how Java Servlets could be used for a WAP application. Though the intention of the author is good, the examples are made unecessarily complicated to demostrate simple concepts that could confuse a beginner. The Servlet version used in this book is rather outdated (v2.1) and the discussion on WAP and WML is just enough to explain the examples specifically developed for this book. There is also a big chapter in this book explaining the outdated servlet 2.1 api.
Given the high cost of this book, the readers are better off buying a book on WAP and a book on Servlets separately. (Most of the books on Servlets discuss how to use XML with servlets.)

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Next Generation Mobile Communications Ecosystem: Technology Management for Mobile Communications Review

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(More customer reviews)This book covers the very current and the upcoming future mobile communication technologies, incorporating the fundamental aspects of these technologies for understanding of technical intricacies as well as their industrial implementation. The book carefully explains the scientific aspects, coupled with an in depth look into technical management of the implementation of these technologies as complete end to end networks. Thus the author presents the complete mobile communication network system, from end user to the core, of various current & future technologies with a key focus on technically managing the network system, managing current technologies, technical strategy planning and road mapping.
As part of the present day ever-evolving mobile communication industry, I have found the book highly relevant and useful especially in understanding the overall technical management of new technology communication systems and how important it is, but is often neglected by industry professionals. The author explains how important effective integration of technology management into the communication network is, for a successful mobile communication business.
This book will also prove a good reference for academia as it clearly and completely layouts the mobile communication network systems, easy to comprehend for students who have not yet entered into the industry.


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Taking an in-depth look at the mobile communications ecosystem, this book covers the two key components, i.e., Network and End-User Devices, in detail. Within the network, the sub components of radio access network, transmission network, core networks, services and OSS are discussed; component level discussion also features antenna diversity and interference cancellation techniques for smart wireless devices.

The role of various standard development organizations and industry forums is highlighted throughout. The ecosystem is strengthened with the addition of the Technology Management (TM) component dealing mostly with the non-technical aspects of the underlying mobile communications industry. Various aspects of TM including technology development, innovation management, knowledge management and more are also presented.

Focuses on OFDM-based radio technologies such as LTE & WiMAX as well as MBWA (Mobile Broadband Wireless Access)
Provides a vital addition to the momentum of EVDO and its migration towards LTE
Emphasis on radio, core, operation, architectural and performance aspects of two next generation technologies - EPS and WiMAX
Includes discussion of backhaul technologies and alternatives as well as issues faced by operators switching to 3G and Next Generation Mobile Networks
Cutting-edge research on emerging Gigabit Ethernet Microwave Radios and Carrier Ethernet transport technologies

Next Generation Mobile Communications Ecosystem serves as a practical reference for telecom associated academia and industry to understanding mobile communications in a holistic manner, as well as assisting in preparing graduate students and fresh graduates for the marketplace by providing them with information not only on state-of-the-art technologies and standards but also on TM. By effectively focusing on the key domains of TM this book will further assist companies with improving their competitiveness in the long run. Importantly, it will provide students, engineers, researchers, technology managers and executives with extensive details on various emerging mobile wireless standards and technologies.

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i-mode Crash Course Review

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(More customer reviews)An excellent 'crash course' in i-mode. After taking Japan by storm, i-mode no doubt is the coming mobile technology in the US. This book is a well-organized walk through that technology from fundamentals through the future outlook.

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i-mode is NYY SoCoMo's mobile Internet access system. It allows users to access email, weather, stock prices, message friends and buy airline tickets from their cellular phones. This book follows the Crash Course series format, provides everything a service provider needs to know to gauge the effect of i-mode on his or her business. It covers technology basics, business context and has a detailed analysis of the ley markets involved.

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Learning WML, and WMLScript: Programming the Wireless Web Review

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(More customer reviews)I thought this book was great. It struck the right balance between being a comprehensive primer on the topic, having enough detail if you decide you need it and not going into too much detail about stuff that is dealt with elsewhere - like CGI programming or generating pages from languages like Perl. If you want that then buy Leraning Perl or CGI programming on the World Wide Web.

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The next generation of mobile communicators is here, and deliveringcontent to them will mean programming in WML (Wireless Markup Language)and WMLScript, the languages of the Wireless Application Environment(WAE). The WAE allows information in almost all applications to beformatted for display on mobile devices, such as cell phones, andenables the user to interact with the information.

Why learn yet another technology? According to some estimates, 75percent of web document viewing by the year 2002 will be throughnon-desktop devices, many using wireless technologies. Clearly, the futureis wireless. For web developers who want to get up to speed quickly inthese languages, Learning WML & WMLScript maps out in detail theWAE and its two major components, WML and WMLScript.

Fortunately, the WAE provides a World Wide Web-like model for writingapplications, incorporating several key features of the Web to ease thetransition for developers. Almost all wireless applications can bewritten with WML, which replaces HTML in the wireless environment, andWMLScript, which replaces JavaScript. With this book, web developerswith some knowledge of programming and C, Java, or JavaScript syntax caneasily master both languages.

Chapter by chapter, Learning WML & WMLScript takes readersthrough the following WML topics:

Decks, templates and cards
User Interaction
Variables and contexts
Tasks, events, and timers
Text and text formatting

WMLScript topics include:

Data types, conversions and variables
Operators and expressions
Statements
Functions
Standard libraries

Learning WML & WMLScript is the resource of choice forapplication developers who want to upgrade their skills and their sitesso they won't be left plugged in during the wireless revolution.

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