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Wireless Communications: The Future by William Webb

From a John Wiley and Sons Ltd. press release (via AlphaGalileo, 18 January 2007):

Publication type: Book (Hardback)
Publication Date: 13 February 2007
Online Publication Date: 9 January 2007
ISBN 978-0-470-03312-8
Online ISBN-10: 0470065125
Number of pages: 253
Price: £ 45.00
Review copy available: jlampam@wiley.co.uk

"Predicting the future is an essential element of most businesses - without a view of what's likely to happen it's difficult to make intelligent investment decisions. In Wireless Communicatons: The Future, a personal prediction by William Webb of Ofcom, he helps us to envisage what the communications future holds for us.

"With a track record of successful predictions, Webb provides a solid, clear and well-argued basis on which to make the predictions of how the wireless industry will evolve. Supported by contributions from eminent wireless experts, he discusses how the next 20 years will see a very substantial, but steady change in the way we live.

"Webb points out that little new technology is needed to make us rely heavily on a single device that will manage all our professional and personal communications needs. This evolution will be based on massively enhanced services, turning the mobile phone into an organiser, entertainment device, payment device, security centre and much more.

"To make this happen Webb predicts that one of the greatest changes is that broadcasting and communications will become a seamless network so that any content is available through any channel at any time. He also highlights the areas which will witness significant growth while predicting areas which won't be so successful in the future.

"Ten years ago the mobile phone was purely used for making calls. Today it is a camera, music player, organiser and texting device as well as phone. This is only the start of an evolution over the next twenty years that will turn it into our trusted and indispensable companion in life.

About the Author

"Professor William Webb is Ofcom's Head of Research and Development and Senior Technologist where he manages a team providing technical advice and performing research across all areas of its regulatory remit. Previously Webb worked for a range of communications consultancies in the UK in the fields of hardware design, computer simulation, propagations modelling, spectrum management and strategy development. He also spent three years providing strategic management across Motorola's entire communications portfolio. He is visiting professor at Surrey University and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a member of the Board of Trustees and Fellow of the IET and Senior Member of the IEEE. In addition, he sits on the judging panel of the Wall Street Journal's 'Annual Innovation Awards.' "
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NOTE: Online access to this book is provided by Wiley InterScience: "Full text chapters in PDF format are available to customers who have a license through their institutions or use the Pay-Per-View service."

Front Matter (p i-xx) - PDF: 828K
Chapter 1: Predicting the Future is a Necessary Part of Business (p 1-2)Summary - PDF: 128K
Chapter 2: Previous Predictions have been Accurate (p 3-9) - PDF: 174K
Chapter 3: How to put Together a Forecast (p 11-12) - PDF: 131K
Chapter 4: The Current Position (p 13-48) - PDF: 9724K
Chapter 5: End User Demand (p 49-57) - PDF: 337K
Chapter 6: Technology Progress (p 59-86) - PDF: 11502K
Chapter 7: Major World Events (p 87-90) - PDF: 144K
Chapter 8: Future Military Wireless Solutions (p 91-116) [ with Paul S. Cannon and Clive R. Harding] - PDF: 12344K
Chapter 9: From the Few to the Many: Macro to Micro (p 117-132) [with Peter Cochrane] - PDF: 39930K
Chapter 10: The Role of Ad-hoc Technology in the Broadband Wireless Networks of the Future (p 133-154) [with Gary Grube and Hamid Ahmadi] - PDF Size: 10065K
Chapter 11: Interference and Our Wireless Future (p 155-166) [with Dennis A. Roberson] - PDF: 7344K
Chapter 12: Three Ages of Future Wireless Communications (p 167-184) [with Simon Saunders] - PDF: 721K
Chapter 13: Mobile Cellular Radio Technology Disruption (p 185-212) [with Stephen Temple] - PDF: 43714K
Chapter 14: Assimilating the Key Factors (p 213-222) - PDF: 185K
Chapter 15: The Future Roadmap (p 223-244) - PDF: 271K
List of Acronyms (p 245-248) - PDF: 132K
Index (p 249-253) - PDF: 144K