Fixed/Mobile Convergence and Beyond: Unbounded Mobile Communications

Cover Page......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Foreword......Page 3
Why Is It Important?......Page 5
How to Best Use the Information?......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Communication Knits Societies Together......Page 10
The Business Value of Mobility......Page 12
Unbounded Mobile Communication Concepts......Page 13
UMC: What Is Needed?......Page 14
Are the Technologies Ready?......Page 16
Cellular Phone History......Page 17
Wireless LAN History......Page 18
VoIP and iPBX History......Page 19
The Intersection of the Right Technologies......Page 20
What UMC Market Forces Are at Work?......Page 21
Convergence in the Market......Page 22
Mobile Communications: State of the Technology......Page 25
Wide Area Wireless......Page 27
GSM Overview......Page 28
CDMA Overview......Page 30
Cellular Service Deficiencies, Challenges, and Opportunities......Page 31
Wireless LANs......Page 32
Clarifying Popular UMC Product Terms......Page 34
FMC Definitions......Page 35
FMC: Find Me/Follow Me......Page 36
FMC: Manual Handoff......Page 37
FMC: Enterprise Seamless Handoff......Page 38
UMA Architecture......Page 39
Are Customers and Vendors Ready for UMC?......Page 40
Dual-Mode Handset Growth......Page 41
The Market Is Ready for UMC......Page 43
What Problem Does UMC Solve?......Page 44
Consumer Mobility Requirements......Page 45
Enterprise Mobility Requirements......Page 46
Network Agnostic......Page 48
UMC Handover Logic......Page 49
UMC Alternatives......Page 53
The Mobile Enterprise......Page 54
UMC: An Overview of Technology Requirements and Considerations......Page 55
Mobile Handset Requirement......Page 56
OS Considerations......Page 57
Carrier-Independent Considerations......Page 58
WiFi Considerations......Page 59
Battery Life Considerations......Page 60
Form-Factor Considerations......Page 61
Wireless LAN (WLAN) Requirement......Page 62
WLAN/Ethernet Topology Integration Considerations......Page 64
Standards and Regulatory Considerations......Page 65
Wide Area Wireless Considerations......Page 66
VoIP Requirement......Page 68
Hotspot and Hotzone Support......Page 70
Network Security Considerations......Page 71
Configuration Management Considerations......Page 73
Directory Access Management Considerations......Page 74
Cost Management Considerations......Page 75
Support Considerations......Page 76
Market Drivers for Mobile Communications......Page 78
WiFi Solutions Cover Indoors......Page 79
UMC Carrier-Centric Architectures......Page 80
Universal Mobile Access......Page 81
Voice Call Continuity......Page 83
General Carrier UMC Model......Page 84
UMC Enterprise-Centric Architectures......Page 85
ROI Models and Solution Trends......Page 86
UMC Enterprise Solutions......Page 87
Wireline Providers......Page 89
Wireless Network Providers......Page 91
Nuevo Communication Providers......Page 92
A Bit of History......Page 94
VoIP Telephony......Page 95
Cellular Networks......Page 96
4G: A Network Coming to Your Town Soon?......Page 98
Femtocell/Picocell Technology......Page 99
WLAN/802.11 Networks......Page 100
Overlapping Coverage Considerations......Page 102
Quality-of-Service Considerations......Page 104
WLAN Topology Considerations......Page 105
802.11e/WMM: Quality of Service......Page 108
802.11i/WPA/WPA2/WPS: Security......Page 110
802.11k: Neighborhood Report (and More)......Page 111
802.11r: Fast AP-to-AP Roam......Page 112
802.11h: Radar and Satellite Interference Mitigation......Page 113
802.11n......Page 114
IEEE 802.16/WiMAX: The Future Looming......Page 115
ISM Interference Considerations......Page 117
VoIP: An Introduction......Page 118
VoIP Protocol Soup......Page 119
Client/Server Protocols......Page 121
Voice Encoding......Page 122
Packet Size/Rate......Page 123
Bandwidth......Page 124
ITU H.323......Page 125
IETF Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)......Page 126
VoIP Everywhere?......Page 130
Commercial Consumer VoIP Services......Page 131
General Network Optimization Considerations......Page 133
Network Congestion......Page 134
VLAN Partitioning......Page 136
ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP)......Page 137
WLAN WME/WMM......Page 138
IEEE 802.1p/Q......Page 141
IP Type-of-Service (TOS) and Differentiated Services (DiffServ)......Page 142
Network Congestion Management Readiness: A Summary......Page 144
Dual-Mode Handset Landscape......Page 146
Major UMC Handset Manufacturers......Page 147
WiFi Robustness......Page 149
Network Flexibility: Variances in Platform Design......Page 150
Audio Routing......Page 152
Battery Life......Page 153
Other Considerations......Page 154
Microsoft Windows Mobile UMC......Page 155
Linux UMC......Page 156
PDAs vs. Smartphones......Page 157
802.11 Support (a, b, g, n) Considerations......Page 158
Hotspot and Hotzone Access......Page 159
The Hotspot LANscape......Page 162
Hotspot Use Models......Page 163
Impact of Convergence......Page 164
Hotspot Security Considerations......Page 165
Application Barriers for Hotspots......Page 166
Future Wireless Freedom in Hotspots......Page 168
Federated Hotspots......Page 169
Hotspots: A UMC Viability Summary......Page 170
A Bright Hotspot Future......Page 171
UMC Security Considerations: A View of the Landscape......Page 172
WLAN Security: An Introduction......Page 173
Security Concerns: Customer Responses......Page 174
Security Concerns: Deployment Options......Page 176
Security Concerns: WLAN Best Practices......Page 177
Call Signaling Security......Page 179
Secure Real-Time Protocol......Page 181
Balancing Security with QoS......Page 182
VPN Controller......Page 183
UMC Registration and Security Considerations......Page 184
PBX Features: An Introduction......Page 185
Hosted PBX Services......Page 186
On-Site PBX Services......Page 187
PBX Integration Challenges......Page 191
Integrated Solutions......Page 193
PBX and iPBX Interoperability Future......Page 194
Call Transfer (Attended or Unattended)......Page 195
Call Conference......Page 196
Voicemail......Page 197
Message-Waiting Indication......Page 198
Network-Specific Implementation Challenges......Page 199
T1/E1/J1/PRI......Page 201
SIP Trunks......Page 202
UMC Management and Statute Conformance Considerations......Page 203
AAA Management Requirements......Page 204
Physical Security Concerns......Page 205
UMC Policy Management......Page 206
CALEA/Lawful Intercept Support......Page 207
HIPAA: Healthcare Considerations......Page 209
E911/Emergency Response Support......Page 210
Presence Management......Page 213
Cost-Control Policies......Page 214
Cost-Control Minutiae......Page 215
Trading Features for Cost......Page 216
White/Black Carrier Network Lists......Page 217
Telephony/Email......Page 218
Instant Messaging/SMS......Page 219
Push-to-Talk......Page 220
Vertical Market Opportunities......Page 221
Real-Time Location Services (RTLS)......Page 222
Mobile Application Summary......Page 223
What Drives UMC Sales?......Page 224
What Drives Enterprise UMC Purchases?......Page 225
Consumer Sales Channels......Page 227
Prosumer Sales Channels......Page 229
Wireless Carrier UMC Solutions......Page 232
PBX/Telephony UMC Solutions......Page 233
Handset Vendor UMC Solutions......Page 234
Independent Software Vendor UMC Solutions......Page 235
Nothing But Change in the Future......Page 237
Handset Evolution......Page 238
Carrier Evolution: 3G to 4G......Page 239
IMS......Page 240
Identity Services......Page 243
Presence in the Future......Page 245
Major Vendor Trends......Page 246
UMC: FMC and Beyond......Page 247
Glossary......Page 248
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