Mobile Telephones: Networks, Applications and Performance - Hardcover

Alvin C. Harper; Raymond V. Buress

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1604564369 ISBN 13: 9781604564365

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2008

Synopsis

The mobile phone or mobile, also called a cellular phone, or cell phone is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication that uses a network of specialised base stations known as cell sites. In addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, current mobile phones can support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell sites), which is in turn interconnected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) (the exception is satellite phones. This book presents the latest research in this revolutionary field.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604564369
• ISBN 13: 9781604564365
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 291