Being Mobile

William Webb is Director of Technology Resources at Ofcom, the UK telecommunications regulator. He is also a Visiting Professor at Surrey University and De Montfort University, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE and the IET, where he is also a Vice President. He has previously published 10 books, 80 papers and 4 patents, and he is the Series Editor for the Cambridge Wireless Essentials book series published by Cambridge University Press. His industry experience spans a range of communication consultancies in the fields of hardware design, computer simulation, propagation modelling, spectrum management and strategy development.

• 1. Introduction; Part I. Technologies: 2. 4G Cellular; 3. Femtocells; 4. Cells in the sky; 5. Mesh networks; 6. Software defined radios and new receiver architectures; 7. Cognitive or white space systems; 8. Codecs and compression; 9. Devices; 10. Network architectures; 11. The green agenda; Part II. Solutions: 12. The future of users; 13. Sensors; 14. Social communications; 15. Location; 16. Healthcare; 17. Transport; 18. Entertainment; 19. Smart grid; 20. Assisted living; 21. Universal service; 22. Summary.