Title: Mobile and wireless networks: services, evolution and issues

Authors: J.P. Shim, Upkar Varshney, Sasha Dekleva, Geoffrey Knoerzer

Addresses: Department of Management and Information Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA. ' Department of CIS, Georgia State University, 35 Broad St., 9th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30302–4015, USA. ' School of Accountancy and MIS, DePaul University, 1 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604–2287, USA. ' Verizon Wireless, 150 Arquilla Drive, Algonguin, IL 60102, USA

Abstract: Wireless technologies in the last decade or so have attracted unprecedented attention from wireless service providers, developers, vendors, and users. The breathtaking evolution of wireless technologies, services and business applications has resulted in a wide-scale deployment and usage of wireless and mobile networks. The paper discusses mobile and wireless networks in terms of services, technical evolution, and related issues. Industries such as transportation and logistics, financial services, health services, and many others should be able to improve their performance by implementing wireless mobile technologies.

Keywords: mobile wireless networks; mobile services; wireless LANs; wireless standards; future technologies; mobile communications.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2006.008949

International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2006 Vol.4 No.4, pp.405 - 417

Published online: 06 Feb 2006 *

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