Ways Wireless is Changing the World

The way we communicate

Not just talking

– Talking– Texting– Browsing– Working– Video Conferencing

The impact.

Went from a receive only model to areceive, respond, communicate,

interact, learn, locate, model.

How this changes MY world

• I don’t have to find a pay phone• I can communicate more effectively• I don’t have to be in an office• I don’t have to be in a library• Music stores, movie theaters, arcades• Newspapers, magazines, books

Wireless Communications make this possible. Wireless providers are the key enabler.

Wireless providers are leveraging their “pipes” in new ways.

21% of mobile users spend more on their monthly

communications than they do on groceries.

Source: http://www.couponcabin.com/blog/1-in-5-mobile-phone-owners-pay-more-per-month-for-phone-service-than-groceries/

MVNOs

What about the way we get our information?

How this changes OUR world

• We get anytime access to data• We help propagate connectivity• We become a persistently connected society

What’s next in wireless data?

New Spectrum: 5 GHz

• Two blocks:– 5.35 GHz – 5.47 GHz = 120 MHz!– 5.895 GHz – 5.925 GHz = 30 MHz!

• Geolocation database, similar to TVWS

What’s next in wireless data?

The way we live

Medical Body Area Networks (MBAN)

• IEEE 802.15.6– May 4th, 2012:

http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-dedicates-spectrum-enabling-medical-body-area-networks

The way we learn

Tools like these are great when connectivity is provided, but what

happens when the students go home?

The way we play

The way we serve & protect

The way we shop

The way we interact

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