Techniques For Surviving The Mobile Data Explosion

Smartphones and other handheld devices have pushed mobile data traffic up at an extraordinary pace, and the wireless spectrum available to carry it is limited. Building out existing networks to keep up with this demand carries a heavy price tag. This book looks at how bandwidth shortages can be eased, covering the range of methods available for working within those constraints.

The discussion is framed around three groups: mobile network operators, developers who build mobile applications, and enterprises that equip their employees with such applications. Each group faces the same pressure from a different angle, and the book considers what each can do about it.

Written to be readable without specialist background, the book avoids heavy technical jargon, dense mathematics and piles of acronyms. It uses clear diagrams and provides a broad set of references. It draws on cellular networks, IP networks and mobile applications together, and is aimed chiefly at wireless application developers and mobile network operators.