The paper describes an approximate model built from real sub-system performance data, of a public wireless network (3G / LTE) in view of minimum net energy consumption or minimum emissions per time unit and per user. This approach is justified in order to generate the integrated view required...

Network neutrality is one of the most hotly debated topics in the telecommunications industry, but little attention has been paid to its wireless dimension. With the smartphonesmartphone revolution and the surge in mobile data usage, however, wireless neutrality is quickly moving into the center...

Energy evaluation and planning are important in industry for overall energy savings. Traditionally these functions are realized in wired systems formed by communication cables and various types of sensors. However,the installation and maintenance of these cables and sensors is usually much more...

Spectrum auctions are used by governments to assign and price licenses for wireless communications. Effective auction design recognizes the importance of competition, not only in the auction, but in the downstream market for wireless communications. This paper examines several instruments...

One of the key challenges in integrated wireless and mobile networks is to efficiently support multi-class services as each type of services has distinct characteristics and quality of service (QoS) requirements. Problems in handoff algorithm or its parameters may lead into call drops with a...

The Federal Communications Commission’s Notice of Inquiry in GN 09-157 Fostering Innovation and Investment in the Wireless Communications Market is a significant event at an opportune moment. Wireless communication has already radically changed the way that not only Americans, but people the...

Recently, Professor Tim Wu recommended subjecting the U.S. mobile wireless industry to Carterfone type regulation governing attachment of devices to the network, and others have sought such "open" access regulation also for suppliers of software applications. Carterfone was applied to a...

Starting from the right of primary and secondary establishment embedded in the EC Treaty, and the presence, throughout the Member States of the European Union, of two possible connecting factors that have equally been recognized in the EC Treaty, this paper aims at analysing and systematizing...

Broadband is widely recognized as a key platform for enabling and supporting job creation, economic development, and innovation in both the short- and long-terms. Many recent policy debates have focused on spurring the deployment of wired broadband networks to unserved parts of the country....

Multicarrier Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is one of the most promising candidates for radio access in next generation wireless systems. It is a combination of multicarrier modulation [Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM)] and CDMA, which is very effective in combating severe...