Future Trends

Future Trends

Tremendous changes are occurring in the area of mobile radio communications, so
much so that the mobile phone of yesterday is rapidly turning into a sophisticated
mobile device capable of more applications than PCs were capable of only a few
years ago. Rapid development of the Internet with its new services and applications
has created fresh challenges for the further development of mobile communication
systems. Further enhancements in modulation schemes will soon increase the Internet
access rates on the mobile from current 1.8 Mbps to greater than 10 Mbps.
Bluetooth is rapidly becoming a common feature in mobiles for local connections.
The mobile communication has provided global connectivity to the people at
a lower cost due to advances in the technology and also because of the growing
competition among the service providers. We would review certain major features
as well as standards of the mobile communication till the present day technology in
the next chapter.