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Developing A Cost-Effective Strategy For Wireless Communications

The document discusses wireless communication strategies and technologies. It describes two prevalent wireless network technologies: circuit-switched networks and packet data networks. Circuit-switched networks establish dedicated connections to transmit data, while packet data networks break data into packets and determine optimal transmission paths. The document also evaluates choices for wireless architectures and access methods, such as continuous connections, email-based systems, and agent-based messaging systems.

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Developing A Cost-Effective Strategy For Wireless Communications

The document discusses wireless communication strategies and technologies. It describes two prevalent wireless network technologies: circuit-switched networks and packet data networks. Circuit-switched networks establish dedicated connections to transmit data, while packet data networks break data into packets and determine optimal transmission paths. The document also evaluates choices for wireless architectures and access methods, such as continuous connections, email-based systems, and agent-based messaging systems.

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Chapter -2

Developing a Cost-effective Strategy for Wireless


Communications
 Most organizations have some mobile field activities such as:

 sales representatives, field service technicians, telecommuting employees, traveling managers, mobile
health care providers.
 Which are used for well-synchronized exchange of information between central information systems and
mobile users.
 use tools such as portable computers and software to provide mobile users to accomplish their daily
tasks.
 Enhance communications and streamline information exchange by providing anytime, anywhere access.

 Allows for automating business processes to improved productivity and increased competitive
advantage.

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Cont’d …

To achieve the advantage, there are three broad categories of implementation issues
Communications architecture and access methods.
Application appropriateness
Wireless service products

Wireless Network Technologies and Service Providers

There are two prevalent technologies for wireless applications:

Circuit-switched networks.

Packet data networks
Circuit-Switched Networks:
Establishing a dedicated connection between two points and then transmitting data over
the connection
And finally terminate the communication between the two points
E.g. telephone conversation. 2
Circuit-Switched Networks …
 Analog Circuit-Switched (Cellular) Networks:

 Two-way analog Circuit-Switched Cellular technology has existed since the


introduction of cellular phones.
 To use circuit-switched cellular (CSC) service, the user requires a cellular phone with a
cellular modem.
 Digital Circuit-Switched (Cellular) Networks

 It is more reliable for sending data than is analog technology.

 E.g. digital circuit-switched wireless network implementations in the US are (CDMA)


and (TDMA).
 B/c the availability of both CDMA and TDMA, most US organizations use to take
advantage of digital circuit-switched technologies for wireless data applications.
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Circuit-Switched Networks …
 Sending wireless data over a circuit-switched cellular (CSC) connection offers several advantages
 Wide on-street coverage and availability
 Suitability for sending and receiving large data files such as long E-mail messages or reports
 Per-minute (as opposed to per-packet) charges
 Implementation through standard communications software and a modem attached to a cellular
phone.
 The disadvantages of using circuit-switched cellular (CSC) technology
 Increased relative cost of sending short messages, because call setup time may become a large
percentage of cost.
 Security concerns involving unencrypted files.
 Lack of cellular error-correction or enhancement standards.
 questionable reliability and poor throughput
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Circuit-Switched Networks …
 The availability of new technology from several vendors, including AT&T, Celeritas
Technologies Ltd., Microcom Corp., Motorola, and ZyXEL, is rapidly changing this
perception.
 The mature technologies allow organizations to use analog cellular modem technology to
build and deploy enterprise wide dial-up based applications
 Packet Data Networks:

 It is designed for effective and reliable transfer of data rather than voice.

 They use a method of comparable to sending a document one page at a time. The document is
first broken into pages, and each page (or packet) is sent in its own envelope.
 The network determines the most appropriate transmission path, and once each page reaches
its destination, the document is reassembled (if appropriate).
 use radio frequency channels to connect the portable computing device to a network
backbone and to the company's host system. 5
Packet Data Networks …
The two major networks emerging technologies
 packet radio technology( Ardis and RAM Mobile Data)
 Packet cellular technology (Cellular Digital Packet Data)
 Ardis
 It owned by Motorola and IBM and covers(use by) 80% of the US population.
 Transmitters in the 400 largest metropolitan areas are networked through dedicated land-
based lines, and also supported dial-up and radio frequency (RF) connections.
 It supports to on street and in-vehicle coverage and fully automatic roaming.
 It offers more reliable in-building coverage than other two-way wireless networks.
 Pricing depends on the application and is based on both flat-rate and usage charges.

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Packet Data Networks …
 RAM Mobile Data

 It is the result of a business venture between BellSouth Enterprises and RAM Broadcasting Corp.

 to provide wireless transport for messaging services and products.

 Commercial service is currently available in more than 6,000 cities and towns

 RAM uses the Mobitex architecture for wireless packet data communications originally developed in
Sweden and currently in its fourteenth version.

 RAM's network was designed for message capability with inherent roaming, store-and forward, and
broadcast capabilities.

 Packet Cellular Technology

 CDPD is being developed and implemented by a consortium of 10 major cellular carriers, including
McCaw Cellular and AirTouch.

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Packet Data Networks (Packet Cellular Technology) …
Cellular digital packet data claims a bandwidth of 19.2K bps, but typical user rates are
closer to 9.6K bps.
As a digital overlay of the existing analog cellular network that utilizes unused bandwidth
in the cellular voice channel
It is a logical extension of cellular data communications.
B/c is based on an open design and supports multiple Connectionless Network Protocol
such as the Internet protocol (IP), existing applications require few
Packet data networks offer several advantages
Reliable transmission of data.
Cost-efficient transmission of short messages.
Transparent roaming in the locations where the networks exist.
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Packet data networks offer several advantages …
 Fast setup time.

 Disadvantages of packet data technology include:

 High costs in certain situations (resulting from a per-packet charge).

 Slow transmission times for large data files (which is less the case for cellular digital packet data).

 More-limited coverage and availability than that of cellular technology.

 Limited bandwidth (here, again, cellular digital packet data is better than RAM or Ardis).

The suitability of packet data networks for wireless data applications depends largely on the application.

The networks provide a solution for applications requiring instantaneous, delivery of small valuable pieces of
information that can save money or generate revenue.

It is used for single-transaction based applications (remote credit-card authorization or rental car check-in).

Use of packet data is more limited in cases of general sales force automation, data base replication, E-mail with
attachments, electronic software distribution, and multiple application requirements for mobile users.
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Choosing an Architecture and Access Method
 The many wireless and connectivity access methods available generally fall into three
categories:
 Continuous connection(extensions of desktop or local area network (LAN) systems.

 E-mail-based systems.

 Agent-based messaging systems.

 A solution that fails to address the communications infrastructure of the wireless


environment has both financial and systems implications

 Although communications costs escalate dramatically with heavy system use and support
large numbers of users and increase the costs of resource.

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Choosing an Architecture and Access Method…
 Continuous-Connection Architectures

 It establishes and maintains a wireless connection, accesses online to central computing


resource( a desktop PC or LAN -based PC), remote access and file synchronization utilities.
 Remote node technology makes mobile users a node on the LAN network and allows to
perform work as if they were locally logged into the LAN, usually more slowly
 Remote control technology allows mobile users to connect and see a virtual copy of the
remote PC's screen or hard drive so that files can be accessed and applications can be run
remotely

 Advantage of Continuous-connection technologies


 Provides mobile users with access to their central LAN -based PCs and servers;

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Choosing an Architecture and Access Method…
 E-Mail Based Systems

 use as both the messaging application and general communications transport(transactions)


message types
 It is lack integral systems management capabilities such as software distribution

 Do not support applications that require queries into data bases.

 Agent-Based Messaging Systems

 It built on a client/server platform; a server at the central site acts as an agent on behalf of
the mobile users
 Software distribution, posting of forms-based data into central data bases, querying of data
from central data bases, E-mail delivery etc.

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Choosing an Architecture and Access Method…
 Agent-Based Messaging Systems …

 Advantage
 Minimized connect times, yields significant savings in communications costs.

 Minimized user involvement in communications.

 More-efficient applications performance(information delivery).

 More-efficient management control of system resources and communications.

 High scalability with support for hundreds of remote users per server.

 Capability for more and different types of work (e.g., messaging and transactions) to be accomplished

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Choosing Wireless Applications
 There are four basic classes of applications

 Wireless E-mail and fax systems


 The ability to send and receive documents using smartphone, laptop, tablet, or desktop through a Wi-Fi
connection to a fax number and email address

 It used to improve customer satisfaction and generate revenue

 Remote access and file synchronization utilities.


 The applications perform either a wireless remote node connection to a central LAN, a remote control
function to a local desktop PC

 wireless remote access and file synchronization systems offer solutions for scale poorly, high support
costs and connection charges

 Provide capabilities for systems management, application management, or connect-time and


communications session management
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Choosing Wireless Applications …
 There are four basic classes of applications …
 Single-transaction based applications
 use wireless technology to perform one function extremely well over a wireless connection.
 E.g. rental car employee to enter a returning car's ID number as well as other customer information on a
handheld computer that prints a receipt
 These applications are implemented to increase customer satisfaction and generate revenue
 Do not address application management, update, and maintenance issues.
 Mobile enterprise applications

 Provide solutions to a large mobile user community to exchange information with central
systems and users
 transaction-based applications, information distribution applications, and E-mail and
messaging-based applications.
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Choosing Wireless Applications …
 Mobile enterprise application systems provide wireless solutions for the following reasons:
 Allows to automate within one system many key line-of-business functions to increasing revenue,
improving customer satisfaction, and decreasing costs.

 Provide a client/server framework to implement a mobile client/server system that is highly scalable

 Allow for efficient use of land-line, LAN, and wireless networks, so that users can choose the protocol or
transport most appropriate to the time of the connection or the application type.

 Provide application services such as posting to or querying from central data bases, routing and sharing
of transactional information, and automatic and efficient updating of messaging-based applications.

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Choosing Wireless Applications …
 Choosing Wireless Products

 wireless service providers requires an application be developed to a nonstandard protocol or


API
 Organizations should develop a communications and applications strategy that provides the
most flexibility of technologies or services gain widespread marketplace acceptance for
two reasons
1. Use middleware APIs or developer kits

 Vendors offer middleware API to organization from how learn, how to connect over RAM,
Ardis, Cellular Digital Packet Data, or analog cellular networks

 Allow organizations to avoid the details of understanding, testing, and debugging


communications

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Choosing Wireless Products …
2. Use a system for communications management
 Provides an interface based on a high-level Graphical User Interface to set up and
maintain multiple wireless technologies.
 Provide functionality in the area of systems management, software updates, file transfer,
E-mail and messaging, and scheduling of tasks to take place over various wireless
services

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