Brief history of wireless communications.ppt

DIMETIC, Maastricht 9/10-07_BD Brief history of wireless communications DIMETIC PhD course 9 October 2007 (2a), Maastricht Bent Dalum DRUID/IKE, Dep. of Business Studies, CTIF Aalborg University The telecom SSI – the major components Fixed lined (’wired’) telephony equipment Fixed line data transmission equipment Mobile telephony (’wireless’) equipment Satellite communications equipment Telecom operators, incl. satellite based Data transmission through cable TV Internet service providers Etc. Wireless technologies and services Microwaves - Radiocommunications 1) Mobile and cordless communications (equipment for terminals and infrastructure) 2G: GSM, 2+ (GPRS, EDGE) DECT Bluetooth TETRA 3G: UMTS, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, 3+ (HSDPA) 4G? 2) Components for mobile terminals 3) Mobile services (operators, content producers, etc.) 4) Maritime communications and navigation communication (VHF, UHF satellite) navigation (satellite) Disruptive Technology Technological life cycles Wireless history – the origins University research 1860-1890s: Maxwell, Hertz, Branley, Lodge, Popoff.. Commercial application: Wireless Telegraph Company founded by Marconi 1897 Wireless transmission across the Atlantic 1901 by Marconi One dominant group of customers: the navies Wireless history – public broadcasting Consumer radio based on radio valves or tubes took off from the early 1920s RCA founded 1919 General Electric (Edison) and Westinghouse the major equipment producers Europe: Philips, Telefunken, AEG, Siemens Wireless history – 0G (’landmobile’) Major boost during WW2 Boost of non-military applications after WW2 The commercial fleets: maritime radiocommunications ’Landmobile’: police, firefighters, transport companies (truck fleets, taxis etc.) Major companies in landmobile: General Electric, Motorola (founded in Chicago with the emergence of wireless technologies – the Galvin family) Danish Storno (founded 1947): No. 3 producer of equipment world wide in the 1960/70s. Wireless