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    8

    Wireless, Mobile
    Computing, and
    Mobile Commerce
    LEARNING OBJECTIVES
    1. Identify advantages and disadvantages of each of the four
    main types of wireless transmission media.
    2. Explain how businesses can use technology employed by
    short-range, medium-range, and long-range networks,
    respectively.
    3. Provide a specific example of how each of the five major
    m-commerce applications can benefit a business.
    4. Describe technologies that underlie pervasive computing,
    providing examples of how businesses can utilize each
    one.
    5. Explain how the four major threats to wireless networks
    can damage a business.
    CHAPTER OUTLINE
    1. Wireless Technologies
    2. Wireless Computer Networks and Internet
    Access
    3. Mobile Computing and Mobile Commerce
    4. Pervasive Computing
    5. Wireless Security
    8.1 Wireless Technologies
    wireless devices, such as
    1. Wireless Devices
    – Smartphones

    2. Wireless Transmission Media


    – Microwave transmission
    – Satellite
    – Radio
    Examples of today‘s wireless devices
    Wireless Devices
    • Three Major Advantages for Users
    – Small enough to easily carry or wear.
    – Sufficient computing power to perform productive
    tasks.
    – Communicate wirelessly with the Internet & other
    devices.

    • One Major Disadvantage for Business


    – Workers can capture and transmit sensitive
    proprietary information
    Modern Smartphone Capabilities

    • Cellular telephony • E-mail


    • Bluetooth • Short Message Service (SMS,
    • Wi-Fi sending and receiving short
    • Digital camera for images & text messages up to 160
    video characters in length)
    • Global Positioning System • Instant Messaging
    (GPS) • Text messaging
    • Organizer • MP3 music player
    • Scheduler • Video player
    • Address book • Internet access with full-
    • Calculator function browser
    • QWERTY keyboard
    8.2 Wireless Transmission
    Media (WTM)
    • Wireless Media (aka, broadcast media)
    – transmit signals without wires

    • Major Types of Wireless Media Channels:


    i. Microwave - transmit data via electromagnetic waves.
    ii. Satellite
    iii. Radio - uses radio-wave frequencies to send data directly
    between transmitters & receivers.
    iv. Infrared
    Table_8-1 Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
    Three Basic Types of
    Telecommunications Satellites

    i. Geostationary Earth
    Orbit (GEO)

    ii. Middle Earth Orbit


    (MEO)

    iii. Low Earth Orbit (LEO)


    Table_8-2 Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
    Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO)

    MEASAT
    • 1996
    • first Malaysian privately own satellite
    Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

    • A wireless system that utilizes satellites to


    enable users to determine their position
    anywhere on Earth.
    • Supported by 24 MEO Satellites
    • Uses of GPS
    – Navigating, Mapping, Surveying, 911 location
    • Three additional GPS Systems
    – GLONASS, Russia 2005
    – Galileo, European Union 2015
    – Beidou, China 2020
    Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
    TiungSAT-1
    • 26 September 2000
    • ATSB and UKM
    • Earth observations & simple communication

    RazakSAT (formerly known as MACSAT)


    • 14 July 2009
    • high-resolution camera (50kg)
    8.2 Wireless Computer Networks
    & Internet Access
    i. Short-Range Wireless Networks
    ii. Medium-Range Wireless Networks
    iii. Wide-Area Wireless Networks
    i. Short-Range Wireless Networks

    • Used for PAN eg:


    i. Bluetooth

    ii. Ultra-Wideband

    iii. Near-Field Communications


    ii. Medium-Range Wireless Networks

    • Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)


    – Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN)
    – Wi-Fi Direct
    – MiFi
    – Super Wi-Fi (tv frequency)

    • Wireless Mesh Networks (wifi-LAN)


    iii. Wide-Area Wireless Networks

    • Cellular Radio (Cellular telephones)


    • Wireless Broadband (or WiMax)
    8.3 Mobile Computing and
    Mobile Commerce
    • Mobile Computing
    – Refers to a real-time connection between a
    mobile device and other computing
    environments, such as the Internet or an
    Intranet.

    • Mobile Commerce
    – Electronic commerce (EC) transactions
    conducted in a wireless environment, especially
    via the Internet.
    Mobile Computing
    • Two Major Characteristics
    – Mobility
    – Broad Reach

    • Mobility & Broad Reach Create 5 value-added attributes


    1. Ubiquity
    2. Convenience
    3. Instant connectivity
    4. Personalization
    5. Localization of Products and Services
    Mobile Commerce
    • Also known as “M-commerce”

    • Drivers of M-commerce by the following


    factors:
    1. Widespread availability of mobile devices
    2. No need for a PC
    3. The “Cell phone culture”
    4. Declining prices
    5. Bandwidth improvement
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