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Reid, Neil. Wireless Mobility: The Why of Wireless. US: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2010.

Wireless Mobility: The Why of Wireless

Authors: Neil Reid

Published:  May 2010

eISBN: 9780071628631 0071628630 | ISBN: 9780071628624
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  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Why Wireless?
  • Why Mobility Makes Things Work Better
  • Mobility and Connectivity: The Doctor Is Out. And In
  • The Exploding Number of Wireless Clients
  • Unified Communications
  • The Three Rs of Information
  • Mobility Changes Work from a Location to an Activity
  • Looking Back
  • Fast Forward to 2009
  • Mobility and Collaboration
  • 2 The Business of Untethering
  • Moving Beyond the “What” and “How” of Wireless
  • Changing Life from a Location to an Activity
  • Commerce and Technology Are Tightly Linked
  • Wireless Makes Distance Irrelevant
  • The Faster Horse and Then Some
  • The “Why” of Wireless
  • Why Cost vs. Value
  • OPEX Reduction in Healthcare
  • Wireless for Doctors, Nurses, and Administrators
  • Infrastructure
  • A Wireless Inventory Solution
  • Purpose and Use of Wireless Mobility
  • A Nuclear Power Plant Experience: Increasing Business Velocity
  • The Importance of Purpose
  • Linking Operational Priorities and Network Capabilities
  • 3 Mobility and the CIO
  • The CIO, Information Dominance, and IT
  • Analytics Change the Trend
  • Measuring the “Why”
  • Growth Drives Progression and Instrumentation
  • Intranets and the Internet
  • Impact of Device Proliferation
  • From Data Pipes to Analytical Potential
  • Cash Flow and the Demand for ROI Specifics
  • CIO Priorities
  • Real-Time Business Analytics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Collaboration Tools Break Down Group Silos
  • Improving Operational Efficiency
  • 4 Virtualization and Mobility
  • Virtual Meetings
  • Agile Workforces
  • Virtualization
  • Business and Social Networks
  • Virtual Presence: An Enormous Movement
  • Workforce Mobility in Any Work Environment
  • Social Networking and Mobility
  • Borderless Networks
  • 5 Value Propositions and Success Metrics in Education and Healthcare
  • Measuring Value and Success
  • The Value of End Users
  • Measuring Vertical Solutions
  • Education Priorities
  • K-12 Education Value Propositions
  • Higher Education Value Propositions
  • Healthcare Priorities
  • Healthcare Subvertical Overview
  • Healthcare Value Propositions
  • 6 Wireless Network Assessments
  • Network Assessments as Performance Predictors
  • Bill of Materials or Multiyear Engagement?
  • Wireless Network Assessments Procedure
  • Assess Business Operational Priorities
  • Assemble Mobility Resolution Metrics/ROI
  • Plan Network Assessment with Customer
  • Perform Network Assessment
  • Present Assessment Report and Review
  • Plan for Recurring Assessments and Next-Generation IT Investments
  • 7 Optimal Project Sequencing
  • Key WLAN Projects: The Foundation of OPS
  • Nuclear Power Plant Design: Meet Customer Requirements
  • Aircraft Manufacturing Project: Gain Access to Complex Facility Equipment
  • Retailer: Gather Input from Facilities Managers
  • Nuclear Submarine Fabrication Facility: Use the Locals
  • Shipyard Coverage: Account for Ground Zero Effect
  • Classified Aircraft Fabrication Facility: Consider Legacy Systems
  • Muni Projects: Find the Money
  • Optimal Project Sequencing: Three Prevailing Concepts
  • Quality Is Conformance to the Requirements
  • Challenges of Nontechnical Project Elements
  • Synthesis of Technical and Nontechnical
  • OPS: The Sequence of Success
  • Ratification of Functional Requirements by All Stakeholders
  • Project Phasing Ratified by All Stakeholders
  • RF Coverage Model Presented to Stakeholders
  • Pre-deployment Audit to Verify RF Coverage Plan
  • Deployment
  • RF Test and Post-deployment Audit
  • Final RF Node Adjustments
  • Automated Maintenance and Management
  • 8 Finance Strategies for Wireless Mobility
  • If It Matters, Meter It
  • Financing Wireless Networks
  • The Most Common Integrator Complaint
  • Financing: The Path of Least Resistance
  • Benefit from Equipment, Not Ownership
  • Financing and Technology Refresh
  • Mobility Equipment Refresh
  • Financing and Homogeneous Systems
  • Financing vs. Leasing Mobility Equipment
  • Plan Cash Flow as Carefully as the WLAN Itself
  • Financing as Strategy to Improve Business Operations
  • Mobility and IT: The Pathway of Finance
  • 9 System Integrator—Mobility Practice Resilience
  • Focus on What You Can Control
  • Internal Management Practices and Focal Points
  • Optimal Project Sequencing
  • Mobility and CIO Insights
  • Mobility Network Assessments
  • Precision Sales Guidance
  • Summary
  • 10 Next-Generation Mobility
  • 802.11 and Other Wireless Standards
  • Intelligent Buildings
  • Usage
  • Location-Based Services
  • Designers, Deployment, and Maintenance Engineers
  • Wireless Training: The Early Days
  • RF Design and Site Survey Tooling
  • Wireless Design Work
  • Smart Antennas
  • Cell Sizes
  • Multispectrum, Multiprotocol Devices
  • Designs and Increasingly Complex Services
  • Clients and AP Pairings
  • Link Role Flexibility in Clients
  • Client-Centric Networks
  • Future Wildcards
  • High-Speed Picocell Networks
  • Audits (Site Surveys)
  • Self-Defending and Self-Healing Networks
  • Markets
  • Technology Development
  • The Future Is Bright
  • 11 Mobility and Intelligent Buildings
  • Driving Forces for Intelligent Buildings
  • Urbanization
  • Technology Advances
  • Asset Utilization
  • Building Productivity
  • Energy Consumption
  • The Fourth Utility: Network Access
  • Examples of Connectivity Solutions
  • Value Proposition Summary for Intelligent Buildings
  • Financial Propositions
  • Process and Policy Improvement
  • People
  • The Local Community
  • 12 Summary and Future Trends
  • Mobility Challenge Within System Integrators
  • Profitability
  • Zero Sum Talent Pool
  • Bigger Bet, More Sales
  • Looking Forward: Four Key Industry Elements
  • Future Trends
  • Policies May Become More Important than Technology
  • System Integrator: From Box Integrator to Business Practice Partner
  • Mobility Becomes a Vital Ad Hoc Technology
  • IT Outsourcing
  • Mobility Practice Choke Point: RF Designs
  • Personal and Business Device Convergence
  • Smart Targeting
  • Consolidation
  • Smart Buildings
  • Outcome-based Engagements
  • A: Mobility Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • B: Relevant Mobility Standards
  • IEEE Overview
  • 802.11
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11c
  • 802.11d
  • 802.11e
  • 802.11f
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11h
  • 802.11i
  • 802.11k-2008
  • 802.11r-2008
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11y-2008
  • 802.16
  • 802.20
  • iBurst
  • LTE
  • Allocated Frequencies
  • Comparative Speeds and Ranges
  • C: Key Mobility Groups and Information
  • Index