ature amplitude modulation, 155, 165-167, 197, 235, 239-243, 247-251, 253, 267, 268, 270, 271, 198, 200, 208, 241, 246, 250, 289, 290 273-275, 285-287, 289, 290, 292, 293, 295, 297, quality of service, 19, 20, 22, 23, 37, 64, 130, 189, 299, 300, 303, 304, 310, 318, 328, 350-352 284, 320, 328, 330, 343, 351, 352 transponder, 261, 262, 264, 265, 269-271 transport layer protocols, 181-182, 184 radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, 300, 301 turbo codes, 147-148 Reis, Philipp, 50 revenue flow, 345-346 user capacity, 22, 95, 325 sampling theory, 99, 100 value analysis, 14, 25, 29, 30 satellite communications antennas, 262-264 value configuration, 25-27 self-organising networks, 330-332 value proposition, 6, 25, 26, 28, 29, 94, 111, 300, 318, Shannon, Claude, 79, 80, 82, 86, 93, 101, 130 323, 324, 336, 343, 351 Shannon limit, 92, 129, 141-142, 146-149, 151, 199 vectored DSL, 202-203 Shannon theory, 91, 93, 139, 155 vertical integration, 20, 24, 36, 37, 45, 330, 334, 347 signal bandwidth, 21, 56, 87, 91, 92, 107, 141 video coding, 118, 125-126 smaller cell configurations, 315-316 visible light communications, 282, 284, 302-304 SON see self-organising networks VLC see visible light communications source coding, 20, 23, 78, 79, 83-86, 98, 100, 101, voice source coding, 98, 112, 117 112, 114, 116-118, 121, 123, 146, 219 source entropy, 79, 82-84, 100 wideband CDMA, 165, 239-241, 297 Sputnik, 258, 259 wireless communications system, 217, 225-226, switching, 19, 51-55, 58, 66, 68-70, 72, 73, 99, 130, 282-304, 312 162, 167, 170-178, 180, 185-189, 192, 197, 201, wireless local area network (LAN), 226, 284-285, 215, 226, 227, 229, 233, 239, 240, 242-244, 248, 290-292, 295, 311, 324-326, 329, 330 260, 294, 302, 308, 327, 328, 330, 335, 338, 348, 350, 351 ZigBee, 284-287, 297-299 WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Go to www.wiley.com/go/eula to access Wiley's ebook EULA. Building the Network of the Future Getting Smarter, Faster, and More Flexible with a Software Centric Approach Edited by John Donovan and Krish Prabhu CRC 