twork (WLAN): - A local area network that uses a radio technology, such as 80211.x, to interconnect nodes. Wireline: - Telephone service provided by wire or cable, as opposed to mobile phone service. WLAN: - See Wireless Local Area Network. WPAN: - See Personal Area Network. XML: - See Extensible Markup Language. ZigBee: - A standards-based wireless networking technology that supports low data rates, low power consumption, security, and reliability. ZigBee is designed to address the unique needs of most remote monitoring network applications. Index Abell, Peter, 133, 134, 135 Avouris, Phaedon, 94 Abraham, Michelle, 129 Axelsson, Thord, 136 Abraham, Spencer, 108 Aho, Al, 168 Airline services, telecommunications on, Bailey, Ron, 80 14-15 Baldwin, Roy, 180-181 Aizenberg, Joanna, 85, 86 Balloons, antennas, 147-149 Allocation approach, interference, Ban, Dayan, 100 149-150 Bardeen, John, 95, 96 Antennas, 143-149 BARN project, 40-41 balloons, 147-149 Barrett, John, 105 fractal, 145-147 Barry, Jim, 28-29 high dielectric, 143-144 Base station technology, improvements nanotube, 144-145 in, 60-62 optical, fiber-optical technology, Bawendi, Moungi, 207 101-102 Becher, David, 53 Appliances, smart, 67-68 Bell Systems Pavilion (World's Fair, Apre, Raj, 205 New York City, 1964), xiv-xvi Artificial intelligence, infostructure, Bhavnani, Sam, 204 119-120 Bickerstaff, Mark, 45 Asset tracking, 131-135. See also Radio bin Laden, Osama, 169 Frequency Identification (RFID) Biohazards, mesh networks, 71-72 AT&T, xiv-xvi Bird, Jonathan, xvii-xviii Aubin, Keith, 56 Blind people. See Disabled people; Audio output, input/output technologies, Visual impairment 194-195 Blossom, Eric, 130 Automobile. See Vehicular telematics Blumenthal, Daniel, 79 Telecosmos: The Next Great Telecom Revolution, edited by John Edwards ISBN 0-471-65533-3 Copyright © 2005 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. INDEX Boneh, Dan, 156, 157 Computer speech, voice input, 193-194 Brattain, Walter, 96 Constance, Joe, 75, 206 Bricks, smart, 66-67 Construction industry: Broadband ove