dc23 2011038098 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Print ISBN: 9781119976417 Set in 10/12pt Times by Aptara Inc., New Delhi, India Printed and Bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Contents Foreword List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Acknowledgements xxiii Introduction Differentiating Technology and Engineering Innovation Differentiating Invention and Innovation The Role of Standards, Regulation and Competition Policy Mobile Broadband Auction Values - Spectral Costs and Liabilities and Impact on Operator Balance Sheets TV and Broadcasting and Mobile Broadband Regulation Technology Convergence as a Precursor of Market Convergence? Mobile Broadband Traffic Growth Forecasts and the Related Impact on Industry Profitability Radio versus Copper, Cable and Fibre - Comparative Economics Standardised Description Frameworks - OSI Seven-Layer Model as a Market and Business Descriptor Technology and Engineering Economics - Regional Shifts and Related Influence on the Design and Supply Chain, RF Component Suppliers and the Operator Community Apple as an Example of Technology-Led Market Innovation Part I USER HARDWARE Physical Layer Connectivity Differentiating Guided and Unguided Media The Transfer of Bandwidth from Broadcasting to Mobile Broadband The Cost of Propagation Loss and Impact of OFDM Competition or Collaboration? The Smith Chart as a Descriptor of Technology Economics, Vector Analysis and Moore's Law Contents Innovation Domains, Enabling Technologies and their Impact on the Cost of Delivery 2.6.1 Graphene - The New Enabler? 2.6.2 The Evolution of Photonics 2.6.3 Free-Space Optics 2.6.4 Infrared Optical Systems Cable Performance Benchmarks Hybrid Fibre Coaxial Systems The DVB-S Satellite Alternative Terrestrial TV Copper Access - ADSL and VDSL Evolution The Copper Conundrum - the Disconnect between Competition Policy and Technical Reality OFDM in Wireless - A Similar Story? 2.13.1 Transforms in Historical Context 2.13.2 How Fourier Transforms Deliver 