Preface. Acknowledgements. About the Editors. Abbreviations.
1 Introduction to Globalization of Mobile and Wireless Communications: Today and in 2020; Sudhir Dixit, Tero Ojanpera, Richard van Nee, and Ramjee Prasad.
2 Role of Network Operators and Manufacturers in Building a Globalized World; Sofoklis Kyriazakos.
3 Globalization of Mobile and Wireless Communications: Bridging the Digital Divide; Marco Moretti.
4 Globalisation of Wireless and Mobile Networks; the Impact to Africa; Stanley Mneney.
5 Globalisation Of Mobile And Wireless Communications: Today And In 2020: Emerging Global Business Models 2020; Peter Lindgren, Yariv Taran, and Kristin Falck Saughaug.
6 Access Security and Personal Privacy in Public Cellular Communication Systems: The Past, the Present and Beyond 2020; Geir M. K ien and Vladimir A. Oleshchuk.
7 Security and Privacy Challenges in Globalized Wireless Communications; Hanane Fathi.
8 802.11n: The Global Wireless LAN Standard; Richard van Nee.
9 Vision on Radio Resource Management (RRM) and Quality of Service (QoS) for Wireless Communication Systems in Year 2020; Ljupčo Jorguseski.
10 On Designing Future Communication Systems: Some Clean-Slate Perspectives; Petar Popovski.
11 Long-Term Development of Air Interfaces: Is It CDMA or OFDM? Ernestina Cianca.
12 Flexible and Dynamic Use of Spectrum: the Cognitive Radio Approach; Enrico Del Re, Gherardo Gorni, Luca Simone Ronga, Rosalba Suffritti.
13 Future Perspectives for Cognitive Radio; Marchetti and Rahman.
14 Multi-users Participation in Bidding Process in a Congested Cellular Network; K. Sridhara, P.S.M Tripathi, Ambuj Kumar, Ashok Chandra, Ramjee Prasad.
15 Wavelet Radio: A Future Vision for Wireless Communications; Homayoun Nikookar.
16 Cooperative Localization in a Hybrid WiMax/WiFi System: A Future-Proof Framework; Francescantonio Della Rosa, Simone Frattasi and Joo Figueiras.
17 Perspectives on Energy-Harvesting Wireless Sensor Networks; Mary Ann Ingram, Lakshmi Thanayankizil, Jin Woo Jung and Aravind Kailas.
18 Coherent Transmission: A Technique to Stop Global Warming and Climate Change; Shinsuke Hara.
19 Novel Services and Applications Demand Intelligent Software; Rasmus Olsen.
20 Let's Assume the System is Synchronized; Fred Harris.
Author Index. Subject Index.