The STi7200 is a new generation, high-definition set-top box/DVD decoder chip, and
provides very high performance for low-cost HD systems. With enhanced performance over
the STx7109, it includes both Windows Media Video 9 and H.264 video decoders for new,
low bitrate applications. The STi7200 is able to decode two HD programs
In the next generation of wireless communication systems, there will be a need for the rapid
deployment of independent mobile users. Significant examples include establishing survivable, efficient,
dynamic communication for emergency operations, disaster relief efforts, and military networks. Such
network scenarios cannot rely on centralized and organized connectivity, and can be conceived as
applications of mobile ad hoc networks. A MANET is an autonomous collection of mobile users that
communicate over relatively bandwidth constrained wireless links. Since the nodes are mobile, the
network topology may change rapidly and unpredictably over time. The network is decentralized, where
all network activity including discovering the
In the next generation of wireless communication systems, there will be a need for the rapid
deployment of independent mobile users. Significant examples include establishing survivable, efficient,
dynamic communication for emergency operations, disaster relief efforts, and military networks. Such
network scenarios cannot rely on centralized and organized connectivity, and can be conceived as
applications of mobile ad hoc networks. A MANET is an autonomous collection of mobile users that
communicate over relatively bandwidth constrained wireless links. Since the nodes are decentralized, where
all network activity including discovering the
The telecommunications industry has seen a rapid boost within the last decade. New realities
and visions of functionalities in various telecommunications networks have brought forward the
concept of next-generation networks (NGNs). The competitions among operators for support-
ing various services, lowering of the cost of having mobile and cellular phones and smartphones,
increasing demand for general mobility, explosion of digital traffic, and advent of convergence
network technologies added more dynamism in the idea of NGNs. In fact, facilitating con-
vergence of networks and convergence of various types of services is a significant objective of
NGN
The telecommunications industry has seen a rapid boost within the last decade. New realities
and visions of functionalities in various telecommunications networks have brought forward the
concept of next-generation networks (NGNs). The competitions among operators for support-
ing various services, lowering of the cost of having mobile and cellular phones and smartphones,
increasing demand for general mobility, explosion of digital traffic, and advent of convergence
network technologies added more dynamism in the idea of NGNs. In fact, facilitating con-
vergence of networks and convergence of various types of services is a significant objective of
NGNs.
The first practical examples of mobile communications were used in many countries like
the USA, the UK and Germany in military services, and played a significant role in the
First World War to transfer important information from the front to headquarters to take
further actions. Good and secure wireless communications were an important need for all
military services – army, navy and air force. In this respect, the Second World War was a big
experimental battlefield for the development and evolution of mobile radio. It was in the
interests of governments that after the Second World War the military investment should
be paid back by civilian use, and all western European countries started their so-called first
generation of mobile communication networks.
