Mobile Communication

Abstract

The dictionary definition of mobile is capable of moving or being moved, movable (http://www.merriamwebster. com/dictionary/mobile). Mobile technology considers the portable, movable and usable movement devices and the systems that operate such devices. Therefore, mobile technology has a tremendously wide scope with the services it presents, the installation systems and the devices used on such systems. The developments in this technology come out in dizzying speed. The realized innovations offer people the means of life that gradually mobilize and merge into very different options. In this section, first the definition of mobile communication is examined in detail and the issues and characteristics regarding how it became involved in life and popularized are discussed. Special care is shown for systems such as the wireless internet and GPS-Galileo which support mobile communication. Their features and the means provided by these systems are explained. The technological developments in mobile communication began from 0G with the establishment of communication satellites, mobile phones and radio connections, and with the formation of global telephone networks and wideband areas, and they are now detailed up to 4G, which is to take place in our lives in the future. At this stage, especially the 2.5G system used in our present time technology and also Bluetooth, ultra wide band, ad hoc wireless systems that have been developed in transition to 3G are also interrelated. Besides, the mobile phone is the most commonly used device of mobile communication and its features are also discussed. Finally, the development of mobile communication with user dimensions is evaluated and its various functions added compared to other means of communication are discussed. © 2010 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.