Chapter 1
MM and MTM for Mobility
Professor Lih-Tyng Hwang,
Professor Tzyy-Sheng Jason Horng,
Professor Lih-Tyng Hwang
Department of Electrical Engineering and Institute of Communications Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorProfessor Tzyy-Sheng Jason Horng
Department of Electrical Engineering and Institute of Communications Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorBook Author(s):Professor Lih-Tyng Hwang,
Professor Tzyy-Sheng Jason Horng,
Professor Lih-Tyng Hwang
Department of Electrical Engineering and Institute of Communications Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorProfessor Tzyy-Sheng Jason Horng
Department of Electrical Engineering and Institute of Communications Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 31 March 2018
Summary
This chapter introduces the hardware technology that delivers mobility. Before introducing the hardware technology, it is important to elaborate on the content and extent of mobility. The chapter reviews the key products employed in both wired and wireless networks. Next, it discusses state-of-the-art more Moore (MM) approach and more than Moore (MTM) approach processes. It also discusses the convergence of communications, which occurred during the development of 3G around 2000 to 2003, followed by later refinements. The chapter then explains 5G goals, which is currently underdevelopment, and key technologies to achieve these goals. The main devices to achieve personal mobility are the mobile devices, or cellular phones. The chapter further introduces the architecture of a cellular phone, which breaks up the main functions into a few blocks. It finally explains state of the art packaging technologies for the highly popular, highly miniaturized handheld devices, the smartphones.
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