Book Description:
The mobile phone or mobile, also called a cellular phone, or cell phone is a long-range, portable electronic device used for mobile communication that uses a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites. In addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, current mobile phones can support many additional services such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell sites), which is in turn interconnected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) (the exception is satellite phones. This new book presents the latest research in this revolutionary field.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Expert Commentary

The Convergent Mobile Telephone: An Emerging Bridging Medium; pp. 3-7
(Ran Wei, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC)

Short Communication

Alteration of Enzymic Electron Transfer Reactions Induced by Microwaves Emitted by GSM Mobile Phone; pp. 11-26
(Roberta De Carolis, Mario Barteri, 1Department of Chemistry, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, Fiorenzo Marinelli, Inst. of Molecular Genetics (IGM-CNR) Bologna, Italy)

Research and Review Studies

Chapter 1 - Mobile Communications in the 21st Century; pp. 29-75
(Peter Curwen and Jason Whalley, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland)

Chapter 2 - European Union Mobile Telecommunications in the Context of Further Enlargement; pp. 77-105
(Peter Curwen and Jason Whalley, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland)

Chapter 3 - Mobile Telephony Radiation Effects on Living Organisms; pp. 107-149
(Dimitris J. Panagopoulos and Lukas H. Margaritis, Department of Cell Biology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Greece)

Chapter 4 - Symbian Based Test-Bed Implementation of Wireless Cooperative Scenarios; pp. 151-167
(Leonardo Militano, Univ. "Mediterranea" of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria)

Chapter 5 - Electroencephalographic Alterations in Human Beings Due to Mobile Telephones; pp. 169-189
(J.L. Bardasano, Department of Medical Specialties, R. Goya, J. Alvarez-Ude, Department of Physics, University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH), Madrid, Spain)

Chapter 6 - Psychology of Mobile Phone Use and Misuse; pp. 191-210
(J.G. Phillips, L. Saling, Monash Univ., A. Blaszczynski, Univ. of Sydney)

Chapter 7 - Simulation of Wireless Sensor Networks Based on a Realistic Battery Model; pp. 211-229
(Marco A. Spohn and Paulo S. Sausen, Federal University of Campina Grande-FUCG, Brazil)

Chapter 8 - A New Method for Managing Emergency Calls; pp. 231-240
(Landoni Giovanni, Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy, Fochi Oliviero, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit 1, Ospedale Niguarda Ca’Granda, Milano, Italy)

Chapter 9 - Acute Exposure to a Standing Wave GSM-Like Mobile Phone Signal in Rats Treated with Subconvulsive Doses of Picrotoxin: Effects on Cerebral Activity; pp. 241-251
(Elena Lopez-Martín, Morphological Sciences Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Jose Luis Relova-Quinteiro, Physiology Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Julio Claudio Bregains, Francisco Jose Ares-Pena, Applied Physics Department, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

Chapter 10 - The Suitability of S-curves in Forecasting the Mobile Phone Market; pp. 253-264
(George P. Boretos, Athens, Greece)

Chapter 11 - A Novel Technology for Mobile Telephone Networks and Security; pp. 265-274
(P.P. Yupapin, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand, W. Suwancharoen, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala Univ. of Technology Isan Sakon-nakon, Thailand)

Index