networks and services, fueled by next-generation mobile communications systems research, has ushered in the era of ubiquitous computing. Lightweight portable computers, IP-based (office and home) appliances, and the popularity of the Internet are providing strong incentives to service providers to support seamless user mobility. Realizing commercially viable IP mobility support over the current...

The Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) is a third generation (3G) mobile communications system that provides a range of broadband services to the world of wireless and mobile communications. The UMTS delivers low-cost, mobile communications at data rates of up to 2 Mbps. It preserves the global roaming capability of second generation GSM/GPRS networks and provides new enhanced cap...

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 426 I. THE INTERNET AND NAVAJO CULTURAL ADAPTABILITY ... 428 II. ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES: UNDERSTANDING FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION LAW IN THE NAVAJO CONTEXT .......... 433 A. The Communications Act of 1934 .......................................... 434 B. The 1996 Act an...

Current trend in telecommunications is “broadband” and “ubiquitous.” To achieve this goal, satellite communications systems are expected to play an important role in cooperation with terrestrial communications systems. Along with the advancement of optical fiber transmission systems, the role of satellite communications was dramatically changed from long distance transmission to various applica...

This symposium presents an ideal “platform” to support the launch of a new journal focused on telecommunications and high technology law. Unlike more established areas of the law, the field of telecommunications or, as more aptly termed, information law, is not easily defined. To be sure, there is an ambitious statutory code (the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, most notably by the Telec...

1Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Pompeu Fabra University, 08018 Barcelona, Spain 2Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 08034 Barcelona, Spain 3Department of Engineering Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Western Macedonia, 50100 Kozani, Greece 4 Intelligent Energy Area, Telecommunications Technological Cent...

In the coming 21st century, the demand for global communications among speakers of different languages is expected to grow, and consequently, speech translation technologies will be indispensable for such global communications. Based on this reasoning, research on speech translation technologies has been progressing for about 20 years at Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute (ATR) in J...

Su-Juan Qin, Fei Gao, Qiao-Yan Wen, and Fu-Chen Zhu (1. State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China) (2. School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China) (3. National Laboratory for Modern Communications, P.O.Box 810, Chengdu, 610041, China) Email: qsujuan@so...