Civil GNSS : The Inmarsat Vision for the 21st Century

This paper, and the following seven papers, were presented at the Institute's NAV94 Conference held at Church House, London, in November 1994. The full proceedings may be obtained from the Director, RIN, price £25.00 (plus p & p).I should start by explaining that the main purpose of my paper is to pass on the Inmarsat vision of satellite navigation in the future.But first a little about mobile satcoms, our original reason for being. If you have followed us even at a distance you will be aware of:(i) how we started with satcoms for ships;(ii) how we contributed to a new maritime safety system;(iii) how we developed an aeronautical satcoms system in close cooperation with the civil aviation world;(iv) how land-mobile communications now account for one-third of our total traffic.

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Telecommunications Technology for the First Decade of the 21st Century

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-531-3 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 531 ◽

Author(s):

R. W. Wyndrum

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Mobile Communications ◽

The Internet ◽

Digital Networks ◽

End User ◽

Full Spectrum ◽

Internet Video ◽

The Future ◽

Broad Array ◽

Ubiquitous Access

AbstractToday I will focus on telecommunications technology for the first decade of the 21st century. Few things incite speculation about the future more than a year ending in the numeral “zero.” With the approaching millennium and its near-mystical three zeroes, everyone everywhere hungers for a glimpse into the future. My vision of the telecommunications future shows a collective of universal capabilities made possible by limitless digital networks with ubiquitous access and functionality. Mobile communications, the Internet, video, telephony and a broad array of end-user services will be the major drivers moving network providers to fuse capability with transparency. Integration of the full spectrum of communication possibilities will be the trend of the 21st century.

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From the IoT to the IoBT. The Path to Superior Situational Understanding

Land Forces Academy Review ◽

10.2478/raft-2019-0034 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 276-282

Author(s):

Florin Popescu

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Cloud Computing ◽

Data Collection ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

21St Century ◽

Mobile Communications ◽

Sensor Data ◽

Commercial Sector ◽

The Future ◽

The Military

Abstract In order to maintain and improve its competitive advantage, the ability of 21st-century armies to recognize, anticipate, adapt and manipulate IoT on the future battlefield is important. The explosive growth of innovation in the commercial sector which utilizes the integration of cloud computing, mobile communications, sensor data collection networks and artificial intelligence is a major challenge for the military. A new concept, still untapped, called the Battlefield Things Internet (IoBT) comes from here.

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