Mobile telephony

About: Mobile telephony is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 38008 publications have been published within this topic receiving 553646 citations.

“We will be reached”: the use of mobile telephony among Norwegian youth

Abstract: This article examines the use of mobile telephones by teenagers in Norway. The data for this study are based on two sources; first they draw on qualitative interviews with a sample of 12 families with teenagers in the greater Oslo area. In addition, they use a quantitative study of a national sample of 1,000 randomly selected teenagers. The data show that it is boys, most often those who work, that own mobile telephones. The qualitative analysis shows that the motives for owning mobile telephones are accessibility, safety and micro‐coordination. In addition, the mobile telephone serves as a symbol of emancipation. Metaphors surrounding the telephone allow for discussions of status construction and identification.

The cocial construction of mobile telephony: an application of the social influence model to perceptions and uses of mobile phones within personal communication networks

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to test the argument that perceptions and uses of mobile phones are socially constructed in close personal networks. The study hypothesized that, through collective sense making, perceptions and uses of mobile phones would be more similar within 45 personal communication networks than for the entire sample of 194 individuals. Findings from a self-report survey reveal that several factors were significantly more similar within the networks than for individuals throughout the sample, including perceptions of the handset as a means of display, use for safety and security, attitudes about use in public, microcoordination, hypercoordination, and comfort with technology. Interviews were conducted to explore how perceptions and uses were shaped through relationships and interactions situated in social context. The interview data illuminate how social interaction contributed to perceptions and uses in four key areas: mobile phone adoption, attitudes about products and services, perce...

Cellular mobile radio credit card system

Abstract: Cellular mobile telephone stations which are intended for installation and use in public transportation facilities, e.g., taxicabs, limousines, rental cars, etc. are equipped to support credit card billing of transient customers for use of the station services. The cellular pay stations, from the viewpoint of the serving cellular carrier facilities, are indistinguishable from standard cellular mobile stations. The activities of the credit card stations are supported by an administrative processor which is connected to a standard telephone line of the public switched telephone network. The cellular stations and the administrative processor exchange data messages over a standard telephone connection. The data messages are used to establish operating options and parameters of the credit card mobile stations, compile records in the administrative processor to permit the assignment of billing responsibility to transient customers for use of the stations and connected facilities, and control the stations for administrative and commercial reasons.

Robot cleaning system using mobile communication network

Abstract: A robot cleaning system using a mobile communication network capable of controlling a cleaning robot from a long distance, the robot cleaning system transmitting an image data after converting the image data photographed at self-contained cameras by means of a mobile communication signal. The robot cleaning system has: a cleaning robot for cleaning by moving freely in a cleaning space in accordance with control data transmitted in the mobile communication signal; a mobile communication relaying apparatus for receiving the mobile communication signals related to the image data transmitted from the cleaning robot and for control of the cleaning robot; a mobile communication terminal for transmitting a command for cleaning to the cleaning robot through the mobile communication relaying apparatus; and an image process server for analyzing the image data transmitted through the mobile communication relaying apparatus, creating control data according to the analyzed result, and transmitting the control data to the mobile communication relaying apparatus. A user can control the cleaning robot from a long distance by using the mobile communication network. Consequently, the user can use the cleaning robot more conveniently. Moreover, an image process board does not have to be installed in the cleaning robot, since the image is processed outside of the cleaning robot. Accordingly, the cleaning robot can be manufactured as more compact and the production cost will be reduced.

Access system and method for transmitting ethernet signal and mobile communication signal

Abstract: An access system and method for transmitting Ethernet signals and mobile communication signals. The system includes a near-end host unit and remote-end user units. Through the near-end host unit, the Ethernet signals and mobile communication signals can be combined. The near-end and remote-end host units are connected through four pairs of twisted pairs. The combined Ethernet and mobile communication signals are sent to a user terminal for providing broadband access service and wireless access service. Premises network resources can be used without re-laying category 5 cables, so the investment is less and it is quick and convenient to provide service. Furthermore there needs to be added only one host unit beside the optical network unit equipment, and replace the user terminal simultaneously. Power is not needed to be taken at the user's home. The placement position of the terminal is flexible without being limited by the power-taking positions.