A new system architecture speeds up the use of mobile phone applications
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 05:00
in Mathematics & Economics
When a phone is used to scan a smart tag on a concert ticket, the bands latest music video and interviews appear on the screen. Although the slow speed of data transmission in a phone network and high power consumption have hindered the use of such smart phone applications until now, downloading can soon be possible in just a few seconds. In his dissertation, Iiro Jantunen developed an open system architecture that transmits data from network to telephone at a faster rate.