This Element is an excerpt from New World of Wireless, The: How to Compete in the 4G Revolution (ISBN: 9780137003792) by Scott Snyder. Available in print and digital formats.
Smart mobs, seamless mobility, and beyond: discover the coming wireless transformation--and the breakthrough opportunities it offers!
Wireless networks connect virtual masses of users and networked objects, allowing them to converge around specific places, ideas, or activities, in a semi-coordinated fashion: a “Digital Swarm.” Ten social, technological, political, and economic forces will shape Digital Swarms over the next decade. Let’s look at each of these drivers in detail....
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