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Unit 7: Future of Networking Technologies

11. ............................ tags contain a battery and can transmit signals autonomously. Notes
12. ............................ tag requires an external source to wake up but have significant higher
forward link capability providing great read range.

13. A ............................ tag consists of a microchip attached to a radio antenna mounted on a
substrate.

7.5 Digital Convergence

Digital convergence refers to the convergence of four industries into one conglomerate, ITTCE
(Information Technologies, Telecommunication, Consumer Electronics, and Entertainment.

Example: Shifting trend are: Microsoft’s Xbox (From IT to Entertainment), Apple’s iPhone
(From IT to Telecom), and Sony’s Vaio (From Consumer Electronics to IT).
This provides new, innovative solutions to consumers and business users. Based on digital
technologies and digitized content it encompasses converged devices (such as smartphones,
laptops, internet enabled entertainment devices and set top boxes), converged applications (e.g.
music download on PC and handheld) and converged networks (IP networks). According to
Harry Strasser, former CTO of Siemens “digital convergence will substantially impact people’s
lifestyle and work style”. The next hot trend in digital convergence is converged content, mixing
personal (user generated) content with professional (copyright protected) content.

Example: Personal music video that combine own photos with chart music and sharing
them in social communities on PCs, mobile phones and digital set top boxes.
Digital convergence also refers to the digitalization of traditional media.

Example: During the advent of personal computers, text-only documents were the first
to be digitized. Increasingly, graphics would be digitized, at first simple illustrations, then
eventually photographs. Digital sound evolved from series of single-tone “beeps” to very
detailed audio encodings.

The term doesn’t necessarily refer only to the existence of technology, but also the mainstream
integration of such technology.

Example: As of the beginning of the 21st century, animated holograms exist, but are far
from being commonplace, whereas one might imagine that such technology will be available
for home use in the same way as laptops are available to the general public today.
Digital Convergence is the priming of underlying digital technology components and features
such as voice, texts, video, pictures, broadcasts, presentation, streaming media, global connectivity
and personalized services; the combination of all of these features and abilities from multiple
electronic systems into a simplified, converged and computer-mediated communication system
to enable individuals interact, play, communicate, collaborate and share information in many
new and different ways.
—Ifeanyi O. Asonye
Technology is changing so fast that no one may be capable of giving you a one hundred percent
detail of what is happening at any given time.

It is worth noting that presently, there are tons of futuristic designs in software and hardware.
Many of them happened several years ago, and are still fairly expensive for the consumer

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