An Overview of
Mobile Systems and Ecosystems
CSE 3203
Overview of Mobile Systems
Jack G. Zheng
Fall 2018
https://www.edocr.com/v/dao4xlgy/jgzheng/Mobile-System-Overview
http://jackzheng.net/teaching/cse3203
Mobile is the internet
Mobile is the new central ecosystem of tech
Mobile means an ecosystem and that
ecosystem will swallow 'PCs'
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Benedict Evans
https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/12/15/16-mobile-theses
St. Peter's
Basilica at
the Vatican
http://photoblog.nbc
news.com/_news/2
013/03/14/1731231
6-witnessing-papal-
history-changes-
with-digital-age
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Content Overview
What is a mobile system?
What is a mobile ecosystem? What does it
consists of?
Operator/Carrier
Connection
Device
OS/platform
Application
Services
Application development
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Mobile System
A mobile system is an system of applications
and services that centered around mobile
devices for computing and information needs
Mobile devices (hardware): movable, easy-to-
carry, and fully functional devices
A mobile system is not just a hardware
concept but also includes software and
services
Software: OS, applications
Service: network, data/information, web,
business, etc.
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Fast Growing of Mobile Systems
The Internet and Web grows fast; this growth is driven by the mobile usage
Key reports and forecast from Cisco
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/assets/sol/sp/vni/forecast_highlights_mobile/index.html
The infographic https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/visual-
networking-index-vni/vni-infographic.html
http://blogs.cisco.com/sp/top-5-surprises-from-the-2017-mobile-vni-study
Cisco Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/visual-networking-index-
vni/index.html#~mobile-forecast
Exponential growth of mobile usage for the past 5 years
FCC mobile wireless competition report https://www.fcc.gov/reports-
research/reports/mobile-wireless-competition-reports
https://www.gsmaintelligence.com: live numbers
KPCB Internet Trends https://www.klei