| Chapter 1 Executive Summary |
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| Market Overview |
1-1 |
| Introduction |
1-1 |
| Competitive Scenario |
1-2 |
| WLAN Chipset Companies |
1-2 |
| A-GPS Chipset Companies |
1-2 |
| Technology Overview |
1-3 |
| Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) |
1-3 |
| IEEE 802.11b |
1-3 |
| IEEE 802.11a |
1-3 |
| IEEE 802.11g |
1-3 |
| IEEE 802.11n |
1-3 |
| IEEE 802.11i |
1-3 |
| IEEE 802.11e |
1-4 |
| Global Positioning System (GPS) |
1-4 |
| Assisted GPS (A-GPS) |
1-4 |
| Benefits of A-GPS |
1-4 |
| Location-based Services (LBS) |
1-5 |
| Major Research Findings |
1-5 |
| Market Forecast |
1-5 |
| Market Forecasts |
1-5 |
| WLAN or Wi-Fi |
1-5 |
| A-GPS |
1-6 |
| Strategic Conclusions |
1-6 |
| WLAN or Wi-Fi |
1-6 |
| Wi-Fi Penetrating into Cellular and Consumer Electronic Devices |
1-6 |
| Assisted GPS (A-GPS) |
1-7 |
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| Chapter 2 Overview of WLAN and A-GPS Chipset Markets |
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| Introduction to WLAN |
2-1 |
| Market Overview |
2-1 |
| Technology Trends |
2-1 |
| Market Trends and Opportunities |
2-2 |
| Converged Data, Voice, and Video services Expected from Wi-Fi Technology |
2-2 |
| Industry Challenges |
2-3 |
| Integration Based on the Performance of the Radio |
2-3 |
| Approval of Next Generation IEEE 802.11n standard |
2-3 |
| Introduction to A-GPS |
2-4 |
| Market Overview |
2-4 |
| Technology Trends |
2-4 |
| Market Trends and Opportunities |
2-5 |
| Industry Challenges |
2-6 |
| Relatively New Industry Standards |
2-6 |
| Performance Achievement of the RF Subsystem in Harsh Environments |
2-7 |
| Integration into a Single Package Solution is a Major Challenge for the Semiconductor Vendors |
2-7 |
| Promoting and Marketing the Benefits to Consumers |
2-8 |
| Large Scale Adoption Depends on Ease-of-Use |
2-8 |
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| Chapter 3 WLAN Chipsets Market |
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| Introduction |
3-1 |
| WLAN Technology |
3-1 |
| WLAN |
3-1 |
| 802.11 standards |
3-1 |
| IEEE 802.11b |
3-1 |
| IEEE 802.11a |
3-2 |
| IEEE 802.11g |
3-2 |
| IEEE 802.11n |
3-2 |
| IEEE 802.11i |
3-2 |
| IEEE 802.11e |
3-3 |
| UWB versus 802.11n |
3-3 |
| Ultra Wide Band (UWB) |
3-3 |
| 802.11n |
3-4 |
| UWB versus 802.11n |
3-4 |
| Market Dynamics |
3-5 |
| Market Engineering Measurement |
3-5 |
| Market Drivers |
3-6 |
| Use of Unlicensed Part of Radio Spectrum Boosts Penetration |
3-6 |
| Wi-Fi-enabled Cell Phones Propel Robust Growth |
3-7 |
| Proliferation of Hotspots Coupled with the need for Anywhere and Anytime Access to Content is Driving the Use in Consumer Electronic Devices |
3-7 |
| Newer Voice and Video Services are expected to be Delivered over |
3-8 |
| Wi-Fi Drives it into the Residential Gateway Market Demand for Smaller Form Factor is Boosting Growth on the Notebook Side |
3-8 |
| Market Restraints |
3-8 |
| Technologies such as UWB and WiMAX Affect Wi-Fi penetration |
3-9 |
| Demand for Better Power Saving Techniques as Wi-Fi Penetrates into Mobile Devices is Regarded as a Potential Limiter to the Growth of Wi-Fi-enabled Devices |
3-10 |
| Providing Simple and Secure Network Configuration for Devices on the Network is a Major Concern |
3-10 |
| Market Forecasts |
3-11 |
| Revenue and Unit Shipment Forecasts For The Total WLAN Chipsets Market |
3-11 |
| Forecasts by Geographic Region |
3-13 |
| Forecast by Application |
3-15 |
| PC/Laptop |
3-18 |
| Retail |
3-18 |
| Residential Gateway (RG) |
3-18 |
| Cellular |
3-18 |
| Consumer Electronics |
3-19 |
| Market and Technology Trends |
3-19 |
| Technology trends |
3-19 |
| Market Trends |
3-20 |
| Converged Data, Voice, and Video Services Expected from WLAN Technology |
3-20 |
| Competitive Analysis |
3-21 |
| Competitive Landscape |
3-21 |
| Tier I Participants |
3-21 |
| Tier II Participants |
3-22 |
| Market Share Analysis |
3-22 |
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| Chapter 4 A-GPS Chipset Market |
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| Introduction |
4-1 |
| Introduction to GPS |
4-1 |
| Defining GPS |
4-1 |
| Principle of GPS |
4-1 |
| Drawbacks of Traditional GPS |
4-2 |
| Assisted GPS (A-GPS) |
4-2 |
| Assisted GPS (A-GPS) |
4-2 |
| Need for an A-GPS |
4-2 |
| Shorter Time to First Fix |
4-2 |
| Reduction in Power Consumption |
4-3 |
| Increased Sensitivity |
4-3 |
| Customer Satisfaction |
4-3 |
| Technical Differences in A-GPS Implementation on GSM and CDMA Networks |
4-3 |
| Location-Based Services |
4-4 |
| Introduction to Location-based Services (LBS) |
4-4 |
| Technologies Enabling LBS |
4-4 |
| Current A-GPS Deployments Around the World |
4-5 |
| Market Dynamics |
4-5 |
| Market Engineering Measurement |
4-5 |
| Market Drivers |
4-7 |
| Government Mandates In The Various Regions Augment Growth |
4-7 |
| Increased Sensitivity And Fast TTFF Drives Growth |
4-7 |
| Operators Deploying LBS Realizing The Need To Increase ARPU Drives Growth |
4-8 |
| Competition Among Semiconductor Vendors In Delivering Higher System Capabilities Fuels Growth |
4-8 |
| Growing Mobile Phone Market Spurs Growth |
4-8 |
| Market Restraints |
4-9 |
| Increase In The Price Pressure Due To Low Cost Curtails Growth |
4-9 |
| Non-availability Of A Successful LBS Business Model Restricts Growth |
4-9 |
| Unwanted Advertising And Privacy Concern Restrains Growth |
4-10 |
| Additional Charges For The GPS Service Hinders Growth |
4-10 |
| Market Forecasts |
4-10 |
| Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts for the Total A-GPS Chipsets Market |
4-10 |
| Forecast by Geographic Region |
4-12 |
| Technology and Market Trends |
4-16 |
| Technology Trends |
4-16 |
| Reduction in Chipset Cost and Integration into a Single Package Solution |
4-16 |
| Demand for Fast Time-to-First-Fix (TTFF) |
4-16 |
| Market Trends |
4-17 |
| LBS Gaining Momentum after Announcement of Deployment from |
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| Major Network Operators Around the World |
4-17 |
| LBS Paving Way for New Enterprise Applications |
4-17 |
| Competitive Analysis |
4-17 |
| Competitive Landscape |
4-17 |
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| Chapter 5 Appendix |
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| Decision Support Database |
5-1 |
| Laptop Shipments |
5-1 |
| Portable PC Installed Base |
5-2 |
| PDA Unit Sales |
5-3 |
| Digital Camera Unit Sales |
5-4 |
| Mobile Subscribers |
5-5 |