The Future X Network

Name: The Future X Network
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781498779142
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A Bell Labs Perspective

By Marcus K. Weldon

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The Future X Network: A Bell Labs Perspective explores the dawn of a transformative era in networking, aimed at digitising and connecting everything and everyone. It examines the technological breakthroughs necessary at architectural and systems levels to automate life, enhance decision-making, and maximise efficiency in daily routines, framing a new phase of human existence.
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This book is ideal for technology professionals, researchers, and anyone interested in the future of networking and digital transformation from a leading industry perspective.

This book, written by Bell Labs researchers, CTO, and Bell Labs Consulting, guides users and members of the industry communications industry about how networks will evolve.

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We are at the dawn of an era in networking that has the potential to define a new phase of human existence. This era will be shaped by the digitisation and connection of everything and everyone with the goal of automating much of life, effectively creating time by maximising the efficiency of everything we do. It augments our intelligence with knowledge that expedites and optimises decision-making and everyday routines and processes.

The Future X Network: A Bell Labs Perspective outlines how Bell Labs sees this future unfolding and the key technological breakthroughs needed at both the architectural and systems levels. Each chapter of the book is dedicated to a major area of change and the network and systems innovation required to realise the technological revolution that will be the essential product of this new digital future.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781498779142

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 March 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: CRC Press Inc

Illustration: 5 Tables, black and white; 159 Illustrations, color

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 916g

Pages: 470

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Computing & Technology Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Marcus K. Weldon Non-Fiction

About the Author

Marcus Weldon, is the president of Bell Labs and chief technology officer of Nokia. Marcus holds a BS in chemistry and computer science from King’s College, London, and a PhD in physical chemistry from Harvard University. In 1995 he joined the Physics Division at AT&T Bell Labs as a post-doctoral researcher, before becoming a Member of Technical Staff in the Optical Materials Division. Dr. Weldon won a series of scientific and engineering society awards for his work on electronic and optical materials, and holds numerous patents related to that work.

In 2005 he moved from research to hold a variety of CTO roles in different business divisions, before becoming the Corporate CTO with responsibility for defining the future direction of the industry and the associated evolution of the Alcatel-Lucent portfolio. He became the thirteenth President of Bell Labs in December 2013. He is a member of the Executive Board of ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) and a member of the FCC Open Internet Advisory Committee.