U.S. Federal Agencies.
Wireless Technologies and the National Information Infrastructure

Chapters 8, 11, and 12 are provided here in full text. They discuss zoning, health issues, and EMI, respectively.

ORDERING INFORMATION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Part A: Overview

1 Introduction and Policy Issues

• Request for the Study
• Scope of the Study
• Background: The NII
• Why Wireless?
• Policy Environment
• Findings and Policy Options

2 Mobility and the Implications of Wireless Technologies

• Findings
• Selected Examples of Mobile Wireless Services
• Characteristics of Mobility
• Jobs and Mobility
• Implications of Increased Mobility

Part B: Wireless Technologies and Applications

3 Voice Technologies and Applications

• Findings
• Mobile Voice Services
• Fixed Wireless Technologies

4 Wireless Data

• Findings
• Wireless Data Services
• Wireless Data Systems
• Issues and Implications

5 Broadcast and High-Bandwidth Services

• Findings
• Background
• Radio Broadcasting
• Video Programming Services
• Emerging High-Bandwidth Services

Part C: Issues and Implications

6 Standards and Interoperability

• Findings
• The Wireless Standards-Setting Process
• Cellular and Personal Communications Service Standards
• Interoperability of Wireless and Wireline Networks

7 Regulation of Interconnection

• Findings
• LEC Interconnection Obligations
• Interconnection Obligations of Wireless Carriers

8 Zoning Regulations and Antenna Siting

• Findings
• Background
• General Court Guidelines on Federal Preemption
• The Case for Federal Preemption
• The Case Against Federal Preemption
• Footnotes for Chapter 8

9 Wireless Technologies and Universal Service

• Findings
• The Role of Wireless Technologies in Universal Service
• Policy Issues

10 Privacy, Security, and Fraud

• Findings
• Confidentiality and Privacy
• Cellular and Other Wireless Fraud

11 Health Issues

• Findings
• The Controversy Surrounding Health Effects
• Biological and Health Effects of Wireless Telecommunications
• Footnotes for Chapter 11

12 Electromagnetic Interference and Wireless Devices

• Findings
• Background
• Interference With Medical Devices
• Interference With Aircraft Control Systems
• Unanticipated Interactions Among Large, Complex Systems
• Footnotes for Chapter 12

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