Geographical study of regional information flows: main directions and new approaches
Generalization of experience of geographical study of information flows (for journal articles and monographs published in 1991-2015) held for the first time. It has been established that knowledge about the problem is characterized by a low level when a trend moving from understanding the relevance and significance of such research to attempts of measurement and the structuring of flows. Identifies the main directions of geographical study: flows without channels and traffic, channels without traffic, traffic without channels, flows with channels and traffic. In the context of work on the creation of next generation network and the fourth direction proposed three new approaches: uplink-downlink traffic distribution, redistribution of traffic within the region is proportional to the population size of settlements and definition the capacity of cellular communication field. Testing new approaches carried out by the example of Irkutsk region.