[wireless]
hi darrell,
so you're still following this one eh? ;) ... seems like orctf is indeed (just) beginning to get noticed... and am now inclined to believe that the jpc second source (whomever it/ they may be) will probably be announced at either/both Interop and SuperComm as noted in the NBMO report...
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am guessing that there aren't any current orctf wireless efforts (which we will hear about near term), but then i'm probably the wrong guy to ask... as i just follow the news and therefore am somewhat removed... shlomi might have a better idea if anything is up behind the scenes...
that being said, would not be entirely surprised if longer term we hear about something, as orctf seems to have the background/talent: once upon a time wireless was orctf's stock and trade... in the early days of orctf ... say before 1994... orctf's revenues were derived primarily from wireless contract engineering and wireless commissioned projects... probably the best known project was the comstream cm701 digital satellite modem .. which apparently became something of of an industry defacto standard... fwiw comstream was absorbed into rok and i imagine that expertise (at least silicon) probably lives on in cnxt...
a couple of other (known) projects were a spread spectrum wireless modem ... and some r&d for wireless local loop
some names from those early orctf days: Geotek, OKI America, Inc., Pacific Communications Sciences Inc., Comstream Corp., Hughes Network Systems Inc., Interdigital Communications Corp. and National Semiconductor Corp.
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orctf has pretty well phased out the contract engineering ... except for cable stuff with their own subsidiary ultracom..
also have heard nothing of fujitsu/ orctf joint efforts in wireless.. and expect therefore the gte/sbc news is pretty much a nonevent as far as orctf is concerned...
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on the other hand, believe (longer term) news (other than adsl) to watch for on the orctf/fujitsu front may be vdsl... way cool/ way fast... from what i can gather reading between the lines... gte has been trialing orctf/fujitsu(?) vdsl... it is known that dt is..
along those lines, thought this post interesting (note: no confirmation this is orctf/fujitsu vdsl, but still think it certainly in the realm of the possible)... :
"... BTW I found out some very interesting news from the tech that came out to hook up cable modem. Last month he personally did some installs of GTE's VDSL trials only a few blocks from where I live. He told me it was pretty amazing. Full TV video services(70 channels), phone service (with bells and whistles) and an Internet connection(he thinks it was 1 meg service), all via that little, teeny tiny twisted copper pair. He did the install, made sure it worked and then hasn't heard about the project since. He thinks there are bugs they are working on. But I was pretty amazed that it even worked, period. Maybe I have to re-think the xDSL plays?"
MikeM(From Florida)
Message 8137474
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