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To: quidditch who wrote (7454)	3/12/2000 11:56:00 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) of 13582

4. Viterbi said that 2.4 Mbps in a mobile environment had been achieved (this surprised me, as I thought the max. 2.4 Mbps rate was for fixed environment and that maximum mobile throughput was somewhat lower). Viterbi said that the challenge that Q's ASIC team was dealing with was attempting to maintain an AVERAGE 1Mbps rate in the face of throughput degradation factors such as numbers of users per cell and other factors. You've got to love the Q.....They never stand still. If I remember correctly the spec's that were listed just last November were for an average throughput of 600kbps. They are trying to improve this by 2/3 in about 4 months. I know that it is generally agreed that Nokia will HAVE to use 1xrtt chips....but how difficult is 1xrtt compared to IS-95A? Nokia has thus far been able to ignore CDMA due to the fact that GSM/TDMA is growing so fast. I dont see any signs of this slackening off this year.....the current projections call for something like 430m phones sold versus 270m last year. That overall growth rate is what allows them to offer the pitiful CDMA phones that they have.....it hasnt hurt them yet. I have to admit the possability exists that Nokia will be able to come up with a 1xrtt chip (equally pathetic to their IS-95 offerings) and use it as a face saving device. They may not be able to sell many phones.....but it doesnt look like that is their primary objective with CDMA anyway. The party-line is that they want to keep CDMA expertise in-house..... Slacker

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