Frank,
My apologies, but I cannot locate the AT&T article referencing Project Angel and this mobile/fixed switch that, if I recall correctly, Bellabs had developed and had in prototype form.
The general concept is referred to in this Ericsson story:
...
He said enhanced W-CDMA might be used as a wireless local loop solution, connecting a basestation in a carrier's network to a residential basestation that would then support multiple mobile terminals around the home or office through Bluetooth connections. Because the communicating basestations would be at fixed positions, the radio channel could be optimized to secure the 8-Mbit/s data rate but would also be used for aggregated traffic, Uddenfeldt said.
...
Message 14462237
There is a clear need for wired line bypasses, but companies with an interest in deploying such technologies need to find a way to do it effectively to answer all of Grace's concerns. I think fixed wireless will (eventually) have the potential to offer that solution - but it will require that they cooperate with mobile service providers to allow this. In Microcell's case, building the network from scratch as a "pan-Canadian Internet Protocol access network", alonside an existing mobile business, allows them to offer services as one carrier with a (supposedly) seamless location-based best possible speed connection, without any concern for incumbents. Of course, if you don't like part of their offering, you're stuck - it's an all or nothing proposition...
Rob |
