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To: Dennis Roth who wrote (20981)	4/1/2002 7:57:11 AM
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All Data All The Time wirelessweek.com Excerpt: A particularly intriguing wireless data technology was displayed by Flarion Technologies Inc., a startup founded by engineers from Lucent's Bell Laboratories. The Flarion system uses orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, a spread spectrum scheme like CDMA that uses a form of frequency hopping rather than CDMA's direct orthogonal code sequences for spreading. The OFDM channel width is 1.25 megahertz, the same as IS-95 and 1X channels, but Flarion claims that its spectrum efficiency, in terms of data throughput under similar channel conditions, is significantly better. Aside from its novel air interface technology, the Flarion system is interesting in two other regards. First, it didn't evolve from any of the current second-generation wireless technologies but is instead proposed as a "clean sheet" overlay alternative for data services. On the network side, the Flarion system is pure Internet protocol and thus is not integrated with existing voice-centric wireless networks. The second interesting thing is that one might think the company is perhaps three years or so too late with OFDM since major operators worldwide already are deploying 3G data networks based on UMTS and CDMA2000 technologies. But not so long ago pundits were saying exactly the same thing about an upstart called Qualcomm, which offered a radically different air interface technology CDMA even as the U.S. wireless industry was adopting TDMA as the nationwide digital wireless standard. And look who's on the Flarion board of directors: none other than Qualcomm founder and technology icon Andy Viterbi. Flarion really caused a stir this year by demonstrating during the first day's keynote session a streaming video download with a seamless handoff between their OFDM system and a Wi-Fi system. All of a sudden, it seemed, the GPRS and 1X folks were talking about how their systems also could be complemented by Wi-Fi in high-demand hot spots.

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