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To: Eric L who wrote (186)	4/7/2002 12:29:27 PM
From: Dexter Lives On	Read Replies (1) of 1002

Hi Eric, This is not WLAN - this is WWAN. It is intended as the starting point of 4g development (from what I can gather). This will be a complement to WLAN (the air interface will be very similar) but is intended to provide broadband service in the identical way that current cellular networks do. Unlike WLAN, this emerging technology standard is in direct competition with 3g cellular. Take Flarion's or Meshnetworks's BWAN tech (call it 802.16Mobile) combined with Netro's, Nokia's or Wi-LAN's fixed broadband network (call it 802.16Fixed) and add in anyone's WLAN (say Boingo or Joltage member), add roaming and security - and you have the seeds of 4G. WiMAX mobile and fixed, combined with Wi-Fi provides all of the building blocks needed for broadband everywhere. (WiMedia - UWB, will probably be included under the Wi-Fi umbrella). wimaxforum.org weca.net wimedia.org Of course, lurking in the background, is Microsoft grouper.ieee.org but they have stayed (diplomatically) out of the Wireless Metro Area Network standard setting; while Nokia has been involved in 802.16 for some time, they did however vote against the motion to add vehicular speed mobility, preferring portable or nomadic access. Alvarion and Wi-LAN favored full mobility. As far as I know, this was Qualcomm's first involvement with IEEE802.16 activities; Intel and Cisco are still looking for their first successes in wireless... JMHO. Best regards, Rob BTW here's a working model, which is similar to Flarion, but is interface-neutral air2lan.com

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