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To: chuckj who wrote (3761)	8/25/1997 12:16:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	of 152472

Chucky, a failed handset power control system doesn't disrupt the whole system. The worst it could do is temporarily disrupt one cell [or two or three] causing the sampling rate reduction you mention. Any handset not responding to power control could be given an on-screen message: "This handset is defective, please take it to a dealer for free replacement" and disconnected. And just what do you expect the failure rate to be for this aspect? Chips are fairly consistent these days. There are a few million handsets out there now. Operators are watching such things. You are shroud-waving and straw clutching. There are solutions to problems Chucky. Have you seen anyone have this problem? Are there dead Qualcomm CDMA handsets around? You said "There is scientific wisdom behind GSM and TDMA". Yes, and part of that wisdom was provided by the people at a company called Linkabit who were dominant in developing TDMA. They sold Linkabit and their TDMA rights and moved on to open another company to develop another, better, idea. They called it Qualcomm. But that is not what you meant. There is no wisdom behind TDMA/GSM in the sense you mean. It is called "don't rock the boat", "damn this new fangled gadget", "status quo", "lack of imagination" "fear of failure" "it'll never work" "it's never been done before" etc etc. Ericsson could not make CDMA work, did not believe it would work and put all their eggs in one GSM basket. Then dreamed up a version of broadband CDMA in panic. Now that they think they might fail at that, they come up with this "wideband" narrowband pulsed GSM effort. Which is also hogwash. They can't do wideband GSM. It is not wideband. It is lots of individual soundproofed channels stuck together. It'll never work. It's never been done before and they should stick with the status quo; tried and tested CDMA. There is a bigger CDMA operational problem which I haven't seen a good solution to yet, [though I have one]. I prefer not to mention this problem just now. You seem to be unaware of it. Qualcomm's cash management has been excellent for a decade. Got any real problems Chucky? Your immediate concern [if you are working in this field] should be to learn about CDMA and apply for some jobs. You better not be left holding the GSM bag! Leave the worry about how much profit Qualcomm will make this quarter to me. Mqurice

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