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To: Robert T. Miller who wrote (4827)	7/26/1999 3:53:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Respond to of 12823

Robert: Not a technology expert like Frank or Bernard. They would know, I don't. But I understand the short answer is no. Chaz

To: Robert T. Miller who wrote (4827)	7/26/1999 5:53:00 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi Robert: The CDMA protocol is poorly adapted to broadband applications. CDMA requires a bandwidth equal to the bandwidth per channel (user) times the processing gain.So if a user needs say 50MHz (supports about 100Mb/sec), with a processing gain of 100, you would need 5Ghz of bandwidth. LMDS has only 1.3. Generally, deterministic multiple access protocols such as FDMA, TDMA and CDMA are poorly adapted to broadband data traffic, which is usually bursty. Statistical multiplexing or contention based protocols are better suited for such situations.In other words, you want to allocate resources dynamically, to users who need them the most, at the time when the need arises. Best regards, Bernard Levy