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To: P2V who wrote (579)	9/10/1999 8:14:00 PM
From: axial	Respond to of 16863

Artifex, Hatim, Surf, Mardy - thanks to all for the discussion, and to Artifex and Hatim for the clarifications. I have learned a lot. I've always believed that a good thread will self-inform and self-educate; this is turning out to be a VERY good thread. Back to my DD, and the hope that I will soon be able to make some loose projections on Wi-LAN's place in wireless market. Good luck to all.

To: P2V who wrote (579)	9/13/1999 1:16:00 PM
From: Artifex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

When I said systems couldn't listen to the channel as they transmitted, I was over-generalizing. A more accurate statement would be "RF systems generally aren't able to listen to signals from other stations at the same time as they are transmitting". It is possible for a station to monitor its own transmissions, but to do so requires a receiver with improbably high dynamic range. I agree that systems such as you suggest would be too complicated, impractical and expensive for 802.11 systems intended for Wireless LAN use. Some systems do use multiple antennas for receive diversity, however.