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To: Rehan Mahmud who wrote (858)	10/30/1999 12:37:00 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16863

Rehan - I'm not Hatim, also, no wireless expert. Hatim has said in the past that he hoped WOFDM technology would be incorporated into all wireless devices (I will attempt to follow this with the actual quote). My understanding of his statement was that the benefits of WOFDM were almost universally applicable. However, in other posts, he has indicated that certain wavelengths/applications would benefit more than others. On another note, I've been searching for some indication of how the Wi-LAN/ITU matter will evolve, and have found nothing concrete - but the site indicates that a NR will be released 5 November.Here is the link - itu.int Whether that NR will explicitly deal with Wi-LAN's DSSS submission, I don't know. But "The purpose of the meeting is to complete Release 99 of the IMT-2000 radio interface specifications so that products can be available in time for the initial launch of IMT-2000 services in 2001." - so there may be some indication of which way the ITU views Wi-LAN's submission. Am hoping to get enough time to do more research this weekend; obviously the whole question of IPR's has come into sharp focus for Wi-LAN and its investors, recently. Best to all, Jim

To: Rehan Mahmud who wrote (858)	11/6/1999 12:15:00 PM
From: Hatim Zaghloul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

Rehan, I have not checked but I believe this paragraph was written by Peter E who works for Cisco. You can find this out by checking on the IEEE802.11 minutes. I definitely do not agree with him about where WOFDM is (not) applicable. He maybe talking about VOFDM since VOFDM has this vector element that, in my belief, may require larger antennas (or an antenna array) and some consistency in the multipath. WOFDM as applied in the IEEE802.11a, again IMO, is definitely targeting wireless LAN applications both fixed and portable. Hatim