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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (5981)	11/15/1999 9:21:00 PM
From: P2V	Respond to of 12823

Thanks Frank. Do we use the "Brute Force Contention & and Collision Enabling " method ? GG Mardy.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (5981)	11/15/1999 9:22:00 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Frank, Bernard, Peter, wireless, dave, and others - Finished wading through the acronymic swamp of wireless at 4:30 this morning. At 6:30, phoned my broker, and we left some Wi-LAN on the loading dock. The debate, ostensibly about VOFDM vs WOFDM and IPRs was, of course, about money. The risk/reward ratio was all wrong. The informed comments of the posters on this thread convinced me of that. Because many monitor this thread, I want to be clear that this is no reflection on Wi-LAN, an excellent company, or its prospects - I still hold a pile of it, and believe it will easily do a double, maybe a triple. But the picture that emerges is a future, 2 years from now, with as-yet unknown breakthroughs assailing the market, and the different flavors of OFDM at various frequencies and locales within that market. It seems unlikely that there will be one, and only one, preferred modulation standard for all things wireless. The battle will continue, but I'll watch it from a less exposed viewpoint. I ask dave and Bernard, in particular, to send, with my crow, a little vinaigrette dressing - it make the feathers easier to swallow, y'know? Best wishes, Jim

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (5981)	11/15/1999 10:47:00 PM
From: P2V	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Frank (or Others) , I'm still struggling with the concept of MMDS. Would we be somewhat assured that, in an MMDS application using an unlicensed chunk of the spectrum, --- your own transmit signal is unidirectional (and focused enough) - to eliminate the chance of a collision with another (foreign) unlicensed transmitting device, in the same chunk of the spectrum ?? Or -- Would the the multi path (Vector) signals be, susceptable to collision or contention problems ? Mardy.