1X chips are shipping now.
1X will be deployed Q4 2000 in Korea (SK Telecom),
SK Telecom Selects 3Com and Samsung 3G Wireless Solution for World's First CDMA2000 1X Network
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000--
Standards-based Network Will Deliver Mobile Data Services at Speeds Up to 144kbps; Commercial Availability Scheduled for Q4 2000.
and Q1 2001 by Verizon.
Gerry Flynn, the company's director of technical development:
?Flynn said Verizon will deploy 1XRTT CDMA technology early next year.
That technology is a more data-centric wireless platform than Verizon
currently uses. "It nearly doubles our voice capacity," Flynn said. "Secondly, it gives us the
opportunity to offer (faster rates) of data."
2Mbps is the HDR application.
Compliments of engineer;
?It really is just a play on words. Both of them use frequency for voice and data. It just matters how you split them up. HDR does not share the SAME frequency space as voice.
In HDR, it can use one of the possible 1.25 MHz wide frequency slots for the HDR data. In a basic system you have the frequency space split into many 1.25 MHz bands. Usually these are all voice. Bu the fact that HDR and voice are on similair band sizes makes it even more flexible than the WCDMA scheme. The operator can mix and match the bands as they need them. Put on 7 bands of voice and one band of HDR during the peak hours (rush hour traffic) and perhaps mix it to 4 bands of voice and 4 bands of HDR during peak internet access time (evenings from 6-11 PM). The flexibility far outwieghs the loss of freqneucy space.
I believe we are into the most major FUD attack to try to get European vaporware accepted before Qualcomm comes out with their already tested system. Q is only a few months away from having 1xrtt plus HDR on the MSM chip and the radio doesn;t change, so expect the HDR rollout to be very fast when it happens.
Bottom line - Frequency use is Frequency use. You have to use it to send bits and the actually way you use it doesn't matter. In the end it is the entire capacity that you gain for the frequency you have. PERIOD.?
The WCDMA application from DoCoMo are trials as far as anyone can tell(brassboards).
From Raging Bull IDCC;
ragingbull.com
Another post from engineer who has been in charge of ASIC development at QCOM(18 months for ASIC development)
Clark,
I took the FPGA stuff to ASIC in 18 months right on the industry target. But you have to build test systems, RF test systems, etc. Alot more than just making the ASIC work. You have to field trial this in the real system and make real sure that you have all the bugs out of the real ASIC. This means you have to build alot of phones wiht them and test it before the carrier will allow you to sell to them. This took at least 18 months after the ASICs were out there. You can't go handing out 500 brassbaords and ask people to carry them around in thier breifcases, now can you?
Also, in todays market you had better have a high degree of integration on that ASIC. You cannot model something like the entire MSM chip today in FPGA because it is too many transistors. So you also have the issue of building a commerially viable cost effective chipset if it were to compete wiht all the major standards out there. You must have a bill of Materials less than $100 to compete in todays market as well as a sub 140 gm phone. So are they going to make 2-3 ASICs first, then come out wiht another which integrates the stuff?
One more note. While I was in charge of building the ASICS, I also was in charge of 16 phD level systems engineers who worked right along with the chip designers to make sure that the design of every circuit matched the system level design. This insured that the chip matched the system on the very first round. I wasn't aware that IDCC had this level of engineering staff available. If you outsource the design, then you have the "our company" versus "their company" problem of how to achieve the system design.
For history, the CDMA ASICS at FPGA were done in 1990, the first ASICS from this in 1991, the first MSM chip done in 1993, the first phones out into the commerical world in 1995, and high volume rollout in 1996.
A little EDGE info:
GPRS broadband wireless not so fast after all, says Nokia
theregister.co.uk
European operators are scheduled to introduce broadband wireless data services towards the end of this year, but it's beginning to look as if it's not all it's cracked up to be, and that they'll be going rapidly into reverse on the expectation management front. For starters, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is going to be a lot slower on the ground than you'd been led to believe, and unless some charitable elves drop off some new battery technology pronto, device endurance won't look too clever either.
Speaking in Helsinki at the end of last week Nokia executives warned that too much has been promised for GPRS and EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution). GPRS is being positioned as a bridge to 3G systems, and has had data rates of in excess of 100kbps claimed for it. By Nokia, among others. EDGE is a little further down the line, is of particular interest to US TDMA operators, and offers even higher speeds. Or it did, anyway - Nokia has claimed "packet data user rates of up to 473kbps."
But Nirvana has been postponed. Although people have been led to believe that GPRS devices will be able to achieve a comfortable equivalent of two ISDN channels while they're on the move, Nokia says bit rates will be deliverable in multiples of 13kbps, and if you allow a maximum of three timeslots you get - with the apparent addition of 4kbps of secret sauce - 43kbps. That of course depends on the network operator being able to deliver you the maximum; we wouldn't be at all surprised if under some conditions you wound up getting 13kbps, dangerously close to the current GSM data rate of 9.6kbps.
The downgrade holds good for EDGE, which has been promised at triple GPRS rates, so that means it will initially roll out at around 120kbps. GPRS is intended to roll out late this year, while the first EDGE systems are expected to launch in 2002.
According to Petri Poyhonen, head of Nokia's GPRS business programme, the press has a responsibility to get the right message across to users, who've been getting the wrong impression about GPRS. No doubt Nokia has a responsibility to go through its Web site and revise down all those recklessly large numbers itself, but Petri didn't mention that.
The real point of GPRS, says Poyhonen, is the permanent connection - and he's not wrong. If you can achieve 43kbps permanently via wireless, or even just 20kbps, in most cases you won't necessarily notice the relatively low speed, because you're not demanding data in heavy bursts, as you would via a dial-up connection.
But the other piece of bad news about GPRS may interfere with your ability to have a permanent connection for any great length of time. Nokia Mobile Phones CTO Yrjo Neuvo vigorously scotches rumours that trial GPRS systems have been bursting into flames (certainly not Nokia ones, he smiles, they're "very cool"), but he does concede that GPRS is a heavy drain on power.
This is something that'll carry over into 3G/UMTS systems, unless manufacturers can deliver substantially better battery life in the interim, but the major issue right now is the likely capability of the GPRS systems that'll have to go into mass production later this year. Neuvo is however optimistic, observing that GPRS will have to have comparable battery performance to existing systems, because customers wouldn't accept any less. Which we presume is where the elves come in...
"Operators and firms that adopt HSCSD this year will enjoy first-mover advantages, while riskier network technologies like Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution (EDGE) will fade away, and UMTS will arrive late."
wirelessdesignonline.com.
European Report Say Higher Mobile Speeds Will be Late
3/24/2000 Despite the hype surrounding higher mobile speeds, European
managers may have to wait longer than they think for 2.5 and 3G solutions,
according to a new report from Amsterdam-based Forrester Research B.V.
The report outlines how companies must act on new mobile opportunities to serve
customers better, strengthen ties with partners, and boost internal productivity
while hedging their bets on shaky technologies. "Hype from vendors like Nokia and
operators like Orange says that European firms will get 2 Mbps speeds on mobile
devices and connect anywhere at anytime?all by 2002," explains Lars Godell,
analyst for Forrester Research B.V. "The reality is that gradual, uneven bandwidth
upgrades will creep along through 2007 and only city areas will see 2 Mbps
speeds by 2007."
Forrester believes that Europe's high-speed mobile future will be enabled by a
series of new mobile network technologies like General Packet Radio Service
(GPRS) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). These
technologies will transform the way corporations serve customers, reach business
partners, and communicate internally -- but only after they are widely standardized
and implemented.
"To increase mobile speeds and global connectivity, new technologies are being
developed, including always-on packet-switched connections and Bluetooth, a
short-range radio technology that allows high-speed communication between
devices and networks," added Godell. "The benefits these technologies offer will
arrive later than promised for a number of reasons, mainly because operators will
not be able to justify the huge investments needed to build an entirely new mobile
network. Shaky standards and incompatible handsets will also give early adopters
a bumpy ride."
Forrester believes that only technologies requiring minimal upgrades to existing
networks and handsets, like High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD), GPRS,
and Bluetooth, will see widespread adoption before 2005. Operators and firms
that adopt HSCSD this year will enjoy first-mover advantages, while riskier network
technologies like Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Evolution (EDGE) will fade away,
and UMTS will arrive late.
For the Report "Mobile's High-Speed Hurdles," Forrester spoke with 47 corporate
IT managers as well as 46 mobile operators, telecommunications equipment
suppliers, software houses, and systems integrators. When asked when they will
roll out high-speed mobile data services as part of their business, 53% of
executives interviewed said that it would depend on market readiness, while 19%
said that they might not use it.
Additional information this and other reports from Forrester Research can be
found at www.forrester.com.
Lucent Technologies and QUALCOMM Complete First Wireless High-Speed 153 Kbps Packet Data Call Compliant with 3rd Generation CDMA Standard
- Demonstration of cdma2000 1x High-Speed Data Transmission is Precursor to Verizon Wireless Pilot Project Scheduled in June -
Whippany, N.J. -- April 25, 2000 -- Edging closer towards bringing to market standards-compliant third generation (3G) wireless solutions to deliver the "mobile" Internet, Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) and QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced that their collaboration on 3G wireless data technology has successfully yielded the first live transmissions of over-the-air data using cdma2000-1x technology.
In compliance with the 3G cdma2000-1x standard, known as IS-2000, 153 kilobits per second (kbps) transmission was demonstrated with a streaming video application.
This faster data rate will give mobile phone users the ability to use their handsets to access a range of high-speed, data-rich applications that will include web browsing, streaming video and audio, web teleconferencing and other new, emerging data applications. This compares to current North American wireless data networking speeds ranging from 9.6 kbps to 14.4 kbps, which can only support text-based messages and information.
Verizon Wireless, a wireless provider recently formed by the combination of the U.S. wireless businesses of Bell Atlantic Corp. and Vodafone AirTouch plc, will implement the technology as part of a pilot test bed beginning in June.
"This demonstration is proof that CDMA provides the most cost-efficient, graceful evolution to 3G services, exceeding all other competing digital standards," said Bill Stone, executive director network planning for Verizon Wireless. "We look forward to conducting field trials this summer with Lucent, device manufacturers and content providers. Our plan is to make these data access speeds available to customers sometime next year."
In addition to proving data transmission rates that are nearly ten-fold greater than what is available on North American mobile networks today, the Lucent-QUALCOMM collaboration provides wireless network operators with a solution that effectively doubles the voice capacity of their Lucent-supplied networks. The network upgrades involve only circuit card replacements and a software upgrade without the need for new base stations.
The key improvement in achieving this industry milestone is made possible by using QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies' CSM5000? Cell Station Modem (CSM?) in Lucent Flexent? base stations. The new CSM5000 chip and system software speeds up digital signal processing and supports the new 3G 1x Physical Layer standard while preserving existing radio frequency (RF) components. Also used in this live system demonstration was QUALCOMM's 3G 1x Mobile Handset Development Platform featuring the MSM5000? chipset and system software.
"With QUALCOMM providing our enabling technology, we're proving that Lucent is ahead of the pack in bringing the benefits of next-generation networking to market," said Bill Wiberg, president of Lucent's cellular and PCS Networks. "Our Flexent wireless networks are easily upgradeable by carriers planning for greater capacity and faster transmission speeds for their mobile Internet service. We are responding to our customers' requirements to protect current investment while offering evolutionary improvements that are compatible with their existing networks."
Commenting on the speed with which Lucent and QUALCOMM completed their integration project, Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies, said: "We're delighted by the excellent teamwork and execution that has so rapidly produced a proven solution that's ready to be deployed in Lucent's high-quality base station systems. This outcome stands to reason when world-class leaders in their respective fields join forces in an open, market-driven competition to deliver new solutions to customers."
Lucent and QUALCOMM had demonstrated live over-the-air voice calls on CDMA2000-1x to visiting customers beginning in February, and are now hosting customer visits to showcase their accomplishment with high speed data.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as optical and wireless networks; Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at lucent.com.
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QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital technology. The Company's business areas include integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; Eudora© email software for Windows© and Macintosh© computing platforms; satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar? system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS© and OmniExpress?. QUALCOMM owns patents which are essential to all of the CDMA wireless communications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 75 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2000 FORTUNE 500© company traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market© under the ticker symbol QCOM.
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Flexent is a trademark of Lucent Technologies, Inc. QUALCOMM, OmniTRACS and Eudora are registered trademarks and OmniExpress is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. CSM, CSM5000 and MSM5000 are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services, Incorporated. IS-2000 is a trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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