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To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5462)	6/12/2000 12:58:00 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 34857

Even the name of the bear was taboo Aye, they called him...Darfott. Darfott's true name must not be spoken.

To: tero kuittinen who wrote (5462)	6/12/2000 1:00:00 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

Tero, << the bear was taboo... kind of like the way some people avoid using "W-CDMA" nowadays and insist on some euphemism like "DS-CDMA" >> Just trying to adapt to the correct nomenclature (whatever that is). Seems to me that ETSI is using UTRA FDD (WCDMA) for IMT-DS, and UTRA TDD, and TD-SCDMA for IMT-TC. For W-CDMA or WCDMA (neither of which appears in "glossary of terms" within ETSI UMTS documentation). Direct Spread (DS) or IMT-2000 CDMA Direct Spread are spelled out to describe UTRA W-CDMA. I avoid "wideband CDMA" usage primarily because it gets a little confusing (and I get easily confused <g>). It certainly got confusing earlier this month over published reports out of China. Nokia describes WCDMA-DS in their 3G acronym listing thus: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access - A radio interface for UMTS, characterized by use of a wider band than CDMA. Has additional advantages of high transfer rate, and increased system capacity and communication quality by statistical multiplexing, etc. WCDMA efficiently utilizes the radio spectrum to provide a maximum data rate of 2 Mbit/s. Originally, WCDMA was written with a "3G" indication. However, since it is now being reviewed under 3G Harmonization together with two other systems, it is more precisely specified here as WCDMA-DS. They also describe UTRA (and UTRAN) thus: UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access - Often applied with identical meaning of WCDMA-DS. So how about WCDMA-DS (I'll give you the W). The DS tag eliminates the confusion potential. BTW: No fair calling on "pagan gods of the North". - Eric -