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To: geworth who wrote (7081)	5/22/2001 2:12:47 AM
From: JAPG	Respond to of 16863

Geworth, Yet another example of the hype and FUD games from 3G equipment suppliers. It also happens broadly in the IT industry.Rob Milham should take note of it. Take care JAPG

To: geworth who wrote (7081)	5/22/2001 2:27:55 AM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16863

"And if he is right, a lot of guys have been very economical with the truth." Hi, Gary - We referenced that debate last year, I think - it's been a long-running one. It was about that time Rob and I began to realize the OFDM was being considered for 4G. As far as being "economical with the truth" it seems to be endemic to wireless. Finding out just what is meant by throughput figures is almost impossible, when crawling through the marketing flimflam. At what frequency? Using what modulation? At what distance from the repeater? Stationary or mobile? With how many users? Is that a burst rate or a sustained throughput rate? Yup, some of these people are absolute misers when it comes to the truth. Regards, Jim

To: geworth who wrote (7081)	5/22/2001 5:44:22 AM
From: JAPG	Respond to of 16863

A perspective from Atheros that could make OFDM in the 2.4 GHz band more valuable: "There's really no big reason why the good old cell-phone system should survive or thrive as the wireless Internet," says Teresa H. Meng, a groundbreaking wireless researcher at Stanford University who is now chief technology officer of wireless-chip maker Atheros Communications. Instead, Meng says, telecom companies could place wireless data transceivers on every building and utility pole. Each transceiver would cover a small area, or "nanocell," ranging 200 to 300 meters in diameter. Together they would create what Meng calls a "wireless fabric." Because the transceivers would be so close to users, they could send clear, high-speed wireless signals over narrow bandwidths, at frequencies that fall into the "industrial/scientific/medical" portion of the spectrum, which regulators make available free and is used by cordless phones, garage-door openers, medical instruments and factory machinery. And handsets could get away with low power output, conserving batteries. technologyreview.com It is congruent with Wi-Lan´s low power request in the 2.4GHz band Take care JAPG