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To: A.L. Reagan who wrote (13136)	6/27/2001 8:40:11 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

EDGE is simply a thing of - introducing linear RF-power amplifiers to -- base stations -- handsets just like CDMA must do. (the official secret of basic GSM and GPRS is that they give an american shxt, fxrt in the desert, about linearity of the RF parts of the handsets, maximizing battery efficiency,etc,etc) The funny part is that the receiving (listning) part of any handset is linear anyway, no problems for EDGE. The tough part is the transmitter (speaking) part, the base station. But as any internet surfer knows, it is the downstreams, downloading, listning, receiving part which is crucial. That is - EDGE is a question of better RF-parts in the base station - some additional software in the handset - one base station serves thousands of handsets The result is 3x times the downstream capacity, due to using linear RF-parts, the same thing all CDMA solutions demand to work (except those QCDMA things demanding huge guardbands) There is _NO_ _WAY_ those sitting on the "existing" bands will _NOT_ _USE_ that technology to compete with CDMA who anyway must have that same basic technology (RF-parts) To put "it" in another way, - GSM was based on the simplicity and efficiency of nonlinear RF-parts - CDMA (without those guardbands) demanded linear RF-parts - GPRS implements packet switching for the basic GSM circuit switched network, just like any "3G-CDMA" solution does. - GPRS, GSM and linear RF-parts for _base _stations_ automatically makes EDGE (for the downstream link) That is why it is _INEVITABLE_ that EDGE will be implemented. The little funny thing, is this QCOM game of patents, royalties and making a global standard, what it took to produce that global standard. (Charly brown safety blanket, Linus??, to sit down at the table) Ilmarinen