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To: Quincy who wrote (17720)	1/10/2002 8:50:57 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 34857

8,16,32,64 etc QAM works exactly as they do, and are advertised exactly as anyone with a need for advertising advertises them. Even GSM can be classified and implemented as QAM, but it is smarter and more informative to classifiy it as it usually is, FSK with constant envelope, bandlimited or not, saving lots of battery power when needed, when transmitting. Unluckily the noncoherent 2-QAM (called BPSK in the 60s) QCOM decided to start out with did neither one, but they too have improved, better later than never, got coherent and paid the price for 4QAM and expensive RF parts, low battery life. Without going into the aspects of the US-TDMA trying to keep their envelope fairly constant, bandwidth 30kHz and even 6 time slots, and what that turned into, even weird things like 8PSK, not achieving this nor that. Ilmarinen I'm fairly sure Seybold too doesn't understand much of this, although anyone in the field understands everything. (except for old satellite guys, they talk their own ancient language, but are changing fast or retiring, a 20 year old process)

To: Quincy who wrote (17720)	1/10/2002 9:29:59 PM
From: S100	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34857

Nokia Ships EDGE Wireless The high-speed, next-gen service could launch commercially as soon as the end of this year. By Tim Kridel Bucking the trend of missed deadlines and slipping production schedules, Nokia has begun shipping next-generation wireless network infrastructure earlier than it expected. The enhanced data rates for global evolution (EDGE) equipment is being shipped to AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless. AT&T Wireless plans to offer EDGE by late 2002, while Cingular Wireless plans to upgrade all of its markets to EDGE by early 2004. Both service providers are currently upgrading their TDMA and GSM networks to general packet radio service (GPRS), which promises data rates up to 168 Kbps. EDGE is an optional, interim step as a TDMA or GSM operator migrates to W-CDMA. For example, AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless will upgrade to GPRS and then EDGE before upgrading to W-CDMA. EDGE's benefits include theoretical data rates of up to 473 Kbps and the ability to squeeze more voice calls into the same amount of spectrum. Judging by the contracts that they've awarded to vendors so far, most major European operators will skip EDGE and migrate directly from GPRS to W-CDMA. That decision will affect North American operators because the cost of EDGE handsets and network infrastructure won't be shared by their European counterparts. But any cost premium might be cheaper than buying additional spectrum, which W-CDMA requires. Although EDGE supports data rates as high as 473 Kbps, it's unclear whether users will see anything near those rates. GPRS is already available in several North American markets and much of Europe, but handset and modem designs limit throughput to 40 Kbps at best instead of the full 168 Kbps. The next-generation version of CDMA, called 1XRTT, can support rates up to 144 Kbps, but service providers such as Sprint PCS say users can expect throughput to average around 65 Kbps. Service providers might cap EDGE's throughput if there isn't a business case for high data rates or if devices that support the maximum rate aren't available. Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both plan to launch 1XRTT in some markets by this summer. This past spring, Sprint PCS said it plans to launch a 307-Kbps version of 1XRTT in the latter half of 2002 and a 2.4-Mbps version in some markets by 2003. A quick upgrade from GPRS to EDGE should help AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless compete with CDMA-based rivals. Although it's unclear when EDGE phones and modems will be available in commercial quantities, Nokia's announcement is the latest sign that vendors are finally cranking up production of next-generation wireless. That's welcome news for investors, service providers and handset vendors smarting from 2001, when sales of new phones declined to an estimated 395 million worldwide from about 440 million in 2000. Wide deployments of 1XRTT, GPRS and EDGE are supposed to spur demand for new phones, but that's hardly a sure bet: On Jan. 9, NTT DoCoMo — regarded as visionary in making wireless data a mass-market item — conceded that it probably won't make its goal of 150,000 next-gen subscribers by March. That service launched in October with much fanfare, but so far has attracted only about 35,000 customers.

To: Quincy who wrote (17720)	1/11/2002 1:05:23 PM
From: S100	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 34857

Don't you get tired of repeatedly smashing your head into a concrete wall? I found this old script from Unix to work quite well. Loons, wackos, blowhards, windbags and drunks > device null. Sure cuts down on the trash. Some posters seem to have a smidge of knowledge but cannot write, others go the opposite way. While listening to the Nokia Cap Markets day in one session, since Nokia makes it so hard to get the sound working, I looked over about 6 months worth of these kind of posts and found I had not missed anything. Rather boring listening to some guy who knew absolutely nothing about records go on and on, then the guy giving a summary who put everyone, including himself to sleep. I used to have to try all kinds of java tricks on several different browsers to get the Nokia audio, this last time I had to turn on the Active X stuff that Microsoft had just warned should be turned off because of security concerns. One reason to keep Java turned off. -- 'High risk' virus hits PCs By James Middleton [11-01-2002] A mass mailing JavaScript virus going by the name of Gigger started hitting Windows PCs this week. Its ability to spread via Microsoft Outlook and Internet Relay Chat programs has earned it a 'high risk' rating. The virus uses the now run-of-the-mill combination of social engineering and email to propagate. Arriving as an email with the subject 'Outlook Express Update', if the 'Mmsn_offline.htm' attachment is opened the virus infects all .HTML files on the local drive and then searches any network drives and copies itself into the start menu of these drives as 'Msoe.hta'. It then attempts to delete all files on the local drive and adds a line to the Autoexec.bat file that will reformat the C: drive if the computer is restarted. Because of its destructive nature and method of spreading, Gigger has been given a high risk rating, although most antivirus firms already have an antidote and patch available. ---- Kind of neat to see one new Nokia cell phone approved this year even if it is just a TDMA phone. Many new CDMA phones including a CDMA 1xRTT data modem using a MSM5000 have been approved.. gullfoss2.fcc.gov A Dual-Band Analog/PCS Phone & GPS Receiver, Samsung A400. gullfoss2.fcc.gov