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To: JohnG who wrote (24218)	6/27/2002 11:08:20 AM
From: foundation	Respond to of 196568

John - re: Sync Channel ========== First, the sync channel issue hasn't slowed Release A developments, including 307kbs performance, at all. Release A was approved, and development is not being slowed by sync channel deliberations. I was told that Korean carriers were running "Release A" tests at the World Cup, and Korea is where you will see it first. Adding a sync channel software patch - if it becomes necessary - will be a menial task, or so I've been told by more than 1 engineer. It is primarily Korean carriers and vendors who are against the patch. The cdma2000 specification is running perfectly well as is - the problem is not with the specification. The problem is with non-standard-compliant 95A handsets manufactured by 2 vendors, and their ability to function on 1x networks. Korea - rightly, I believe - is against establishing the precedent of modifying the standard to bail out 2 vendors. What will happen the next time a vendor blows the standard? Continue to bolt on patches? Also, there is uncertainty how the sync channel fix will effect the standard over the long term. The 2 vendors who fucked their handsets up - plus carriers who have lots of these handsets on their networks (like PCS) - are the prime proponents for the patch. A number of 3GPP2 members like VZ are rather indifferent. Supermajority votes are required to pass legislation, and neither party has been able to close a vote. The Steering Committee has tried to bring the matter to conclusion, with mixed results. Regarding Release A development, sync channel is a peripheral issue. It may well be that a sync channel patch - if required - can be downloaded via BREW in the field at some future date. The cleanest solution is, of course, recall of the defective 95A handsets - especially with carriers wanting 95A handsets out and 1x handsets in circulation for capacity increases. Seems a no-brainer, and I think this may be why things remain in flux.