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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (27597)	7/31/2008 4:57:17 AM
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Frank, ftth - The emphasis was on power usage, but also on bandwidth and other interrelated factors. For instance, I recall a discussion (with Fred G?) WRT IPv6 and VoIP that suggested this would be a bandwidth-intensive exercise for mobile operators, with latency effects. [May be a flawed recollection here] The discussion is also applicable to Wifi and Wimax dual-mode handsets. Power usage with Wimax mobile devices suffers somewhat (the linearity issue); not so much, with Wifi. Will the additional processing load will be too much of a burden for Wimax/WiBro devices? On the network/operator side (as opposed to device), will Wimax (say) offer a VoIP advantage in comparison to HSPA, or 3G? Will WiFi dual-mode devices turn out to be optimal for VoIP? One other aspect of the issue is the importance of Moore's Law. Will the next generation of silicon (being computationally more powerful and usually more optimized/power-efficient) make the matter less important? VoIP on RF networks is a question that's slipped through the cracks, over the years. Jim