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To: Asterisk who wrote (12423)	7/15/1998 9:03:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Respond to of 152472

Michael - From what I understand in TDMA applications you pulse the power to the PA. This turns the PA on and off and thus saves power. I agree, but when it is on it is really cooking because it is handling a rate several times the nominal rate. The only possible savings come if the PA is turned completely off for TDMA between timeslots so that the baseline power draw is non-existent. But I think this unlikely although I don't actually know it. Clark

To: Asterisk who wrote (12423)	7/15/1998 9:09:00 PM
From: Walter Liu	Respond to of 152472

If you want to use the duty cycle as your argument then you have to use the same for CDMA. GSM once you obtain 1 of 8 timeslot you transmit full time during that time slot regardless of you are talking. If you don't use DTX. CDMA you always transmit in the time domain but within the time you are not always transmiting all the time. In the case of data dormant feature for future CDMAOne, you will not transmitt when you already obtain the data from internet but looking at the web page, in fact you will not even obtain a traffic channel whenever you are not using anything, this reduces duty cycle very low. GSM is fixed at 1/8 regardless of use. 1/8 power if you like. Effecient? no.