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To: JGoren who wrote (22156)	1/29/1999 11:25:00 AM
From: Bux	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

O.K. Since the technical gurus haven't surfed in I'll give it a stab. I think multiple chip rate is referring to a chip rate that is a multiple of a lower bandwidth chip rate. For example, CDMA2000 specifies a chip rate three times that of CDMAOne. Maurice, thanks for the spelling correction, I've been minding my pdQ's but I'll have to pay more attention to how loosely I mind my O's or I'll be a real loser. What's all this talk of partnering? I must agree strongly with those who believe nothing is gained in a partnership with Air-Icky! All you political schmoozers make me a little ill! The dilution of IPR and control of the future of CDMA that would occur with the merger of any large telecom and the Q would be unacceptable. This isn't about a quick buck and a pat on the back about how you tripled your investment in two or three years. As someone who has watched a ten thousand dollar investment in MSFT turn into nearly two million, I have been a firm believer in holding great stocks for the long-run. Where would MSFT be today if Bill had given in to a buyout in the early years before Bill had the center stage? Where would that nearly two million dollars in MSFT shares be now if they were sold at the first sign of weakness or the pressure the feds have been applying or general market weakness? Sure, MSFT may loose half of it's value in pretty short order, but I'm not worried, I wouldn't even view that as a loss because those shares aren't for sale. When the Q partnered with MSFT, this thread had alot of "oh, no, the Devil himself is in the door." MSFT is not a telecom and I do not feel my interest in the Q's IPR was dilluted, it was enhanced. This is the sort of partners the Q should cultivate, not Air-Icky or NOKA.

To: JGoren who wrote (22156)	1/29/1999 11:48:00 AM
From: Ramus	Respond to of 152472

JG, In CDMA-2000 where you have 1XRTT and 3XRTT, these two rates give a greater flexibility for an operator to implement 3G services on an as needed basis. This allows a more efficient use of the available spectrum. By comparison, the ETSI UTRA W-CDMA proposal which has one chip rate will not be as flexible in this sense. So, from this point of view it will not be seen to use spectrum as efficiently. The best explanation of this can be found at cdg.org click on the button on the left "Third Generation" then scroll down to the article "CDMA Development Group White Paper: Third Generation Systems". Although the Japan ARIB W-CDMA proposal is not as spectrally efficient as the CDMA-2000 proposal, I sure they had similar implementation flexibility in mind when they proposed multiple chip rates as well. Walt

To: JGoren who wrote (22156)	1/29/1999 8:31:00 PM
From: Asterisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

John: There is a simple answer to consider when asking the question that you asked. Why use a 5MHz channel when a 1.25MHz channel will suffice. Maybe an analogy will help: You have two cars in your garage, one is a Ford Festiva, the other a Van. If you want to go to the corner store will you take the Van? No, you'll take the Festiva. On the other hand if you are travalling to Orlando for a vacation will you take the Festiva? No you'll take the Van. If you are going to transmit voice over a wireless link why take up 5MHz for one conversation when you can split the channel up into 3 1.25MHz channels and maximize your profit. When data comes along you unsplit your channels and use the 5MHz channel for the short time you have the data and then split them again.