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Posted by michael on Friday January 17, 2003 @07:42AM from the ping-pong dept.

RevMike writes "The New York Times (reg required) is reporting that Bell Labs/Lucent has developed a method to multiply the bandwidth of cellular networks by using multipath. Robert Lucky developed the system called Blast. He claims that it should multiply the data rates in existing spectrum 300% to 400%. One prototype took a network from 2.5Mb/s to 19.2 Mb/s. Interestingly, the system works better in cluttered environments." And on a related note, Kimberley Burchett writes "The latest Physics News Update mentions that skyscrapers could actually help wireless communication. 'The more scatterers between the transmitters and receivers, the more channels that are available. For the time being, the communication technique is limited to ultrasonic communication - the electronics necessary for exploiting scatterers with wide-band time-reversal antennas at cell phone frequencies simply don't yet exist.'"

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3rd post by thr0d+ps1t · 2003-01-17 07:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This is the thr0d ps1t. Eat it, bitchez.
troll? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 07:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

no
^ers by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 07:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

sixth ps0t!
Re:Netcraft now confirms: by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 07:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

:(

Very sad news indeed...

Those who are about to post IN SOVIET RUSSIA jokes, we salute you!
Re:Anyone got a Mirror by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 07:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic
1. Un iaith ac un ymadrodd oedd i'r holl fyd.
2. Wrth ymdeithio yn y dwyrain, cafodd y bobl wastadedd yng ngwlad Sinar a thrigo yno.
3. A dywedasant wrth ei gilydd, Dewch, gwnawn briddfeini a'u crasu'n galed. Priddfeini oedd ganddynt yn lle cerrig, a phyg yn lle calch.
4. Yna dywedasant, Dewch, adeiladwn i ni ddinas, a thr a'i ben yn y nefoedd, a gwnawn inni enw, rhag ein gwasgaru dros wyneb yr holl ddaear.
5. Disgynnodd yr Arglwydd i weld y ddinas a'r tr yr oedd meibion dynion wedi eu hadeiladu,
6. a dywedodd, Y maent yn un bobl a chanddynt un iaith; y maent wedi dechrau gwneud hyn, a bellach ni rwystrir hwy mewn dim y bwriadant ei wneud.
7. Dewch, disgynnwn, a chymysgu eu hiaith hwy yno, rhag iddynt ddeall ei gilydd yn siarad.
8. Felly gwasgarodd yr Arglwydd hwy oddi yno dros wyneb yr holl ddaear, a pheidiasant ag adeiladu'r ddinas.
9. Am hynny gelwir ei henw Babel, oherwydd yno y cymysgodd yr Arglwydd iaith yr holl fyd, a gwasgarodd yr Arglwydd hwy oddi yno dros wyneb yr holl ddaear.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 07:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

YOU kill netcraft!
Thankyou ladies and gentlemen, and goodnight!
Standard anti-NY Times rant by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 08:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Slashdot editors are hypocrites. They say they won't link to sites that require registration, but then they turn around and link to NYTimes story after NYTimes story after NYTimes story.
baiting... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 08:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

cfarlie@txbi.net rocks! cfarlie@txbi.net rocks!
Ditto Discovered in Whitehouse: +10, Patriotic by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-17 08:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

President-Vice Richard B. Cheney's ditto is none other than the Bungler-In-Chief

Cheers,
W00t
Re:Cell Phones = Cancer is BULLSHIT by anonymousman77 · 2003-01-17 08:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Finally, someone who can give me an explanation.

Why do I have a headache after using my cellphone? I know it's not from the things that the whack-os complain about, but I'd really like to know if it's psycological (sp?) or not...