Voice Over Wireless LAN On A Chip

prostoalex writes "Texas Instruments produced a single chip platform for transmitting voice over wireless LANs. The company says the phones using the chip will be available by year-end. The chip supports 802.11b and 802.11g wireless networks."

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On a chip

[GQuon]

Well, this shouldn't really surprise longtime slashdot readers. We have seen webserver-on-chip before, and talked a lot about VoIP.
When they make VoIP phones, it provides an argument for regulating VoIP in the same manner as regular phones.

What I want to see are VoIP/domestic wireless/cell combo phones. The Motorola CN620 combines WiFi and GSM, but I'd like a phone that could connect to a landline base station too. (So you can use it around the house even if the VoIP and cell service are gone. Well, über-geeks will make their own alternative VoIP route to the landline if the TCP/IP connection drops out.)

Re:So...

[danalien]

ahm,

don't you "see the picture"?

to quote one phrase from the article

• "The TNETV1600 platform "provides the cost savings, flexibility and power management to allow developers to manufacture a
• WLAN IP phone with talk and standby time comparable to cell phones," according to the Dallas, Texas-based company.

... so that when you are close (with or enabled-mobilephone) to a 'hotspot' .... you could call someone via VoIP instead ....

Heck, it makes one userfirendly way for newbies who would like to enable VoIP at home, "use your regular mobile" instead of/over "<all that what one does at the computer to make VoIP calls...>" ... lets face it, most ppl who can operate a phone can't operate a computer, but one that can operate a computer can also operate a phone :) ...

/* anyhow, that's my interpretation of *this */