IEEE announces at each of its standards development meetings (just like IETF) that anyone knowing of IP that they believe applies to the standard being developed should let the chairman know about it. The chairman is then responsible for contacting the owner of hte IP and soliciting a "letter of assurance". The letters of assurance that are returned are available at the IEEE web site (standards.ieee.org). The letters filed against 802.11 are here.
All these comments and not one of them has bashed Microsoft for being one of the amici. Is this really/.? Or have I dropped into a strange dimension warp of some sort?
Oh, wait...they're on the side of good and light on this one.
Me too. But, I gutted it and turned it into a VT-100 emulator to connect to my Univac 1108 account over a rented 300 baud modem. **sigh** Were they the "good old days"?
It does matter where you allocate the bandwidth in that the higher the frequency, the higher the bandwidth that it can carry. So, for a set bandwidth, you need a tighther band in the higher freq than in the lower one.
Unfortunately, this is entirely incorrect. A given amount of bandwidth will be able to carry exactly the same amount of information (or bits per second) regardless of its location in the frequency spectrum. For example, 100 MHz of bandwidth will carry the same amount of information if it is located from 500-600 MHz or from 6000 to 6100 MHz. The information carrying capacity depends only on the bandwidth used and the modulation technique.
I think some guy named Shannon had a thing or two to say about this.
This may be slightly off topic but, the 802.11 WLAN Working Group is currently starting work on enhancements to privacy and authentication for the 802.11 wireless LAN. The impetus for the work is specifically because the current, weak, 40-bit encryption used in the standard is unacceptable to nearly all corporate users. If you would like to submit a proposal, send an email to the chairman, Vic Hayes for more information.
This technology uses the MMDS spectrum, which is licensed spectrum. In general, thelicense holder will have sole use of the spectrum in the license area. License areas are usually metropolitan areas. The only queer areas are where two or more licensed metro areas abut. There is currently work going on in the 802.16 Working Group on broadband wireless access to define sharing etiquette at these boundaries.
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This is a strangely cogent, well reasoned, and grammatical reply for /. Bravo!!
-Bob
copyrights don't kill people, blood sucking lawyers paid by imortal (or is it immoral?) corporations kill people.
IEEE announces at each of its standards development meetings (just like IETF) that anyone knowing of IP that they believe applies to the standard being developed should let the chairman know about it. The chairman is then responsible for contacting the owner of hte IP and soliciting a "letter of assurance". The letters of assurance that are returned are available at the IEEE web site (standards.ieee.org). The letters filed against 802.11 are here.
Oh, wait...they're on the side of good and light on this one.
Me too. But, I gutted it and turned it into a VT-100 emulator to connect to my Univac 1108 account over a rented 300 baud modem. **sigh** Were they the "good old days"?
It does matter where you allocate the bandwidth in that the higher the frequency, the higher the bandwidth that it can carry. So, for a set bandwidth, you need a tighther band in the higher freq than in the lower one.
Unfortunately, this is entirely incorrect. A given amount of bandwidth will be able to carry exactly the same amount of information (or bits per second) regardless of its location in the frequency spectrum. For example, 100 MHz of bandwidth will carry the same amount of information if it is located from 500-600 MHz or from 6000 to 6100 MHz. The information carrying capacity depends only on the bandwidth used and the modulation technique.
I think some guy named Shannon had a thing or two to say about this.
E, of course. Followed by N and T.
This may be slightly off topic but, the 802.11 WLAN Working Group is currently starting work on enhancements to privacy and authentication for the 802.11 wireless LAN. The impetus for the work is specifically because the current, weak, 40-bit encryption used in the standard is unacceptable to nearly all corporate users. If you would like to submit a proposal, send an email to the chairman, Vic Hayes for more information.
Geez! The url should be the 802.16 working group.
This technology uses the MMDS spectrum, which is licensed spectrum. In general, thelicense holder will have sole use of the spectrum in the license area. License areas are usually metropolitan areas. The only queer areas are where two or more licensed metro areas abut. There is currently work going on in the 802.16 Working Group on broadband wireless access to define sharing etiquette at these boundaries.