The future of 3G (attention Nextel18)
Nortel demos OFDM/MIMO combo for beyond-3G standards
By Sam Omatseye
Mar 9, 2005
Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has reached what it described as a milestone in a demonstration of OFDM and MIMO technologies, with speeds that transcend current third-generation capabilities.
The company said the combined technologies can support twice as many subscribers as OFDM alone, adding it is "proposing OFDM/MIMO as its evolution vision beyond HSDPA/HSUPA and CDMA 1x EV-DO into 3GPP and 3GPP2 wireless standards."
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OFDM is the base radio technology used by Wi-Fi and WiMAX, while MIMO is an advanced antenna and space-time processing technology, explained Nortel.
The wireless supplier said the combined technology demonstrated large ...
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By Sam Omatseye
Mar 9, 2005
Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has reached what it described as a milestone in a demonstration of OFDM and MIMO technologies, with speeds that transcend current third-generation capabilities.
The company said the combined technologies can support twice as many subscribers as OFDM alone, adding it is "proposing OFDM/MIMO as its evolution vision beyond HSDPA/HSUPA and CDMA 1x EV-DO into 3GPP and 3GPP2 wireless standards."
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OFDM is the base radio technology used by Wi-Fi and WiMAX, while MIMO is an advanced antenna and space-time processing technology, explained Nortel.
The wireless supplier said the combined technology demonstrated large ...
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for everyone that link is http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=21750 ....
amazing huh?
OFDM and WIMAX will destroy EV_DO both Revisions hands down and any other data network out there.
amazing huh?
OFDM and WIMAX will destroy EV_DO both Revisions hands down and any other data network out there.
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37 megabits per second!! I just wonder how long until it is commercially available. This should be good news for Nortel's future as well.
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yea, but wimax is over 75mb/s. "An implementation of the IEEE 802.16 standard, WiMAX provides metropolitan area network connectivity at speeds of up to 75 Mb/sec. WiMAX systems can be used to transmit signal as far as 30 miles. However, on the average a WiMAX base-station installation will likely cover between three to five miles." from intel's web site.
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it is not going to transmit over 30 miles though, the fcc will regulate it to probably from 3-7 miles depending on the area.
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well its in the microwave band area and that can fry us so yes I LOVE THE FCC!!!!
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bigdaddyjay said:Don't forget those numbers are in a controlled setting.
37 megabits per second!! I just wonder how long until it is commercially available. This should be good news for Nortel's future as well.
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nextel18 said:You're certainly gung ho about a technology path that Nextel-Sprint's not even following.
for everyone that link is http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=21750 ....
amazing huh?
OFDM and WIMAX will destroy EV_DO both Revisions hands down and any other data network out there.
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