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From: wpns@newshost.pictel.com (Willie Smith)
Subject: Re: Internet goes wireless with AIRNET technology
Message-ID: <DC0Kxq.5H9@newshost.pictel.com>
Organization: PictureTel Corporation
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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 12:20:11 GMT
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maillist@inficom.seanet.com writes:
[...]
>Infilink.One for a range of one mile with a data rate of 1MBPS
>Infilink.City for a range of ten miles with a data rate of 25.6MBPS
[...]
/*
For the technologically curious AIRNET (Adaptive Interferometric Radio
Network Enhancement Technology) combines and miniaturizes three
technologies; Lock-in Radio detection, RAPID Processing and Digital AM
radio. AIRNET Technology begins by generating a phase aligned Radio
signal and then locks on to this signal using Lock-in Radio detection.
RAPID processing is then used to stay locked on to the signal with
over 16 billion operations per second. The data is then transmitted
using Digital AM radio. AIRNET Technology is said to provide the
potential for a signal-to-noise ratio of over 100dB. This is over
100,000 times more selective than existing radio technologies.
*/

Can anyone else parse this?  I know a bit about radio, and except for
the digital AM radio part, I can't make heads or tails of this.  10
mile range and 25 megabits with no license???  It almost sounds like
spread spectrum, but not really.  Sounds like marketing hype run wild.


-- 
Willie Smith	wpns@pictel.com		N1JBJ@amsat.org
#define NII "Information Supercollider"
