Re: stds-802-16: FW: Cisco announcements

[Leland Langston <j-langston2@raytheon.com>]

This "standard" is for frequencies in the 2-2.5 GHz band and will
include mobile uses.  Therefore this is not really a competitive
standards issue.  (Specifically, I believe this is for MMDS
frequencies).

Thanks

Leland

Marianna Goldhammer wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Seems that it is competition in WBA standardization area.
> 
> My feeling is that 802.16 should produce a comprehensive enough
> standard in order to respond to the market requirements. We should
> think to standardize more than one modem, like 802.11 that has drafted
> 3 different PHYs.
> 
> See you soon,
> 
> Marianna
> 
> > Cisco says it will work with 10 high-tech companies to foster support for
> > a
> > high-speed wireless data transmission standard.  Cisco has been lining up
> > support for its technology called Vector Orthogonal Frequency Division
> > Multiplexing (VOFDM), which aims to improve high-speed Internet services
> > over wireless networks.  Ten companies, including Broadcom and Samsung,
> > have
> > agreed to integrate VOFDM into products in an attempt to jumpstart the
> > nascent market for high-speed wireless services.  Broadcom and Samsung
> > will
> > build silicon chips that use the VOFDM standard, and Broadcom will help
> > Cisco develop a wireless modem that allows data transmission speeds of 40
> > million bits per second while sending or receiving data.  Other companies
> > included in the effort are:  Bechtel Telecommunications, Electronic Data
> > Systems Corp, KPMG LLP, LCC, Motorola, Pace Micro Technology, Texas
> > Instruments, and Toshiba.  The Gartner Group forecasts that by 2003 the
> > market for this type of wireless equipment in Canada and the United States
> > will reach $1.5 billion.  Estimates from brokerage firm CIBC World Markets
> > pegs the worldwide market at as much as $4 billion by 2004.  Source:
> > Yahoo,
> > 10-26-99.
> >
> > Cisco Systems will give away some of its wireless networking technology in
> > hopes of spurring wireless broadband Internet services, according to the
> > San
> > Jose Mercury News.  The technology that Cisco is offering for free to any
> > would-be partner works in the frequency band once reserved for wireless
> > cable TV operators.  The technology increases the range and the power of
> > the
> > wireless signals, thus cutting the cost and improving the performance.
> > The
> > broadband wireless connection is up to 380 times faster than the speediest
> > traditional dial-up modem and supports voice, video and data services.  To
> > serve homes as well as businesses, companies in the wireless Internet
> > service business need prices that can compete with the $40 to $50
> > per-month
> > high-speed offerings from cable TV and local phone companies.  Most
> > high-speed wireless networks now target their services at office buildings
> > and large corporations, setting prices too high for home and small office
> > users.  Source:   San Jose Mercury, 10-26-99.
> >
> >