Continuing codec capers (continued)

www.edn.com | Dec 1, 2000

The first installment in this project, September's Codec capers , benchmarked various lossless audio-compression algorithms and provided a sneak peek at lossy compression. In that article, I promised that my subsequent December writeup (this one) would include a corresponding analysis for lossy

http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&stt=001&articleid=CA55481&pubdate=12/1/00

Analog Devices announces solutions for cellular base station and GSM handsets

www.electronicsweekly.com | Mar 5, 1997

The Diverstiy Receiver can address a variety of air interface standards, including GSM, CDMA, and IS-136, as well as proprietary modulation schemes for paging systems and wireless fixed access receivers.

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/1997/03/05/3079/analog-devices-announces-solutions-for-cellular-base-station-and-gsm.htm

David Crowe - Cellular Business: Solving Roaming Problems for AMPS with IFAST - August 1996

Those few other countries amount to over 80 (according to a report in the April 1996 issue of Cellular Business, based primarily on US Dept. of Commerce research)! AMPS is dominant in the Americas, and deeply entrenched in Asia, Australasia and Africa.

http://www.cnp-wireless.com/ArticleArchive/Cellular%20Business/199608CB%20IFAST.html

CommsDesign - Interesting fact: There's more analog in a digital handset than in an analog model

When I first heard this theory, I laughed it off as, "No way." But the more I thought about it, the more truth there seemed to be. So I did a little bit of investigation. Oddly enough, it's actually true.

http://www.commsdesign.com/design_center/g3wireless/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=173402615

Magazine / Legal Advice

The “classical” period of wireless technology began with the emergence of cellular systems. A cellular system differs from a radio system in that multiple base stations are used to reuse the precious natural resource of wireless bandwidth.

http://www.siliconiran.com/magazine/legal_advice/index.shtml

W-DMX

What is W-DMX? W-DMX is a new wireless DMX system developed by Wireless Solution AB. It's a new company founded in Sweden that has an R&D department with much experience in wireless transmission.

http://www.lsclighting.com.au/WDMX_FAQ.htm

What is GSM? (Global System for Mobile communication)

GSM digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot. It operates at either the 900 MHz or 1,800 MHz frequency band. GSM is the de facto wireless telephone standard in Europe.

http://www.tech-faq.com/gsm.shtml

Talent Telecom Solutions - Transforming Talent into Technology

The generation of wireless technology. Multimedia 3G networks transmit wireless data up to 2 megabits per second, making the integration of voice, data and video possible.

http://www.talentsys.com/telecom.htm