Anyone who hasn't read Tim Sheppard's MIT thesis... should.
Cliff Skolnick writes: > > from the "WiFi Threatened...." article at idz.net.nz: > > > Warren Harding, an engineer with Auckland company Johnstone Dick and > > Associates, which manages the telecommunications facilities on the Sky > > Tower - including a Walker Wireless installation operating in the 2.4GHz > > range - says the spectrum in which Wi-Fi operates is capable of supporting > > multiple users. However, interference can occur when users on other sites > > "turn their data rates up to the max". > > The last line is funny. I always thought that transmitting a packet at > 11mpbs would use less airtime than using 2mbps. Silly me, guess this guy > knows some special math. I hope he was just misquoted since it takes away > much of his credibility. > > Please don't anyone turn their radios data rate down and think you are being > a more efficient user of the spectrum. You will do just the opposite and > consume more airtime and create more noise. To be kind to other users, > transmit in as little time as possible (highest rate), with minimum power > needed to do the job, and use directional antennas where you can. Amateur > radio operators have been doing that and sharing limited spectrum for years > with only a few trouble makers causing most of the problems. > > Cliff "one man's signal is another man's noise" skolnick > > -- > | Cliff Skolnick | "They that can give up essential liberty to | > | Steam Tunnel Operations | obtain a little temporary safety deserve | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | neither liberty nor safety." | > | http://www.steam.com/ | -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 | > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- "Life begins when you can spend your spare time programming instead of watching television." -- Cal Keegan -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
