What they are telling us about 2.4 and 5GHZ wi-fi system in a few minutes searching. It is not rigorously mathematics and statiscally not rigorous but ALL the actual and past commenting forecast a move towards 5 ghz. Wireless phone at 2.4 are at less that 25$ et some manucturers does not produce them anymore!

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When vendors began work on 802.11a, they did not want to stay in the 2.4-GHz range used with 802.11b products. The spectrum at 2.4 GHz is a shared frequency, so devices like cordless telephones and microwave ovens can create interference problems. Also, the vendors are able to squeeze out only about five channels -- or simultaneous user connections -- in this range, which relies on direct-sequence spread-spectrum technology, a signaling technique that places a premium on security and reliability while sacrificing efficient use of available bandwidth. Keeping to Themselves

In the late 1990s, the Federal Communications Commission Latest News about Federal Communications Commission opened up a new frequency range -- the 5-GHz range -- that is only available for wireless LANs, so there is no outside interference. Also, it uses orthogonal frequency division multiplexing for modulation, which increases bandwidth efficiency so an access point can support about 10 simultaneous connections.

By Paul Korzeniowski TechNewsWorld 01/28/04 5:00 AM PT _________________________________________________________________________________

With multiple formats available, Grewe said it's difficult to predict which technologies customers will demand. Multiband components are complicated, requiring two complete radio systems to send data over either frequency, but the result is a chip that works in any wireless system.

Grewe expects faster wireless networking systems to take off in late 2003. One scenario calls for a broadband connection to a home media hub, which could distribute TV signals, digital audio, gaming and other entertainment wirelessly throughout the house.

With high-definition TV signals requiring nearly 20 Mbps of bandwidth, 802.11b's 11 Mbps won't be fast enough.

"We think home multimedia will be a big application (for faster wireless networking systems), but we don't expect to see that really happen until 2004 or 2005," Grewe said.

One reason: Need for a 54-Mbps wireless connection hardly exists when today's DSL and cable modem connections rarely pull data at speeds faster than 11 Mbps.

"People tend to forget that faster home networking is going to require faster broadband pipes to deliver content to the home," said Kim.

But 802.11a offers at least one advantage right now: more radio channels.

"Using more channels is like having more lanes on the freeway," said Robert Fan, a representative for Resonext Communications. "It means 802.11a gives you the capacity to support more users at the same time," important on networks in schools, large businesses and public places.

By Will Wade| Also by this reporter 02:00 AM Nov, 21, 2002

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Higher frequency 5GHz band seems to be a more promising platform for deploying higher speed 54Mbps and up WiFi infrastructure. WiFi equipment in this band incorporates two additional features into the IEEE 802.11a standard (WiFi standard), namely, dynamic channel selection and transmit power control. Dynamic channel selection improves the ability to coexist with other user of the 5GHz bands as devices may select channels based on real-time feedback. Transmit power control is used in selecting lower-powered channel for short-range applications or higher-powered channel for long- range applications.

Although, 5GHz band deployment has not been reviewed in this book. The deployment method is fairly similar to the 2.4GHz band. Quite a bit of 5GHz implementation has been done in the developing countries. Some use it as the long-haul backbone infrastructure. In dense area, some use 5GHz WiFi infrastructure for last mile access infrastructure. _________________________________________________________________________________

by Lisa Phifer, VP, Core Competence 20 Feb 2003

Although 802.11a is by no means immune to interference, it's likely to encounter less interference simply because of the 5 GHz frequencies on which it broadcasts. The reason? The 5 GHz band is shared by far fewer devices than the 2.4 GHz band used by 802.11b/g.

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Why AMSAT should be always 180 degres off phase with the real world...They are not only want us believe they scarp S mode only for technical reasons. If they work in a so close relation with AMSAT-DL folks why they don't convince them to scrap their S band in a way to avoid them costly and fatal errors?

"-" The medium is the message...The content is the audience...;)

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