March 16, 2014

16: One Mans Hopes And Dreams Of An RF Bubble

1 hour 57 minutes

John critiques the Artemis pCell, a lengthy article about how pCell might work and walks through the key pieces to understanding if this is real life or is this just fantasy; and whether Steve Perlman is the right man to make this dream a reality.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.

Blogs mentioning the show:

Pragmatic — Future Commentary

My Podcast Listening Circa January 2014 - ChrisHubbs.com

Max Melzer on Podcasts

PodUnion

Kyle Bavis — Am I wasting my time organizing email? A study of email refinding

pCell From Artemis:

▶ Hands-on, Live Demonstration of pCell and pWave Radios - YouTube

pCell Articles:

How Steve Perlman’s “Revolutionary” Wireless Technology Works - and Why its a Bigger Deal than Anyone Realizes

Is pCell the Holy Grail of wireless networking? | Mobile - CNET News

Wireless System Could Offer a Private Fast Lane - NYTimes.com

How pCell Works, And Why It’s A Bigger Deal Than Anyone Realizes

Multiple Access Theory:

MIMO

Multi-user MIMO

Precoding

Code division multiple access

Comparison of mobile phone standards

Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access

LTE In A Nutshall (PDF)

Radio Theory:

Free-space path loss

Triangulation

Very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line

Beamforming

Phased array

Shannon–Hartley Theorem

RF Basics, RF for Non-RF Engineers

Friis transmission equation

Sensitivity (electronics)

dBm (Noise Floor)

AnandTech | Apple’s iPhone 4: Thoroughly Reviewed

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