Am in the process of reviving the abandoned work.Thanks for encouraging words from many of you. I received calls and messages from far-off places to finish the book. It’s a nice feeling. I had a re look at the document. It looks I can rescue. Whether this work is going to see the light of [...]
July 13, 2008
This was my ‘underground’ project for two years. To publish a non-technically-technical book. It was about simplifying the understanding of wireless communication. Ever since I started working, I used to look for books which would compliment and possibly enhance understanding of my work at office and things around in general. I felt there was a [...]
July 30, 2007
I am presenting this topic tomorrow at office. Here’s a quick primer of the story behind the news. What is so unusual about this news?Google is a search company and spectrum is normally bought by Telcos.That’s why this news is worth a look. So why is google doing this ?Google is just expressing an interest [...]
April 11, 2007
If you happen to read any primer books on wireless systems, opening chapters of those will describeTime Divison Duplex(TDD) systems and Frequency Division Duplex systems (FDD).All fine. Very easy to understand. But there’s a problem if they leave it at just that point.Reader might be led to believe that TDM is better than FDM and [...]
March 5, 2007
Evolution of WLAN standards.I wonder why didn’t they choose to name it this way: a to b to g ?802.11a -> 802.11b -> 802.11g
March 2, 2007
We were suggesting names for our conference rooms. Here is what we came up with. Names of scientists in the communication world. Some Historical figures and their contribution. Marconi – dedicated himself to the expansion of wireless telegraphy Bell – “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you”. Hertz – Hertz discovered electromagnetic waves Shannon – [...]
February 28, 2007
There will be lot of news around wimax this year and in coming years.It will be competing with faster 3G solutions like EVDO and HSDPA.Here’s a comparison of WiMax ( which they call it as 4G) with EVDO ( 3G) Check this article too. What is the ground reality ? You will have to wait [...]
February 16, 2007
All-IP networks is the in thing in wireless infrastructure networks. If you look for more information in the web, most of the documents talk only about what All-IP networks is all about. What they don’t tell is, what was the world like before it was all IP. I hit upon this article after a lot [...]
January 27, 2007
My first ever theatrical experience in my adulthood. Went to Ranga Shankara, yesterday evening to watch this kannada play Huttadalli Hutta ( Ant-hill within an Ant-hill ) written by TP Kailasam. Why I was keen on watching the play ?….I was curious about the delivery of the dialogue by the artists. Are they going to [...]
January 25, 2007
To understand the function of Mobile IP, a great analogy to use is the Postal Service. 1. Postal mail is sent to you by placing a letter (the packet payload) in an envelope addressed to you (IP header). 2. The letter arrives at your local post office and is routed to you at your Home [...]
January 19, 2007
I observed one funny line this morning in Hindu’s Bangalore edition.Article is titled : WiMAX now in Bangalore WiMAX is more efficient in preventing virus attacks. The staff reporter probably has been told by the Aircel to do some PR work.The ill-educated reporter not taking any pain to do some research has printed this line. [...]
January 12, 2007
Will Apple’s iPhone be a threat to mobile carriers ?!Because Verizon, Alltel and Sprint Nextel will miss out on the frenzy that is sure to be caused when Apple releases the device this June. What might happen is hundreds of thousands buy the device almost immediately, and if those customers don’t have Cingular, they *will* [...]
January 8, 2007
Saturday I was there at Koramangala ezone and Jayanagar with my friend Aju, who was buying his notebook. What one should look for buying a notebook.Here’s list of things from top of my head- Core Duo processor( Intel or AMD, choice is yours. AMD powered ones are little cheaper.64 bit processors are the new age [...]
January 2, 2007
Power Control Vs Rate Control in CDMA EVDO is just not bothered about controlling and varying power ouput in the forward link. The output power is constant unlike in IS-95/1x.IS-95/1x base stations vary the power and give more power to disadvantaged users who are in poor RF conditions. If a user is in poor RF [...]
January 2, 2007
During my primary school days there were verfy few TV channels. Infact two.National and Regional Language Channel.There was one boom and People swtiched from Doordarshan to cable TVs.People watched more channels 24Hours. Early TVs received TV signals using Antenna on their terraces.Reception used to be poor to receive regional langugage channels.We used to increase the [...]
November 11, 2006
Blogging from Bangalore Book Festival.But it’s little disappointing not to find wi-fi not working here today.Had tucked in a laptop, after I read about this in news paper y’day. Been third timer I guess here.There has been a sea change in the way I pick the stall and the book.When I was here for the [...]
October 27, 2006
October 24, 2006
What is an RFC?: “What is an RFC?”This is what happens when you are in thick of actions but fail to define things. RFCs. Few things before you forget -most RFCs are the descriptions of network protocols or services, often giving detailed procedures and formats for their implementation -Once a document is assigned an RFC [...]
October 13, 2006
If I have to describe my job, this is the top down hierarchy. Engineering > Telecom > Wireless broadband > CDMA > 1xevdo > Rev-A > Rel 5.0 > Testing > Logging framework and MEID enhancements. How extreme is the niche of work we do. Have you looked at yourself from the top ?
September 7, 2006
Guitar,Table Tennis and CDMA – Some insights on learning I am pursuing all the three. In parallel. I spend some 15-20 minutes on guitar. 30 mins on TT and nearly an hour on CDMA. Almost everyday. I was not even close to the average level in any of these. Guitar at my home was lying [...]
July 22, 2008
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