WiWavelength

Okay, I just was not sure if, kinda like disposable razors, you could reuse the tauntauns a few times. You know, maybe reheat them in the microwave. AJ

You need a new one every day so that you can cut it open and sleep in its abdominal cavity to stay warm, right? AJ

"Hello from Minneapolis"...otherwise known as ice planet Hoth. AJ

No need to apologize. Sometimes, I need a reminder. The primary problem with your proposal is that the occupied bandwidth of the two CDMA2000 carriers sandwiching one LTE carrier would add up to exactly 14 MHz (7 MHz x 7 MHz). In short, it would not allow for any guard bands. 3GPP has built internal guard bands into its carrier bandwidths. Look at any 3GPP airlink (e.g. W-CDMA, LTE) on a spectrum analyzer, and see its occupied bandwidth is significantly less than its specified carrier bandwidth. But 3GPP2 has not included guard bands into its carrier bandwidths. Look at any 3GPP2 airlink (e.g. CDMA1X, EV-DO) on a spectrum analyzer, and see its occupied bandwidth effectively match its specified carrier bandwidth. Thus, 3GPP2 operators have to account for external guard bands. For example, in its PCS 1900 MHz A-F block licenses, Sprint incorporates a 625 kHz guard band at the top and bottom of each uplink and downlink license segment to ensure that out of band emissions from its CDMA2000 airlinks do not negatively affect adjacent licensees. AJ

I thought we determined that Moffett has more of a Ron Perlman, Frankenstein-like look about him. Fire, bad! Sprint, bad! But I could go with the Dracula allusion, too. AJ

I thought that is what they speak above Fifth Ave and East 96th St. AJ

Craig Moffett must be rolling in his grave. AJ

Oh, great, a member named "crazyhector5." Just what S4GRU needs. More crazies. To quote Jack Nicholson, "Sell crazy someplace else. We're all stocked up here." AJ

Uh, no, what you think is not really how Network Vision deployment works. We know most of the schedule -- become a sponsor and you can, too AJ

Well, the greater Ardmore "metropolis" does include Gene Autry, OK, which is a bit like Truth or Consequences, NM. AJ

I expected cable modem, which is likely using an uplink channel below 100 MHz (100,000 kHz). But if we are talking WiMAX modem, then the BRS/EBS band is 2496-2690 MHz (2.496-2.690 GHz). AJ

Part of the problem seems to be that the Galaxy Nexus uses an off brand VIA Telecom baseband for its CDMA2000 chipset. Honestly, this late in the game, I do not know why you would want to pick up a Galaxy Nexus. AJ

Give me a break. If all you care about is the end results, then, sure, the background "doesn't matter." But S4GRU is intended first and foremost as a resource for network enthusiasts who care as much, if not more about the process, circumstances, rationale than they do the end result. So, do not tell me that those other factors, unequivocally, do not matter I hope that Robert will chime in on this one, as I do not care for your attitude in the above post. AJ

...only if you are roaming outside of your preferred provider network. AJ

The 80 GHz band can provide over 1 Gbps to each device. And when you hold an 80 GHz phone up to your mouth to make a phone call, it also offers a free dental X-ray. AJ

The lack of interest in USCC's network infrastructure in the transacted markets is likely because those sites would be largely redundant to existing Sprint sites. Hold on, that is a distortion. A "severe lack of coverage in many of the more rural areas that are involved in the deal"? No documentation of USCC coverage nor Sprint coverage that I have seen supports that assertion. USCC is not exiting any of its Cellular 850 MHz markets in the area. All of the affected USCC markets run CDMA1X/EV-DO 1900. In other words, they are PCS 1900 MHz only markets. And Sprint's CDMA1X/EV-DO 1900 coverage is very comparable. In some markets, Sprint's coverage may not be quite as extensive; in other markets, Sprint's coverage is more extensive. Transferred subs in northern Indiana, for example, will definitely gain much broader native coverage with Sprint. So, I would like to see some additional proof that USCC CDMA1X/EV-DO 1900 coverage greatly exceeds that of Sprint in multiple transferred markets. AJ

No, that is not the responsibility of the baseband. That is a function of the transceiver chipset. And yes, the top Qualcomm transceiver now supports seven bands: three <1 GHz, three >1 GHz, and one >2.5 GHz. AJ

I do not follow. Qualcomm's top basebands already integrate both LTE and TD-LTE on the same chipset. AJ

Who says the basebands do not support inter band handoffs? Regardless, that is more a network function than it is a UE function. AJ

Yes and yes. To see the second part (occupied bandwidth) in actual use, view my spectrum analyzer sweeps in this article: http://s4gru.com/ind...trength-primer/ I will address your third point later tonight. AJ

Okay, I have updated the article on The Wall to reflect some additional info gleaned from the now posted FCC filing. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-334-updated-sprint-uscc-spectrum-deal-sprint-gets-20-mhz-broader-in-the-city-of-broad-shoulders/ AJ

It is rather difficult/rare for mobile devices to get within 100 ft of any downlink transmitters. Even if they do, chances are that they are extremely off axis, hence on the heavily attenuated side of the power response. But mobile devices come into very close proximity with mobile transmitters all the time. And that is why protection of downlink reception from uplink interference tends to be more important than the converse. AJ

But incumbency always rules. Additionally, a fixed downlink is less likely to interfere with a mobile uplink on a nearby frequency than vice versa. Let us not get into the LightSquared debacle. From an engineering perspective, LightSquared was in the wrong but tried to "lawyer" a solution. AJ

Correct, but is that not what I stated yesterday in the thread? AJ

I am not sure I follow. Are you talking about interference to or from the PCS A block downlink? AJ