16: One Mans Hopes And Dreams Of An RF Bubble

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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