'always'? 1) only send RF (ok, and IR) out when you have data to send. 2) higher bit-rates: less time on the air for a given amount of data
1+2 = 5! On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 04:27 PM, John Byrnes wrote: > I don't understand Tim's comment: > >> Unfortunately, since FH has a higher dwell time than >> DS it will tend to cause more interference with >> other devices such as video over FM like television >> ENG uses. > > Shouldn't the "dwell time" of DS be however long you > leave the device turned on, since it always occupies > the same frequencies? I can imagine that DS causes > less interference with other users because you can > choose to set your DS channel away from other users' > channels, whereas FH will hit everybody's channel over > time. > > The dwell time of 802.11 FH might be longer than the > that of other hoppers, like bluetooth (I'm pretty sure > the 802.11 is adjustable, up to pretty long dwells), > which might also cause more noticeable interference to > other users. > > John > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
