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1997 WCA Meetings

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• January 1997

  • "GPS Synchronization of Wireless Networks" by Ed Spivak of Absolute Time Corporation.
  • "The Design of a Hand-Held Wireless Computer for Medical Applications" by Vladimir Kraz of Wise Medical Systems.

• February 1997

  • "The U.S. Wireless Market Forecast" by Joseph Fristensky, Manager of the Telecom Group of Frost & Sullivan.
  • "The NSF Mongolian Wireless Expedition: Bringing the Internet to Mongolia" by Dewayne Hendricks, Warp Speed Imagineering

• March 1997

  • "The Narrow-band PCS -PCS) Market and Technologies" by Dr. Tim Williams, CTO of Wireless Access Inc.

• April 1997

  • "The Globalstar Mobile Communications Service" by Rich Hendrickson, Manager of Satellite Operations Control for the Globalstar Partnership (Presentation and Tour)

• May 1997

  • "1997 FCC Issues and how Companies can Bring About Changes" by Dr. Michael Markus, Associate Chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology.
  • "Every Phone is a Smart Phone" by Ben Linder, Unwired Planet.

• June 1997

  •   "IS-41-Based Cellular and PCS Authentication"  by Randall Snyder and Michael Gallagher of Synacom.
  • "Wireless Networks of Opportunity in Support of Secure Field Operations" by Roy Stehle of SRI International

• July 1997

  • "A Panel Discussion on Advanced Semiconductor Technology for Wireless Communications" A panel discussion chaired by Roy Richards. Companies participating included:
    - Siemens Components
    - Philips Semiconductors
    - Cylink Corp [user viewpoint]
    - Pacific Monolithics
    - National Semiconductor
    - Oki Semiconductor
    - California Eastern Laboratories (NEC)

• August 1997

  • "Wireless Access Routers" by Gregg Levin, VP and General Manager at Multipoint Networks.
  • "Cellular and PCS Attack the Consumer Market with Digital Offerings" by John Ledahl, Director of Wireless Programs for Dataquest.

• September 1997

  • Wireless Location Systems: The Opportunity of the Decade?" by Dr. Donald Oestreicher, Vice President of Engineering at Corsair Communications
  • "Overview of Smart Antenna Technology and its Application to Wireless Communication Systems" by Dr. Richard Roy of ArrayComm.

• October 1997

  • "A Wireless Bonanza in the 'New Economy'-- Policy and Market Implications" by Patrick Lanthier of Price Waterhouse and Rivera//Lanthier & Associates
  • "A Vision for Wireless in the Next Generation Internet" by Christine Falsetti, Project Manager of NASA's Next Generation Internet (NGI) program

• Nobember 1997

  • "Compression: The Answer for Bandwidth Bottlenecks on Wireless Internets?". by Patrick Glenn, CEO of Fourelle Systems.

  • "Aloha to the Web" by Norman Abramson of Aloha Networks.

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