Sprint PCS Wireless User Conference – Las Vegas 4/28/2002 - 5/1/2002

Interesting Technologies:
1. Activephoto.com 3G wireless PC slot in a Ricoh RDC-i700 camera. Photos wirelessly transfer to the activephoto.com site for viewing and editing. $.70/picture.
2. Sprint PCS Business Connection – Personal and Enterprise. Developed by seven.com. Contact Billy Alvarado – Product Manager. billy@seven.com
Enterprise edition releases in July and has end-to-end security, carrier focused, outside the enterprise, zero hardware/software footprint. Devices are provisioned and supported by SprintPCS. No Sync/Cradle – Browser based. Identity from handheld, lazy caching to come, Web-based user account setup. CALL to pilot. Shane T. Johnston – Group Manager is contact sjohns93@sprintspectrum.com. Works with Exchange 5.5 and Lotus Notes.
3. Qualcomm Wireless Knowledge – competitor to seven.com, behind the firewall solution with syncing or browsing. Thin Webmail for Palm or PocketPC. Currently in use by SprintPCS company.
4. Extend Connect Software from extendedsystems.com
5. CDMA2000 1X CF card www.yisotel.com
6. Sierra Wireless AirCard 500 with voice
7. Novatel Wireless Merlin C201 CDMA2000 1X PC-card – no external antenna.
8. Possible Wireless Initiatives: Enterprise Business Connection, Warehouse/Inventory, Mobile Executives, Mobile Sales, Mobile Quality w/camera, Mobile Tech Support.
9. Sprint’s network based initiative VPN solution w/Nortel offers up to 3 to 1 compression for more perceived throughput.
10. Initial 3G deployment will have guaranteed 40 – 70 Kbps. 120-200 with compression in 2003, and 2Mb in 2004 (will need new hardware..
11. Bluekite compression software on the client – has problems.
12. Infowave for syncing to Exchange
13. Sprint PCS provides a technical applications manager and a local SE.
14. Samsung SPHa500 – Sept., i300 new model (Color PDA)
15. Audiovox/Toshiba with embedded Sierra Wireless Q203 but not with Sprint.
16. Sanyo: SCP5300 October w/camera. 4900 speaker phone at launch.
17. www.supply.com for custom cables
18. Possible deployment combinations:
a. IPAQ w/sleeve and AirCard 550 (data + phone, not both)
b. IPAQ w/sleeve and Novatel C201
c. 3G Sanyo or Samsung flip phone with cable from supply.com
d. Flip phone + PC-card and 2nd line option at $10/month
e. PC-card + Flip phone + 2nd line option + Samsung PDA phone
f. PC-card + Color Treo + 2nd line option
g. PC-card + HP Jornado + Yisotel CF card
17. www.supply.com for custom cables
18. Possible deployment combinations:
a. IPAQ w/sleeve and AirCard 550 (data + phone, not both)
b. IPAQ w/sleeve and Novatel C201
c. 3G Sanyo or Samsung flip phone with cable from supply.com
d. Flip phone + PC-card and 2nd line option at $10/month
e. PC-card + Flip phone + 2nd line option + Samsung PDA phone
f. PC-card + Color Treo + 2nd line option
g. PC-card + HP Jornado + Yisotel CF card
19. www.3Gtoday.com shows hardware available worldwide – by Qualcomm
20. SK-Telecom another cell manufacturer
21. Samsung 4200
22. Sprint will offer Speech to Text rendering (type the keys and return DB info from company apps) – zero footprint
23. Lamont Eanes – VP Network, In building distribution systems – DAS (Distributed Antenna System) user either a repeater if there is enough signal or a radio if not
24. PCS cell has 1-3 mile coverage, up to 11 carriers, 3 sectors (panels)
25. Items to find out from Sprint for company locations – location to and number or cell sites & carriers along with macro loading
26. RF penetration into building determined by distance from cell and building materials.
27. Enhanced In-building Coverage (EIBC) program – Spectra Site, Azonic, Insite Wireless

posted by Ron Wolak at 2:58 PM

Dissertation Update - Ron Wolak (4/26/02)

1. Previous Meeting - Met with Dr. Littman on Sunday, 3/3/02 to review
progress on the Preliminary Dissertation Proposal. Items discussed at
that meeting included:
a. Dissertation Update dated 3/2/2002
b. Printout of www.aamathome.com
c. Dr. Littman reviewed the GSCIS requirement for 50 annotated
bibliographies (20 for the Preliminary and 50 for the Formal).
d. Dr. Littman commented that she will talk to Dr. Sun and Dr. Sumitra
about becoming members of my Dissertation committee, and that I should
schedule a meeting with each of them in June.
e. Dr. Littman also suggested that a copy of the AAM approval letter be
included in the Appendix of Preliminary Proposal and that a Table of
Contents be added to the paper.

2. Conference - Attended the Gartner Wireless Access, Mobile Business
Solutions Conference in Chicago. March 11 - 13, 2002.

3. Preliminary Proposal Progress
a. Continued to gather and read topic related texts and journal
articles.
b. Completed annotated bibliography section of Preliminary Proposal (see
attached Word file).
c. Currently writing the literature review section of the proposal.
d. Revised goal is to have finished Preliminary Proposal to Dr. Littman
before our meeting on June 10, 2002.

4. Conference - Attending the Sprint PCS User Conference in Las Vegas,
April 28 - May 1, 2002.

posted by Ron Wolak at 8:13 AM