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From: steck@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Steck Thomas)
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Subject: Something New With Cordless Phones
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Date: 10 Apr 90 17:34:42 GMT
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Something I've been wondering about lately...

Cordless phones are a convenience and have many advantages over corded
phones - mostly the lack of cord, and the increased mobility over a
corded phone.  The drawbacks - interference with other devices in the
neighborhood on that frequency, florescent lamps, and signal
interference from buildings, trees, etc.

My proposal is this:  why hasn't someone done this with digital signals?

With the costs of digital technology plunging, and availability of
digital components increasing, why hasn't someone put a sampler the
handset, converted the signal into a digital stream (with error
correction..) and send that to the base, which could then convert the
digital stream to an analogg signal.

Sounds like a good idea.


Tom Steck