Hi Doug,

I'd like to hear more. I have no practical experience with SS, but the
theoretical arguments that I've heard seem strong enough that I believed
that there was some benefit (especially with regard to more closely
approaching the theoretical channel capacity). Where does reality depart
significantly from this?

Thanks,

Sean

At 02:07 PM 4/12/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Spread spectrum is much more hype than real benefit.  Frequency hopping
>is good to prevent eavesdropping.  Direct Sequence spreading helps you
>hide in the noise.  Both are useful for military applications, but have
>limited ligitimate civilian use.
>
>If you had four channels of space with a varying number of users,
>sometimes more than four, who couldn't agree on who should use what
>space when, then spread spectrum helps to arbitrate the use of bandwith.
>  When too many users occupy the band everybody's signal to noise ratio
>degrades, and everybody suffers equally.
>
>I can stay on this soapbox for longer than anybody wants to read...
>
>Sherpa Doug
>
> >

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