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I worked for Qualcomm on 802.20. This was their first OFDMA system, complete in 2007 but polished for release at a disastrous time - 2009 - and all the patents

I worked for Qualcomm on 802.20. This was their first OFDMA system, complete in 2007 but polished for release at a disastrous time - 2009 - and all the patents were eventually fed into LTE. LTE, being a European standard, was 4 years late and 80% as good ... The company in 2002 used a large compute farm to simulate the entire network stack (57 cells, hundreds of users) and to prototype changes to improve sector throughput. My group built the network emulator and tested TCP performance. They tested and simulated the crap out of their designs. Once the hardware was all built then they drive through the canyons of San Diego which is the second-worst wireless environment on Earth (Hong Kong #1 worst) to tune it so that it works well. Then they charge "too much." The Europeans slap something together, producing networks very sensitive to site planning to work AT ALL, and then they charge a lot more for the network hardware changing data networks the way a young girl changes her shoe color every other day... You have a choice when it comes to wireless network hardware and software. Qualcomm stuff is Rock solid. No other company does half of the design and field proving the Qualcomm does with their Network equipment.

msh 7y ago
I think your negativity to Europeans needs some references to back it up.
- kingosticks 7y ago
  Absolutely any references at all would be a start. As is, this is just a rant.
omnimus 7y ago
Seems like you are not a fan od The Europeans.
- yetihehe 7y ago
  As The European working on replacing firmware from another nation (with a little reverse engineering here and there) I can totally understand that attitude. When you make something really polished with best practices or somethng trully innovative, seeing what rushed underpaid/overmanaged programmers do to code evokes only disgust. Specific examples would be several hours of talking.
  - _Codemonkeyism 7y ago
    Then start with one, about "The Europeans", the most gross that comes to your mind.
raverbashing 7y ago
Excuse me for not being impressed. I think you're unaware of the testing done on the European side No affiliated, but by the way did Qualcomm do this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROZCTtgOn6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROZCTtgOn6s > producing networks very sensitive to site planning to work AT ALL It's funny that you think site planning is as flexible as you imagine. It usually isn't. That being said, there is crap on both sides, but the focus on Qualcomm to building a closed system doesn't win my sympathy.
_Codemonkeyism 7y ago
I thought it was 'Se Germans'. We make progress here. In another of your comments it's "The Asians". I don't think it helps putting billions of people into a bucket and then label and bad mouth them. It doesn't explain anything about the world and helps no one. "second-worst wireless environment on Earth" Well I have splendid working 4G here in Europe. If that's the second worst wireless environment on Earth I'm fine with it.

msh 7y ago

I think your negativity to Europeans needs some references to back it up.

kingosticks 7y ago
Absolutely any references at all would be a start. As is, this is just a rant.

omnimus 7y ago

Seems like you are not a fan od The Europeans.

yetihehe 7y ago
As The European working on replacing firmware from another nation (with a little reverse engineering here and there) I can totally understand that attitude. When you make something really polished with best practices or somethng trully innovative, seeing what rushed underpaid/overmanaged programmers do to code evokes only disgust. Specific examples would be several hours of talking.
- _Codemonkeyism 7y ago
  Then start with one, about "The Europeans", the most gross that comes to your mind.

raverbashing 7y ago

Excuse me for not being impressed. I think you're unaware of the testing done on the European side No affiliated, but by the way did Qualcomm do this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROZCTtgOn6s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROZCTtgOn6s > producing networks very sensitive to site planning to work AT ALL It's funny that you think site planning is as flexible as you imagine. It usually isn't. That being said, there is crap on both sides, but the focus on Qualcomm to building a closed system doesn't win my sympathy.

_Codemonkeyism 7y ago

I thought it was 'Se Germans'. We make progress here. In another of your comments it's "The Asians". I don't think it helps putting billions of people into a bucket and then label and bad mouth them. It doesn't explain anything about the world and helps no one. "second-worst wireless environment on Earth" Well I have splendid working 4G here in Europe. If that's the second worst wireless environment on Earth I'm fine with it.