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Thomas Farely

Tom has produced privateline.com since 1995. He is now a freelance technology writer who contributes regularly to the site.

His knowledge of telecommunications has served, most notably, the American Heritage Invention and Technology Magazine and The History Channel.
His interview on Alexander Graham Bell will air on the History Channel the end of 2006.

Ken Schmidt

Ken is a licensed attorney who has worked in the tower industry for seven years. He has managed the development of broadcast towers nationwide and developed and built cell towers.

He has been quoted in newspapers and magazines on issues regarding cell towers and has spoke at industry and non-industry conferences on cell tower related issues.

He is recognized as an expert on cell tower leases and due diligence processes for tower acquisitions.

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April 04, 2005

Posted by Tom Farley & Mark van der Hoek at 11:31 PM

Ericsson white paper on CDMA

Excellent Ericsson white paper on CDMA basics here (internal link). Good information on power control, cell breathing, soft handoffs, and so on. This 10 page .pdf complements well what I have done on cellular basics. (internal link). Note especially that a cell site is located at the edge of a cell, not the center, and that one base station or cell site can control several cells. I wouldn't pay too much attention to the discussion on layers, understanding them isn't necessary to comprehend basic cellular radio.

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