John critiques the Artemis pCell, a lengthy article about how pCell might work and walks through the key pieces to understanding if this is real life or is this just fantasy; and whether Steve Perlman is the right man to make this dream a reality.
With Ben Alexander and John Chidgey.
Blogs mentioning the show:

  • Pragmatic — Future Commentary
  • My Podcast Listening Circa January 2014 - ChrisHubbs.com
  • Max Melzer on Podcasts
  • PodUnion
  • Kyle Bavis — Am I wasting my time organizing email? A study of email refinding

pCell From Artemis:

  • ▶ Hands-on, Live Demonstration of pCell and pWave Radios - YouTube

pCell Articles:

  • How Steve Perlman’s “Revolutionary” Wireless Technology Works - and Why its a Bigger Deal than Anyone Realizes
  • Is pCell the Holy Grail of wireless networking? | Mobile - CNET News
  • Wireless System Could Offer a Private Fast Lane - NYTimes.com
  • How pCell Works, And Why It’s A Bigger Deal Than Anyone Realizes

Multiple Access Theory:

  • MIMO
  • Multi-user MIMO
  • Precoding
  • Code division multiple access
  • Comparison of mobile phone standards
  • Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access
  • LTE In A Nutshall (PDF)

Radio Theory:

  • Free-space path loss
  • Triangulation
  • Very-high-bit-rate digital subscriber line
  • Beamforming
  • Phased array
  • Shannon–Hartley Theorem
  • RF Basics, RF for Non-RF Engineers
  • Friis transmission equation
  • Sensitivity (electronics)
  • dBm (Noise Floor)
  • AnandTech | Apple’s iPhone 4: Thoroughly Reviewed

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