overdosing on alphabet soup

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

It's pretty rare for anything work related to show up in this space but today is an exception: it was the first of a two-day technical training session on the architecture and internals of LTE wireless networks.  Very up-and-coming and all that. 

It is not a topic that lends itself to tight encapsulation, but:

• The pieces fit together very elegantly, and the way in which it all goes about delivering bandwidth and making efficient use of the electromagnetic spectrum is quite impressive. 
• The technological change and infrastructure impact are substantial -- reminiscent of the effort that went the first deployment of TDMA to satellite networks. 
• The part of LTE that's already been implemented seems to be working quite well.  Getting the rest of it to happen depends on a generation of devices that don't yet exist.  This doesn't seem to bother anybody. 
• LTE is computationally intense.  Insanely so (though within the capabilities of current generation tech). 
• It also has, by far, the highest acronym density I've ever encountered*. 

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* after class I inquired of the instructor whether he was paid by the acronym. 

Comments

long term evolution

[gracegiver]

I was intrigued, I had to look it up. I wouldn't pretend to understand it, but did catch the VZW (first in the world to release!?) reference. Is this related to the new spectrum they bought?

Alphabet soup

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, the world of computers does seem fascinated by producing unmanageable acronyms...too bad this isn't a crop available for sale on the world markets!
Hugs, Cousin B

[(Anonymous)]

I only have one question. Will it result in being able to fix the current architectural problem that results in this horrible world of e-mail spam? I am quite overwhelmed with spam and really frustrated with dealing with it.