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Re: NYC events and cell phones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Allen Ethridge)
Thu Sep 20 10:15:48 2001
From: Allen Ethridge <aethr@earthlink.net>
To: Cryptography List <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 23:40:04 -0500
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>[Moderator's note: I was under the impression most base stations did
>the crypto in hardware, so the answer would be "no, no performance
>gain" for such equipment. Besides, the main concern would be open
>channels, not CPU load. Anyone know better? --Perry]
It's my understanding that functions like crypto find their way into a
DSP, at least for North American standards. I'm also told that
performance is a major reason for not supporting encryption in CDMA systems.
--
Allen Ethridge
aethr@earthlink.net
972-758-1737
214-552-5890
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