[HamGateNY] Proposed WWconvers Channel Scheme

[Charles J. Hargrove]

If we look at things as internet vs RF, we cab see how it works.
On the internet side, we choose what "channel" we want and that is
what is sent to us.  The servers like Hub_NA keep track of all the
active channels and route them accordingly to who is connected to
each channel.  When we switch to a person using RF to get to their
local packet bbs, they are just the end of the line where the request
gets forwarded to the server that sends them what they want.  If there
was another user, on the same bbs and frequency, the channel they pick
could be different and that would be sent to them while you were getting
the channel that you picked.  It's sort of like multiple streams of data
in the old TNCs.

On 11/28/2020 8:58 PM, Andrew J. McLeod, KB2AJM (ex. KD2PLE) wrote:
> Hi Charles,
> 
> Although I've read your past few emails in the thread, I, like Joe, am 
> new to the WW convers concept and have a question. Forgive me...
> 
> So I understand the purpose - logical allocation, assignment, maximal 
> utilization of space/bandwidth, etc. But in reality/technical 
> functionality, is this "channelizing" a schema that works as you said 
> like AIM or IRC in the sense that it is literally a form of packetized, 
> tagged or multiplexing sort of thing, or is it an RF/split spectrum sort 
> of concept?
> 
> In other words, as we discuss both RF and non-RF mediums here, is this 
> something that would just multiplex (channelize) data over a single RF 
> frequency (sort of like DMR or simar) or would it require a spread 
> spectrum of multiple subfrequencies?
> 
> I assume the former as you say this is over two decades old and already 
> in practice and I doubt the practicality of finding 32768 different 
> frequencies. :) I am just trying to "picture" it as conversations or 
> channel data jump between one medium (internet/TCP/IP traffic) to 
> another (RF) and back across the network...
> 
> Sort of like Brandmeister or a channelized EchoLink, but the AMPRnet 
> version?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> AJM

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