Baraa The New and Old Member

English as a Second Language New ESL Forum Member?
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Hi all,

I am a telecom Engineer. I work as support Engineer for Microwave systems. I like sports, reading, internet, and English”of course”. It is me finally I am posting my introduction letter. I’ve known this valuable web-site for tow years approximately. There are interesting lessons, quizzes, articles in different forums etc…

As a matter of fact, I started with quizzes which have really improved my (English) language. I was doing them on my free time little by little that could be one quiz per a day or sometimes nothing and so on. After that, I joined the forums and started with interesting articles. I tried to post interesting and understanding”clear” replies. Thanks to our teachers here whom are amazing and useful. From them I always benefit a lot.

At the end, I would like to encourage all new and old members to improve their language by posting here and learning online. And a big”huge” thanks to our teachers.

Best Wishes
Baraa

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It’s nice to finally meet you “officially”, Baraa. :smiley:

A telecom engineer? Do you provide support for specific products or whole systems? Do you provide your support via phone or on site?

What’s your native language? Do you have to English regularly at work?

Amy

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Hi Amy,
It is nice to meet officially too. :lol:

A telecommunication engineer is an engineer who is aware of all communication systems which could be digital or analog. A telephone is telecom system which connects tow persons to each other so they can talk and have each other updated information. There was an operator who was connecting tow parties (persons) to each other in the central room manually. Later on; as all of you; intelligent systems had been implemented which replaced that operator. Now, we are connecting people all over the world through internet connections (Data-communication), mobile systems, 3G, HSDPA (3.5G) and 4G is coming soon. So it is not easy to provide support for whole telecom systems because they are alot and to become support you need time to be trained well and have the right confidence that let you provide the correct solution. So then, I provide support for Wireless systems (which Microwave is part of it) via both on phone and on-site if it is needed.

Yes. I do have to English regularly at work.

See ya soon, Amy.

Baraa

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Hi, new and old bara and Baraa, a supporter of communications :slight_smile:
I am actually glad you are here.

Do you live in the country of your origin?
Tamara

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Apparently, Bara is a girl’s name of Hebrew origin and means ‘to choose’. But perhaps ‘our’ Bara is another name altogether…

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‘Bara’a’ also means ‘repentance’ in Arabic.

My guess is, this is more like it! :wink:

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Hi all;
Glad having your response and comments.

Bara’a in Arabic is innocent, as far as I know. There is a saying that everyone is much more likely to have a huge part of his name" in meaning". I; myself; seems very innocent and direct; not a complements.

Thank you in advance.

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Hi Bara,

I’m very glad you like our website and it’s great to communicate with such interesting people like you. Could you please tell us a little more about HSDPA? How widespread is it in your country? And when do you think we will be able to use G4 technology? Here in Germany HSDPA is still in its inital phase and there are only two companies that provide 3.5G services.
Also, do you work in an international team? How exactly do you use English at work?
Talk to you soon,
Torsten

Talk to you soon,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEIC listening, photographs: The warehouse[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Hi Torsten,

Sorry I was busy and away from the net for a while. This is why I couldn’t reply till now. Anyhow, here is a few lines about HSDPA and 4G:

High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is a mobile telephony protocol, also referred to as 3.5G (or 3?G) technology, which provides a smooth evolutionary path for UMTS-based 3G networks allowing for higher data transfer speeds, up to 14.4 Mbit/s per cell in the downlink and 2 Mbit/s per cell in the uplink.
An evolution of the W-CDMA standard, HSDPA achieves the increase in the data transfer speeds by defining a new W-CDMA channel: a high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) that operates in a different way from existing W-CDMA channels and is used for downlink communications to the mobile.

4G (or 4-G) is short for fourth-generation, the successor wireless access technology to 3G. It is not used consistently, but generally describes several different, but overlapping ideas. The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) official name for 4G is “3G and beyond”.

4G technology stands to be the future standard of wireless devices. The Japanese company NTT DoCoMo and Samsung are testing 4G communication at 100 Mbit/s while moving, and 1 Gbit/s while stationary [citation needed]. NTT DoCoMo plans on releasing the first commercial network in 2010 and Samsung plans on commercialising this service by 2010 at Jeju Island, South Korea. Despite the fact that current wireless devices seldom utilize full 3G capabilities, there is a basic attitude that if you provide the pipeline then services for it will follow.

Pervasive networks. An amorphous and presently entirely hypothetical concept where the user can be simultaneously connected to several wireless access technologies and can seamlessly move between them (See handover, IEEE 802.21). These access technologies can be Wi-Fi, UMTS, EDGE or any other future access technology. Included in this concept is also smart-radio (also known as cognitive radio technology) to efficiently manage spectrum use and transmission power as well as the use of mesh routing protocols to create a pervasive network.
In general, a new generation is defined by the result of technology changes over a 10-15 year time frame. Thus, 4G would refer to whatever is deployed in the 2010-2015 period, assuming 3G deployment spans the 2000-2009 period. However, 3G is regarded by many as being a bit of a ‘flop’, so telecommunications companies are planning to roll out 4G earlier (possibly as early as 2008). The Chancellor of the Exchequer in the United Kingdom will auction 4G frequencies in autumn 2006.

Typically, a new standard means a new air-interface with higher data rates in the least, and some see change in the way data transport is handled end-to-end.

Ideally, 4G would provide users with on demand high quality video and audio. The killer application of 4G is not clear, but video is one of the big differences between 4G and 3G. 4G may use OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), and also OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) to better allocate network resources to multiple users. 4G devices may use SDR (Software-defined radio) receivers which allows for better use of available bandwidth as well as making use of multiple channels simultaneously.

Unlike the 3G networks which are a jumble of circuit switched and packet switched networks, 4G will be based on packet switching only. This will allow low-latency data transmission.

And yes I work with international team so I have to use English with them all the time.

Regards
Baraa